Stephanie Labbé, sporting director for Vancouver Rise, is juggling the excitement of building a new soccer club with the impending arrival of twins. Labbé, a former goalkeeper for Canada's national women's team, is determined to make Vancouver Rise a success while also embracing motherhood.
As sporting director for Vancouver Rise, she's spent the last several months glued to her phone and computer, hand selecting players and personnel, and crafting a solid squad ahead of the Northern Super League's inaugural season.
“I think this is one of the things that we've fought so long for — as female athletes, as women in business, as women in any type of occupation — is to be able to pursue our dreams, to pursue the occupations and jobs that we love to do while also starting a family," Labbé said. “I think for me, a big piece of this was I really wanted to make sure that the standard of play from the start was super high," the sporting director said of the signings."We have a big ambition and big goal as a league, that we want to be one of the top five leagues in the world within the first five years."
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