Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Year.
UpdatedJonathan David and Vanessa Gilles, two of the first names on the Canadian team sheet, have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Year.
"Representing this country is a privilege, and I'm proud of everything we've accomplished together," David said in a Canada Soccer statement."With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, I’m excited for what's ahead.""He's the smartest player I've ever coached," Marsch, whose resume includes stops in MLS, England, Austria and Germany, said last month.
Gilles has become a fixture at the heart of the Canadian defence, as well as an aerial scoring threat with four goals in 14 outings for Canada in 2024, upping her career total to seven goals in 48 senior appearances. The 28-year-old from Ottawa scored the first goal in Angel City history, heading home a Jun Endo cross in the third minute of the expansion NWSL franchise's regular-season opener, a 2-1 win over the North Carolina Courage in April 2022.
She went on to star at the University of Cincinnati, starting all 82 games she played there from 2014 to '17. She was named the American Athletic Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection in 2017.
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