{ "title": "Canadians to feature in all UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League Quarter-finals for first time", "modified_at": "2026-05-04 14:42:40", "published_at": "2021-03-23 18:29:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canadians-to-feature-in-all-uefa-womens-champions-league-quarter-finals-for-first-time", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/msEd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "For the first time ever, Canadians will feature in all four Quarter-final series of the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League. Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema, Janine Beckie, Jessie Fleming, and Stephanie Labb\u00e9 will be playing in the 2020-21 European Quarter-finals after having advanced t\u2026", "slug": "canadians-to-feature-in-all-uefa-womens-champions-league-quarter-finals-for-first-time", "body": "

For the first time ever, Canadians will feature in all four
\u200bQuarter-final series of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Kadeisha Buchanan,
\u200bAshley Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema, Janine Beckie, Jessie Fleming, and Stephanie
\u200bLabbé will be playing in the 2020-21 European Quarter-finals after having advanced
\u200bthrough the Round of 16.

In all, six Canadians will be kicking off their 2020-21 UEFA
\u200bChampions League Quarter-finals on 24 March with five different European teams:
\u200bBuchanan with Olympique Lyonnais; Huitema and Lawrence with Paris Saint-Germain
\u200bFC; Beckie with Manchester City FC; Fleming with Chelsea FC; and Labbé with FC Rosengård.

Canada Soccer’s 2020 Canadian Player of Year Kadeisha
\u200bBuchanan and Olympique Lyonnais will be defending their UEFA Champions League title
\u200bwhen they face Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Quarter-finals on 24
\u200bMarch. Olympique Lyonnais won their two Round of 16 matches against Brøndby (5-1
\u200bon aggregate). Buchanan played 90 minutes in both matches.

Ashley Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema and Paris Saint-Germain
\u200bclinched their Quarter-finals ticket by winning their home match 5:0 against Sparta
\u200bPraha. 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
\u200bagainst Sankt Pölten (4-2 on aggregate), earning the clean sheet in the second
\u200bmatch. Labbé and FC Rosengård will face Bayern München in the Quarter-finals.

Both Janine Beckie and Jessie Fleming featured as substitutes
\u200bin one match of their respective Round of 16 series. Beckie and Manchester City
\u200bFC will face Barcelona in the Quarter-finals, while Jessie Fleming and Chelsea
\u200bFC will face Wolfsburg.

While Buchanan has won four UEFA Women’s Champions League
\u200btitles with Olympique Lyonnais, Lawrence is the only other Canadian to reach
\u200bthe Final back in 2016-17 (against Lyon). Lawrence also reached the Semifinals
\u200bin 2019-20 while Sophie Schmidt and FFC Frankfurt reached the Semifinals in
\u200b2015-16.

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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