Melissa Marie Ortiz Matallana (born 24 January 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder.
Oritz's four goals in eleven appearances helped the team to with the second division regular season, but Reykjavik lost the promotion play-off.
On 28 July 2012 at Hampden Park, Ortiz came on as a substitute in the 3–0 loss to the United States team that included Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach and future teammate Heather O'Reilly of the Boston Breakers.
[6] On 31 July 2012 she played in front of a crowd of 13,184 at St James' Park which is home to Newcastle United against France where they lost 1–0 in the final Group G game.
[7] After the Colombian Federation's several year pause from competition, Ortiz returned to represent the country in the 2014 CONMEBOL Copa America where she scored 1 goal against Venezuela and helped qualify Colombia to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015 Pan-American Games, and 2016 Rio Olympics.