Tara Shelton

Tara Shelton
Personal information
Full name	Tara Allison Borromeo Shelton
Date of birth	June 26, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Edmonds, Washington, U.S.
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	DLSU Lady Booters
Youth career
2015–2019	Holy Names Cougars
College career
Years	Team
2019–	DLSU Lady Booters
International career‡
2016	Philippines U16
2019–	Philippines
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the Philippines
AFF Women's Championship
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:35; July 19, 2022 (UTC)

Tara Allison Borromeo Shelton (born June 26, 2001) is a footballer who plays as a defender for DLSU Lady Booters. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team.

Early life and education

Shelton was born in Edmonds, Washington, United States.^[2] She has roots in the Philippines, particularly in Cavite and Manila.^{[citation needed]} She attended Holy Names Academy^[3] and later De La Salle University.

Shelton was part of the Holy Names Academy's football (soccer) team.^[3] After graduating from Holy Names in 2019, she committed to play for Pacific Lutheran University in the US NCAA.^[4]^[5]

However, she moved to the Philippines, where she played for De La Salle University's women's football team, which competes in the PFF Women's League.

Shelton has represented the Philippines internationally. She has been part of the national team rosters which competed at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games^[6]^[7] and the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers.^[2] She was also included in the final roster for the competition proper.^[8] Shelton scored her first international senior goal in a 3–0 friendly win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Brežice, Slovenia, with a left-footed strike from outside the box.^[9]

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 23, 2022	Terme Čatež, Brežice	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	3–0	Friendly

^ ^a ^b ^c Tara Shelton at Soccerway. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tara Shelton". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Congratulations to HNA Soccer on their great season!". Holy Names Academy. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "19 Cougars Commit to College Competition" (PDF). Cougar Corner. Holy Names Academy: 1. May 1, 2019.
^ "2018-19 National League Commits | 19U Girls". US Youth Soccer. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ Saldajeno, Ivan (September 13, 2021). "Malditas keep core of SEA Games team for AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "Philippine Women's National Team Make their Home Bow in the 30th Southeast Asian Games". Philippine Football Federation. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ Rosale, Dale (January 12, 2022). "Roster of PH women's football team for AFC Asian Cup bared". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (June 24, 2022). "Shelton, Bolden strike as Filipinas rout Bosnia in friendly". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved June 24, 2022.

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