TORONTO — Stephanie Labbe remembers arriving at a new club abroad and having to start from the ground up in building a home. 'So many times when I was an athlete and I was playing in Sweden or in the U.S.
TORONTO — Stephanie Labbe remembers arriving at a new club abroad and having to start from the ground up in building a home.
Canadian Tire was one of the first corporations to jump on board when former Canadian international Diana Matheson and business partner Thomas Gilbert announced Project 8, the precursor to the new league that is set to kick off in April. "I would say everybody that's involved really believes this is about elevating a generation of female leaders on and off the pitch," Zumwalt told the audience."We know that one per cent may go on to play pro soccer but that other 99 per cent, if we can draw them into sport, keep them involved in sport, they go on to incredible things. We know that."
And Labbe suggested that Canada could actually benefit from being one of the last of the women's elite soccer powers to create a domestic league, having learned from others.
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