Canadians to feature in all UEFA Women’s Champions League Quarter-finals for first time

For the first time ever, Canadians will feature in all four Quarter-final series of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema, Janine Beckie, Jessie Fleming, and Stephanie Labbé will be playing in the 2020-21 European Quarter-finals after having advanced t…

For the first time ever, Canadians will feature in all four
​Quarter-final series of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Kadeisha Buchanan,
​Ashley Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema, Janine Beckie, Jessie Fleming, and Stephanie
​Labbé will be playing in the 2020-21 European Quarter-finals after having advanced
​through the Round of 16.

In all, six Canadians will be kicking off their 2020-21 UEFA
​Champions League Quarter-finals on 24 March with five different European teams:
​Buchanan with Olympique Lyonnais; Huitema and Lawrence with Paris Saint-Germain
​FC; Beckie with Manchester City FC; Fleming with Chelsea FC; and Labbé with FC Rosengård.

Canada Soccer’s 2020 Canadian Player of Year Kadeisha
​Buchanan and Olympique Lyonnais will be defending their UEFA Champions League title
​when they face Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Quarter-finals on 24
​March. Olympique Lyonnais won their two Round of 16 matches against Brøndby (5-1
​on aggregate). Buchanan played 90 minutes in both matches.

Ashley Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema and Paris Saint-Germain
​clinched their Quarter-finals ticket by winning their home match 5:0 against Sparta
​Praha. Ashley Lawrence scored the fourth goal of the match at the 64thminute, her first ever goal in a UEFA Women’s Champions League match.

Stephanie Labbé featured in both legs of FC Rosengård
​against Sankt Pölten (4-2 on aggregate), earning the clean sheet in the second
​match. Labbé and FC Rosengård will face Bayern München in the Quarter-finals.

Both Janine Beckie and Jessie Fleming featured as substitutes
​in one match of their respective Round of 16 series. Beckie and Manchester City
​FC will face Barcelona in the Quarter-finals, while Jessie Fleming and Chelsea
​FC will face Wolfsburg.

While Buchanan has won four UEFA Women’s Champions League
​titles with Olympique Lyonnais, Lawrence is the only other Canadian to reach
​the Final back in 2016-17 (against Lyon). Lawrence also reached the Semifinals
​in 2019-20 while Sophie Schmidt and FFC Frankfurt reached the Semifinals in
​2015-16.

Paulo Senra

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

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