Charmaine Hooper

Charmaine Elizabeth Hooper (born January 15, 1968) is a Canadian retired soccer player. A four-time winner of the Canadian Players of the Year award and member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, Hooper played on the Canada women's national soccer team from 1986 to 2006. As a forward, she stood as Canada's record holder for the women's national team for appearances and goals scored when she retired. Hooper competed in three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: 1995 in Sweden, 1999, and 2003 in the United States. At club level, Hooper played professionally in Norway, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

Early life and education Hooper was born on January 15, 1968, in Georgetown, Guyana. She and her family moved to Zambia when Hooper was 6 years old, then later to Ottawa when she was 9. The team was Atlantic Coast Conference champions in 1988, made it to the NCAA quarterfinals in 1987 and 1990, the semifinals in 1989, and the final in 1988. Following her career, she was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. She scored 17 goals in 13 league appearances. After a short period with Lazio of Serie A, Hooper signed a professional contract with Japanese L. League club Prima Ham FC Kunoichi.

She returned to the United States and played for the Rockford Dactyls and the Chicago Cobras of the USL W-League. She was inducted into the inaugural class of the United Soccer League's Hall of Fame in 2002.

When the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) professional league was being put together in America, Hooper signed a letter of intent but had concerns over the salary structure. Hooper was selected by the Atlanta Beat in the 2000 WUSA foreign player allocation and played for the team for all three seasons of the WUSA's existence, including the championship matches in 2001 and 2003.

She returned to the W-League Cobras in 2004, then played in the same league for the New Jersey Wildcats in 2006. In 2008, she played for the Fort Worth FC of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), her final season of club competition.

International career

Hooper made 128 appearances and scored 71 goals for Canada, at one time both national records. Her international debut came on July 7, 1986 against the United States. She represented Canada at three FIFA Women's World Cups (Sweden 1995, USA 1999 and USA 2003).

In August 2006 Hooper and Christine Latham refused to attend two exhibition games against China and fell into dispute with team coach Even Pellerud. Along with a third disgruntled player, Sharolta Nonen, they publicly called for Pellerud's removal. Alleging he had pressured them to break their club contracts in order to join Vancouver Whitecaps and had tried to fix the outcome of a USL W-League play-off by releasing certain national team players but not others. Pellerud suspended the players and terminated their funding. In June 2007 an arbitrator ruled in favor of the coach. Hooper's replacement as captain Christine Sinclair strongly criticized the players' actions: "They let down their teammates and since then have done nothing to rectify it. I wouldn't want them as teammates."

Hooper was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in June 2012. The same year in October she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 16 April 1991 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2–0 6–0 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship 2. 4–0 3. 18 April 1991 2–0 9–0 4. 4–0 5. 5–0 6. 6–0 7. 21 April 1991 1–0 2–0 8. 4 August 1993 New Hyde Park, United States 4–0 4–0 1993 CONCACAF Women's Championship 9. 12 April 1994 Milford, Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 2–0 Friendly 10. 14 April 1994 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago 1–? 1–4 11. 27 July 1994 Montreal, Canada 1–0 1–2 12. 5 August 1994 1–? 1–2 13. 13 August 1994 1–0 7–0 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship 14. 5–0 15. 6–0 16. 15 August 1994 3–0 6–0 17. 19 August 1994 4–0 5–0 18. 5–0 19. 28 August 1998 Toronto, Canada 7–0 21–0 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship 16. 11–0 17. 30 August 1998 3–0 14–0 18. 1 September 1998 1–0 4–0 19. 4 September 1998 1–0 2–0 20. 2–0 21. 23 June 1999 Landover, United States 1–1 1–7 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 22. 26 June 1999 East Rutherford, United States 1–2 1–4 23. 24 June 2000 Foxborough, United States 4–3 4–3 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 24. 26 June 2000 Hershey, United States 1–2 2–3 25. 2–3 26. 28 June 2000 Louisville, United States 7–0 12–0 27. 9–0 28. 1 July 2000 1–3 1–4 29. 3 July 2000 Foxborough, United States 1–1 1–2 30. 11 March 2001 Lagos, Portugal 1–0 3–0 2001 Algarve Cup 31. 3–0 32. 3 October 2002 Vancouver, Canada 1–0 11–1 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 33. 4–1 34. 6–1 35. 1 November 2002 2–0 9–0 36. 3 November 2002 1–0 3–0 37. 2–0 38. 9 November 2002 Pasadena, United States 1–1 1–2 39. 24 September 2003 Columbus, United States 1–0 3–0 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 40. 2 October 2003 Portland, United States 1–0 1–0 41. 26 February 2004 Heredia, Costa Rica 2–0 6–0 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament 42. 5 March 2004 2–0 4–0 65. 23 February 2006 Aguascalientes, Mexico 2–1 3–1 Friendly 66. 4 March 2006 Vancouver, Canada 1–0 3–1 67. 2–0 68. 25 June 2006 Toronto, Canada 2–0 2–1 69. 18 July 2006 Blaine, United States 1–? 4–2 70. 2–? 71. 4–1

Personal life She is the sister of Lyndon Hooper, also a former Canadian soccer player, and Ian Hooper, the Director of Business Operations for the Ottawa Champions Baseball Club. She is from Nepean, Ontario. She married Chuck Codd in 2002, a former University soccer coach. They have a daughter.

In 2014, she and her husband were featured on the show Fixer Upper as they selected and renovated their home, which ultimately became a child care center and eventually an Airbnb.

Career statistics Club These statistics are incomplete and currently represent a portion of Hooper's career.