Black History Month 2021

Throughout the month of February for Black History Month 2021, Canada Soccer and the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame presented a series of Stars & Legends (every Wednesday) and Record Breakers (every Thursday) across the Canada Soccer digital platforms. The Stars & Legends series paired an active member …

Black History Month 2021

To kick off the series, a special Canada Soccer digital poster featured seven honoured members from the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (Alex Bunbury, Candace Chapman, Charmaine Hooper, Lyndon Hooper, Karina LeBlanc, Randy Samuel and Carl Valentine) along with four active National Team players who have won Canadian Player of the Year honours (Kadeisha Buchanan, Alphonso Davies, Atiba Hutchinson and Ashley Lawrence).

Stars & Legends#CANWNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/P3xGrxEs48 — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 27, 2021
Stars & Legends@AlphonsoDavies x @CarlTwoOne #CANMNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/UWPsVykWiA — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 20, 2021
Stars & Legends@keishaballa x @candace90pp #CANWNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/pALRZ7umla — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 13, 2021
Stars & Legends#CANMNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/Pjr0y2BnaL — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 6, 2021
? R E C O R D ​ B R E A K E R ?Alex Bunbury is Canada's all-time leader with 11 goals in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers from 1992 to 1997.#CANMNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/erZUxX0AB2 — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 25, 2021
? R E C O R D ​ B R E A K E R ? Karina LeBlanc is Canada's all-time leader with seven clean sheets at the @Concacaf Women's Championship, including four in 2010 when she became the 1st Canadian to win 2 Concacaf "A" titles ??#CANWNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/Aybc4UUNw4 — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 18, 2021
? R E C O R D ​ B R E A K E R ?Randy Samuel is Canada's all-time leader with 36 appearances in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers from 1985 to 1997.#CANMNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/66ra1bI4Ic — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 11, 2021
? R E C O R D ​ B R E A K E R ?Charmaine Hooper is Canada's all-time leader with 26 goals scored at the @Concacaf Championship / @FIFAWWC Qualifiers from 1991 to 2002.#CANWNT ? #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/GaQx0sgimu pic.twitter.com/3LUXh0cJKe — Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (@CS_HallofFame) February 4, 2021

Paulo Senra

Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer

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