Canada Soccer hires former National Women’s Youth Team Player Jasmine Mander as Women’s National Team Performance Analyst

Canada Soccer announced that Jasmine Mander has been hired
​as a Performance Analyst for the Women’s National Team. The former Canadian
​youth player will play an important role as part of the coaching staff with the
​team getting ready to kick off Canada’s 2021 season in the build up to the
​Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

“We are really excited to welcome Jasmine to our team and I
​look forward to working with her as we start our journey towards the Tokyo 2020
​Olympic Games,” said Bev Priestman, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Head
​Coach. “Jasmine has been in the Canada Soccer coach education system, she has
​been a coach in our REX program, and as a former player also knows what it
​means to wear the Canadian jersey. She is hungry to be the best that she can
​be, and I know she will strive to contribute to bringing this team to the next
​level.”

Mander of Delta, BC earned her Canada Soccer B Licence in
​2015 and is currently a Canada Soccer A Licence candidate. Mander most recently
​served as a coach in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC BMO Academy System, which is
​part of the Regional EXCEL centres program in British Columbia, since 2014. She
​also served as a coach educator for BC Soccer and volunteers on the BC Soccer
​Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In December 2020, she was recognized by the
​Women’s Executive Network (WXN) in Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards.

As a player, Mander was 15 years old when she made her
​debut in the Canadian youth program in 2010. She was part of the U-15 and U-17
​Women’s National Youth Teams from 2010 to 2012 and was also part of the National
​Training Centre / REX program in British Columbia. Mander was the captain of
​the University of British Columbia Women’s Soccer Team that won the 2015 CIS
​National Championship.