🇨🇦 Cdn Soccer HOF adds LeBlanc, Timko Baxter. MORE:
"Karina and Brittany have been part of a historic era for our women's national team program, from winning a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games to each representing their country more than 100 times," Steven Reed, president of the Canadian Soccer Association, said in a statement.
"As a kid I dreamed of playing for my country, but never did I imagine that my dream would lead me to the Hall of Fame as a individual," said LeBlanc, who today serves as head of CONCACAF women's football. LeBlanc played her pro football in North America, winning the NWSL championship with the Portland Thorns in 2013 and reaching the Women's Professional Soccer final with Los Angeles Sol in 2009.Born in Atlanta to parents from Dominica , LeBlanc was eight when she moved from the Dominica capital of Roseau to Maple Ridge, B.C.
Timko Baxter scored five goals and added eight assists in her international career and would have had far more had it not been for her ability to play multiple positions. To be eligible for the Hall, players must have been retired for at least five years and played the game with"excellence at the international and club level" over a career that lasts at least 10 years, unless special exception is granted by the Canada Soccer Association's general secretary
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