| Nyah Rose | |
| Full Name: | Nyah Margaret Rose |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Markham, Ontario, Canada |
| Height: | 170 cm |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | SMU Mustangs |
| Clubnumber: | 19 |
| Collegeyears1: | 2023– |
| College1: | SMU Mustangs |
| Collegecaps1: | 29 |
| Collegegoals1: | 16 |
| Years1: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs1: | NDC Ontario |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Canada U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | Canada U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam3: | Canada |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | December 3, 2024 |
Nyah Margaret Rose (born April 4, 2005) is a Canadian college soccer player who plays as a forward for the SMU Mustangs. She has represented Canada at the youth international level.
Rose was born and raised in Markham, Ontario, one of three children of Karen and Gifford Rose. Her mother played soccer at the University of Toronto, and her sister, Jade, plays for Harvard and the Canada national team. Rose started playing soccer with Unionville Milliken SC at age four. She won gold with Ontario at the 2022 Canada Summer Games.[1] Rose formerly played as a centre back before being converted to forward.[2]
Rose scored a team-high and conference-high 11 goals as a freshman for the SMU Mustangs in 2023, earning All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) first-team and AAC Co-Rookie of the Year honors. She helped lead SMU to the final of the conference tournament and was named to the all-tournament team.[1] With the program's move to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 2024, Rose scored a team-second-high 5 goals in 11 games as a sophomore, including in a 1–1 draw against defending national champions Florida State, and was named to the All-ACC third team.[2] [3]
In 2022 and 2023, she played with NDC Ontario in League1 Ontario.[4] [5]
Rose trained with Canada's youth national set-up from the age of 14 in 2019. She won bronze medals at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She scored Canada's first goal of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, opening a 3–3 draw against France.
Rose received her first senior national team call-up on November 21, 2024, ahead of international friendlies against Iceland and South Korea.[6]