Kadeisha Buchanan joins French powerhouse Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais has confirmed the signing of Canadian soccer star Kadeisha Buchanan. The 21-year-old defender from Brampton, Ont., took in Lyon’s men’s match Sunday with Montpellier, with Lyon welcoming the Canadian to its powerhouse women’s team via Twitter. Buchanan, named the top women’s NCAA player on Friday after a stellar career with West Virginia, is the second […]

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Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan named top NCAA soccer player

Kadeisha Buchanan won the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy on Friday night, joining national team captain Christine Sinclair as the only Canadian women to win the award. The 21-year-old defender from Brampton, Ont. — who helped lead West Virginia University to the NCAA College Cup final — beat out Morgan Andrews (USC) and Andi Sullivan […]

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Kadeisha Buchanan finalist for top NCAA soccer player

Canadian international Kadeisha Buchanan is a finalist for the women’s MAC Hermann Trophy for a second straight year. The West Virginia defender from Brampton, Ont., is up against University of Southern California midfielder Morgan Andrews and Stanford midfielder Andi Sullivan for the award given to the top women’s player in NCAA soccer. Fellow Canada international […]

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News on Mikayla Dayes

Mikayla Dayes joined Joe Parolini and his program in early March, 2016. Mikyala’s first experience was not good, as it was at York U. track & field center. Always being one of the top players on Brams, she found herself not being able to finish the workout with Joe & his team. In fact, both […]

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Mikayla Dayes Invited To Upcoming U17 Canadian WNT Camp

Mikayla Dayes, a Forward with the Woodbridge Strikers 1999 Girls Team who has also featured for the Striker’s League1 Ontario side, has been invited to join the U17 Canadian Women’s National Team on their upcoming trip to China from July 8-18, 2016.   Mikayla is the second Woodbridge Strikers player to get called in by […]

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My Training Camp Experience: By Megan Knapp

I have been playing soccer for almost 6 years and I am about to turn 10 years old. I love playing soccer! This summer was an exciting time for soccer because of the Womens World Cup. It brought a lot of attention to girls playing soccer and we had a team to cheer for. Canada […]

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My Soccer Experience: By Hailey Knapp

I started playing soccer when I was 4 years old but I really started to like it when I turned 6. It all started with a development program when I turned 6. I began to learn the basic soccer skills like pull backs, scissors, step overs and fakes. It made me feel good when I […]

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The future of Canadian soccer is coming from Brampton

When Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan were members of Brampton’s Brams United soccer program, practice always started with keep-ups. At first, Lawrence could hardly juggle the ball with her feet before hearing the dull thud of it hitting the field. But at every practice her coaches challenged her to go again. First, she hit double […]

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