Kadeisha Buchanan along with both Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies
\u200bhave been named Canada Soccer’s Players of the Month for February 2020.
\u200bBuchanan was a tournament all-star as Canada qualified for their fourth
\u200bconsecutive Women’s Olympic Football Tournament while David and Davies
\u200bsparked their respective clubs in both club and continental action.
Buchanan
\u200bwas Canada’s rock on the backline throughout Concacaf Women’s Olympic
\u200bQualifying, starting all five matches and being named to the tournament
\u200bBest XI for the second time in her career. In the group finale against
\u200bMexico, she scored an assist on the Shelina Zadorsky goal. She was also
\u200bthe Player of the Match from the Concacaf Final on 9 February in Carson,
\u200bCalifornia. In club action, Buchanan helped FCF Olympique Lyonnais
\u200bmaintain first place in the league standings.
It was a historic
\u200btournament for Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying
\u200bChampionship in January and February 2020. After Christine Sinclair set
\u200bthe world’s all-time international goalscoring record in the opening
\u200bmatch on 29 January, Canada won their next three matches to qualify for
\u200btheir fourth Olympic Games. Buchanan, Jordyn Huitema, Stephanie Labbé
\u200band Ashley Lawrence were all named to the tournament’s Best XI while
\u200bHuitema won the Golden Boot Award and Labbé won the Golden Gloves Award.
From
\u200bEurope, Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies dominated Canadian soccer
\u200bheadlines with their performances at KAA Gent and FC Bayern. In Belgium,
\u200bDavid scored in four successive league matches, including a hat trick
\u200bon 23 February which vaulted him into first place in the league scoring
\u200brace. He scored eight goals in six games, including a goal in UEFA
\u200bEuropa League action against AS Roma. In Germany, Davies helped Bayern
\u200bgo undefeated as they moved ahead of Leipzig in the Bundesliga table. In
\u200ban away UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea, he registered an
\u200bassist and drew chants from the fans as Bayern won 3:0 in the opening
\u200bleg of the Round of 16.
Looking ahead to the coming months,
\u200bCanada Soccer’s Men’s National Team will play a pair of home
\u200binternational friendly matches on Vancouver Island against Trinidad and
\u200bTobago. The two home matches are 27 and 31 March at Westhills Stadium in
\u200bLangford, British Columbia. Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team,
\u200bmeanwhile, play three matches in the Tournoi de France in early March
\u200band then play at home against Australia at BC Place in Vancouver on 14
\u200bApril.
CANADA SOCCER’S PLAYERS of the MONTH
\u200bFebruary 2020 – Kadeisha Buchanan and Jonathan David/Alphonso Davies
\u200bJanuary 2020 – Liam Fraser and Christine Sinclair