Just 22, Jayde Riviere already has a glittering soccer resume. And she is expected to add to that reputation at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The fullback from Markham, Ont., who plays her club football for Manchester United, has already won Olympic gold, featured at the 2019 World Cup in France and won 37 caps for Canada. Not to mention earn an endorsement deal with Under Armour."She's incredible … The way she has come in and just owned the fullback position," said Canada captain Christine Sinclair. "Nothing seems to faze her.
At 20, she played four games at the Tokyo Olympics, and came off the bench in the final against Sweden. Markham marked the gold-medal performance by declaring it Jayde Riviere Day. "Rehab was horrible, to say the least," said Riviere. "It was a lot of fitness. It was a lot of honestly just going back to fundamentals, which was I'd say the hardest part. Just kind of going back to like 'How do I take a good touch? How do I set myself up to shoot properly? How do I shoot again?' Doing things that you never even thought of doing in an actual game.
"So I went and warmed up, came back to the bench. I was ready to go on the field and I didn't even notice I didn't have my jersey on, I didn't have my shin pads on. I was not equipped to jump in at all.""The only thing that they told me was to just enjoy it." Riviere joins Canadian Olympic track and field athletes Regan Yee and Georgia Ellenwood, and Boston Pride hockey star Loren Gabel on Under Amour's roster of Canadian women."I've never had a shoe that fits me so well," she said.
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