PITTSBURGH (Dec. 9, 2024) — Pittsburgh Riveters SC has secured another player for their 2025 debut season with the addition of Tanum Nelson, a junior midfielder from Cornell University. Nelson’s roster spot is pending USL and U.S. Soccer approval once registration opens for the 2025 USL W League season.
Nelson, 20, started 13 of 15 matches in the middle of the park, recording one goal and one assist for the Big Red. The athletic midfielder has been a regular since arriving as a freshman at the Ivy League school, appearing in 42 of 47 matches in three seasons at Cornell.
“Tanum has tremendous quality on the ball and is a constant threat in the attacking third. She is a very athletic and hardworking player, and she will bring the right character and mindset to the team,” Riveters head coach Scott Gibson said.
Hailing from Duxbury, Vt., Nelson was the 2021-22 Gatorade Vermont Girls Soccer Player of the Year, an All-New England Team selection and a United Soccer Coaches All-American. She was also a standout as a club player for Massachusetts-based FC Stars in the Elite Clubs National League.
Nelson is now the fourth player announced for the Riveters’ upcoming season, joining North Carolina’s Tessa Dellarose and Indiana’s Piper Coffield and Kennedy Neighbors. The technical staff will continue to fill out the roster with top players nationally and through the team’s tryouts, which began last Friday with the first-ever Riveters Open Combine.
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