MIAMI, Florida – Canada Soccer is announcing that eight former women’s players will be honored with induction into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame.
The group features legends and pioneers of the Canadian Women’s National Team who helped form the start of the Women’s National Team Program and took part in Canada’s first participation in a FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1995, including five players who played in the first Concacaf Women’s Championship in 1991.
The Class of 2021 inductees are: Sue Brand, Annie Caron, Carla Chin Baker, Janet Lemieux, Luce Mongrain, Suzanne Muir, Cathy Ross and Sue Simon.
Collectively, they won 18 national titles from 1982 to 1995, eight Concacaf silver medals from 1991 and 1994, and the Concacaf Women’s Championship in 1998. Five of them were original members of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team in 1986 and six of them featured at either the FIFA Women’s Invitational Tournament in 1988 or the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1995.
“Canada Soccer congratulates this group of first-class athletes who have been honored by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame for their incredible impact on the game at both the national and international levels,” said Dr. Nick Bontis, Canada Soccer President. “This group features some of the pioneers and champions of women’s soccer from our first National Championships and Women’s National Team to the FIFA Women’s Invitational Tournament in 1988, the first Concacaf Women’s Championship in 1991, and our first participation at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1995.”
Canada Soccer will kick off the Hall of Fame celebration with a special video event on Thursday, May 6, 2021 via Canada Soccer’s digital channels, followed by weekly player features throughout the months of May and June leading to Canada Day 2021.
There will then be a further spotlight on the history-making group during Women’s History Month in October.
