{{short description|Haitian footballer (born 1996)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chelsea Surpris | image = Chelsea Surpris.jpg | caption = Surpris with Yzeure Allier in 2022 | fullname = Chelsea Ariane Surpris<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gallery.mailchimp.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/9e931d3f-71a8-49fa-bd71-e203c41dd57b/2020_CWOQ_Finals_Lists.pdf |title=2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying – Player National Team Roster |work=CONCACAF |date=21 January 2020 |access-date=21 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121195750/https://gallery.mailchimp.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/9e931d3f-71a8-49fa-bd71-e203c41dd57b/2020_CWOQ_Finals_Lists.pdf |archive-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1996|12|20}} | birth_place = Crowley, Texas, U.S. | height = 1.70m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce72/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 |work=FIFA |page=1 |date=12 February 2023 |access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> | position = Right back, Left back, Center back | currentclub = SC Sand | clubnumber = 3 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Dallas Sting | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Nolan Catholic Vikings | collegeyears1 = 2015–2018 | college1 = Texas Longhorns | collegecaps1 = 60 | collegegoals1 = 2 | years1 = 2019 | clubs1 = FC Dallas | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = ASJ Soyaux | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2021–2022 | clubs3 = Yzeure Allier | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2022–2023 | clubs4 = Grenoble | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = Apollon Ladies | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = SC Sand | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = United States U20 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 2020– | nationalteam2 = Haiti | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | manageryears1 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs1 = Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (assistant) | pcupdate = 13 October 2024 | ntupdate = 02:51, 29 January 2020 (UTC) }} '''Chelsea Ariane Surpris''' (born 20 December 1996) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Sand. Internationally, she plays for the Haiti national team, despite previously representing the United States on their under-18 and under-20 national teams. She also worked as an assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns in 2019.
==Early life and education== Chelsea Ariane Surpris was born on 20 December 1996 in Crowley, Texas to Haitian parents Arly and Pascale Surpris. She began playing soccer at age 6, after being inspired by watching her older brother Dylan play. Surpris attended Nolan Catholic High School, and played on their soccer team, the Nolan Catholic Vikings. In 2012, she was named the team's most valuable player. In addition to soccer, Surpris competed in track and field at the school and served on the student council.<ref name="profile">{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/chelsea-surpris/8476|title=Chelsea Surpris - Soccer|website=University of Texas Athletics|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="Alexandre">{{cite news |last1=Alexandre |first1=Legupeterson |title=Chelsea Surpris: disciplined player, the most reserved of the Grenadières |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/242210/chelsea-surpris-disciplined-player-the-most-reserved-of-the-grenadieres |access-date=28 May 2026 |work=Le Nouvelliste |date=9 May 2023}}</ref> Surpris played for the Dallas Sting club team in her youth, helping the team to win the 2011 USYSA and 2014 ECNL national championships.<ref name="profile" />
After high school, Surpris attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she played on the college's Texas Longhorns team from 2015 to 2018. In total, she made 60 appearances, scoring 2 goals and recording 2 assists. In 2019, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Dimensions of Organization and a minor in business.<ref name="Alexandre" /><ref name="coach">{{Cite web|url=https://ragincajuns.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/chelsea-surpris/1238|title=Chelsea Surpris - Soccer Coach|website=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns|access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref>
==Club career== Surpris played for the Chicago Stars FC during their 2019 preseason. In May and June of the same year, played for the senior Dallas Sting team in the WPSL.<ref name="Alexandre" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpslsoccer.com/roster_players/33434005|title=Women's Premier Soccer League|website=www.wpslsoccer.com|access-date=29 July 2023|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129025214/https://www.wpslsoccer.com/roster_players/33434005|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In June 2020, she signed for the French Division 2 Féminine club Montauban FCTG. Although she never played for them before signing for the Division 1 Féminine club ASJ Soyaux-Charente later that year. She remained with the club for another year before joining Yzeure Allier as a free agent in 2021. During her time with the club, she played in the 2022 Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain, however Yzeure Allier lost 0-8.<ref name="Alexandre" /><ref name="SW">{{cite web |title=Chelsea Domond |url=https://soccerway.com/player/surpris-chelsea/OMDYdz78/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=28 May 2026}}</ref>
Surpris signed for Grenoble Foot 38 in September 2022.<ref name="Alexandre" /> In March 2024, she joined Apollon Ladies F.C., before transferring a year later to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Sand.<ref name="SW" />
==International career== Although born in the United States, Surpris plays on the Haiti women's national team. She had previously appeared on the under-18 and United States under-20 national teams. Surpris made her international debut for Haiti in a match in the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship against the United States on 28 January 2020, which Haiti lost 0-3.<ref name="Alexandre" /><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-women/game-detail/509676 | title=Game Detail | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008103128/https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-women/game-detail/509676#tab_match=match-details | archive-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> She also played in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship held in Mexico.<ref name="Alexandre" />
==Coaching career== Surpris was appointed as an assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's team on 24 October 2019.<ref name="coach" />
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|chelsea-ariane-surpris/648102}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.cfa.com.cy/En/player/73/12600792|title=CHELSEA ARIANE SURPRIS (2023/24)|website=Cyprus Football Association|accessdate=17 October 2024}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.cfa.com.cy/En/player/75/12600792|title=CHELSEA ARIANE SURPRIS (2024/25)|website=Cyprus Football Association|accessdate=17 October 2024}}
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