Jaclyn Sawicki takes advantage of her maternal ancestry, and her talent
Former University of Victoria Vikes standout Jaclyn Sawicki was rejected by Canada but is taking advantage of her maternal ancestry, and her talent, to play for the Philippines in the 2023 women’s soccer World Cup.
Sawicki had only one losing season at UVic with the highlight being the semifinal appearance and bronze medal at the national championship in 2012. “Her goal was to play for Canada at the senior national team level and was waiting for more call-ups but didn’t get the opportunity,” said David, going into her 23rd year of coaching the Vikes. “But Jaclyn never wavered in her dream of playing in the World Cup and she got there.”
“Jaclyn has very quick feet, dribbles well, has tremendous vision and really goes at players,” said David. “She was box to box and covered a lot of ground in that first game against Switzerland.”
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