Jordyn Huitema, from Chilliwack, B.C., will join fellow Canadian international Ashley Lawrence on PSG_Feminines.
"We are delighted to have reached an agreement with Jordyn Huitema," said Bruno Cheyrou, PSG women’s sporting director, calling her a "player with great potential."Huitema made two guest appearances for PSG at the International Champions Cup last July. The French club is also home to fellow Canadian international Ashley Lawrence.Huitema first trained with the national team at 14.
In January 2018, she won the Golden Boot as top scorer at the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship in Trinidad and Tobago. In April and June, serving as captain, she helped Canada qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Uruguay, where she scored three goals in helping Canada to a fourth-place finish in December.
In 2018, she became the first player to score for Canada’s under-17, under-20 and senior teams in the same year. She notched 10 goals in 16 youth international matches in 2018 and added four more in eight games with the senior side.Huitema was part of a so-called Super REX Centre program that allows top female soccer prospects from across Canada to attend school, train, and play together in Burnaby, B.C., where she lived with a billet family.
Huitema and the fifth-ranked Canadian team host No. 26 Mexico on Saturday at BMO Field in a farewell match before leaving for the World Cup, which opens June 7 in France.
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