Mélina Descary

Mélina Descary
Personal information
Full name Mélina Descary[1]
Date of birth (2004-02-23) February 23, 2004
Place of birth Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting JAX
Number 18
Youth career
AS Brossard
FC Laval
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Florida State Seminoles 10 (0)
2023–2025 South Alabama Jaguars 56 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 Eagle FC – (–)
2026– Sporting JAX 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:05, August 22, 2026 (UTC)

Mélina Descary (born February 23, 2004) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer in the United States for the Florida State Seminoles and the South Alabama Jaguars.

Early life

Born in Greenfield Park, Quebec, Descary grew up in Candiac, a suburb of Montreal.[2] She received a secondary school education at Mortagne High School in Boucherville. She also spent a short stint studying at Champlain College Saint-Lambert to complete the mandatory twelve years of education required for acceptance to a college in the United States.[3] In October 2021, Descary was one of five denizens of her hometown to be inducted into the Order of Candiac.[4]

Descary started playing soccer at the age of four and soon began to play with more advanced age groups.[5][6] Descary eventually joined AS Brossard's AAA team,[3] where she earned two annual club MVP awards and was named Brossard's 2020 Ballon d'Or recipient.[7] In 2019, she helped Brossard win a league title and earn a silver medal at the national championships in Edmonton.[6] She also trained at the Canada National High Performance Centre and spent two years with FC Laval.[8][9]

College career

Florida State Seminoles

Descary received various scholarship offers from colleges in the United States, including multiple full-ride scholarships. Although Florida State University could only cover 83% of Descary's tuition, Descary chose to assume the extra financial burden in order to play for the Seminoles.[3] In her sole season at Florida State, she contributed to titles in the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and the ACC women's soccer tournament, as well as a run to the NCAA tournament semifinals.[9] A rotational player, she made 10 appearances, all of which were as a substitute. The Seminoles never lost a match that Descary participated in.[7]

In the offseason leading up to her sophomore year of college, Descary played for Eagle FC of the pre-professional USL W League.[9] She helped Eagle FC win the W League Eastern Conference championship and scored a goal in her team's trophy-clinching win over Morris Elite SC.[10]

South Alabama Jaguars

Descary transferred to the University of South Alabama ahead of the 2023 season.[9] She scored her first collegiate goal for the Jaguars on August 20, 2023, in an 8–0 victory over Alcorn State.[11] She then scored again in the following match before only finding the back of the net once more before graduating. She finished her first year at South Alabama having made 19 appearances (17 starts).[2] As a junior in 2024, she registered a career-high 1,499 minutes as a member of a Jaguar attack that ranked within the top five in the Sun Belt Conference in both goals and assists. Descary had her most successful year in 2025. A co-team captain, she earned spots on the All-Sun Belt third team, All-Southeast region second team, and the 2025 Sun Belt tournament team. She left South Alabama having made 56 total appearances.[2]

Club career

On July 9, 2026, USL Super League club Sporting JAX announced that they had signed Descary to her first professional contract ahead of the 2026 fall season.[12] Descary made her pro debut on August 16, making a substitute appearance in Sporting JAX's season-opening victory over Fort Lauderdale United.[13]

International career

Descary has been a member of the Quebec under-14 and under-15 teams. She was selected to participate in multiple Canada under-17 national team camps in 2019, but never made the final squad.[6]

Honors and awards

Florida State Seminoles

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Commencement Ceremony Program Spring 2026" (PDF). University of South Alabama. p. 50. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Melina Descary". South Alabama Jaguars. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Leduc-Brodeur, Audrey (March 31, 2021). "Une joueuse de soccer locale poursuit sa carrière en Floride". Le Courrier (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Cinq citoyens décorés de l'Ordre de Candiac". Le Reflet (in Canadian French). October 1, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ Duchesneau, Frédérick (May 23, 2021). "Le virage féminin du CNHP". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 Harvey-Pinard, Katherine (February 27, 2000). "Une Candiacoise récompensée dans le cadre du Programme de bourses Saputo". Le Reflet (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Melina Descary". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Mélina Descary, élève-athlète de 4e secondaire au CNHP, reçoit une bourse" (in Canadian French). Collège Français. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Jaguar soccer adds transfers Singarella and Descary to roster". South Alabama Jaguars. July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  10. ↑ Gross, Tim (July 10, 2023). "Eagle FC Women Eastern Conference Champion". Eagle FC. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Five Jags score in season-opening win over Nicholls". South Alabama Jaguars. August 17, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Maci Teater and Melina Descary join sturdy Sporting JAX midfield ahead of 2026 season". LockedIn Magazine. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Sporting JAX Women Take the Win in Season Opener". Sporting JAX. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
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