Buchanan, David & Davies named Canada Soccer Players of the Month for February 2020

Kadeisha Buchanan along with both Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies
​have been named Canada Soccer’s Players of the Month for February 2020.
​Buchanan was a tournament all-star as Canada qualified for their fourth
​consecutive Women’s Olympic Football Tournament while David and Davies
​sparked their respective clubs in both club and continental action.

Buchanan
​was Canada’s rock on the backline throughout Concacaf Women’s Olympic
​Qualifying, starting all five matches and being named to the tournament
​Best XI for the second time in her career. In the group finale against
​Mexico, she scored an assist on the Shelina Zadorsky goal. She was also
​the Player of the Match from the Concacaf Final on 9 February in Carson,
​California. In club action, Buchanan helped FCF Olympique Lyonnais
​maintain first place in the league standings.

It was a historic
​tournament for Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying
​Championship in January and February 2020. After Christine Sinclair set
​the world’s all-time international goalscoring record in the opening
​match on 29 January, Canada won their next three matches to qualify for
​their fourth Olympic Games. Buchanan, Jordyn Huitema, Stephanie Labbé
​and Ashley Lawrence were all named to the tournament’s Best XI while
​Huitema won the Golden Boot Award and Labbé won the Golden Gloves Award.

From
​Europe, Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies dominated Canadian soccer
​headlines with their performances at KAA Gent and FC Bayern. In Belgium,
​David scored in four successive league matches, including a hat trick
​on 23 February which vaulted him into first place in the league scoring
​race. He scored eight goals in six games, including a goal in UEFA
​Europa League action against AS Roma. In Germany, Davies helped Bayern
​go undefeated as they moved ahead of Leipzig in the Bundesliga table. In
​an away UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea, he registered an
​assist and drew chants from the fans as Bayern won 3:0 in the opening
​leg of the Round of 16.

Looking ahead to the coming months,
​Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team will play a pair of home
​international friendly matches on Vancouver Island against Trinidad and
​Tobago. The two home matches are 27 and 31 March at Westhills Stadium in
​Langford, British Columbia. Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team,
​meanwhile, play three matches in the Tournoi de France in early March
​and then play at home against Australia at BC Place in Vancouver on 14
​April.

CANADA SOCCER’S PLAYERS of the MONTH
​February 2020 – Kadeisha Buchanan and Jonathan David/Alphonso Davies
​January 2020 – Liam Fraser and Christine Sinclair