Kadeisha Buchanan won her fourth consecutive UEFA Women’s Champions League title after Olympique Lyonnais won 3:1 over VfL Wolfsburg in the European final. Buchanan of Brampton, Ontario, also a member of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team, played in all seven UEFA matches this 2019-20 season, including five starts.
Olympique Lyonnais won back-to-back matches against Ryazan-VDV in the Round of 32, back-to-back matches against Hjørring in the Round of 16, then beat FC Bayern in the quarter-finals, Paris St-Germain FC in the semi-finals and VfL Wolfsburg in the final. Buchanan scored her first career Champions League goal in the round against Hjørring.
Since the start of the calendar year, Buchanan has won a Concacaf silver medal (Canada qualified for the Olympic Games), her fourth Championnat de France, her third Coupe de France, and now her fourth UEFA Champions League trophy. She was also a Best XI selection at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifiers and the Canada Soccer Player of the Month in February.
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Buchanan was one of four Canadians that reached the Round of 16 or later in 2019-20 UEFA Women’s Champions League. Janine Beckie, who scored a hat trick in the Round of 32, reached the Round of 16 with Manchester City FC; Jordyn Huitema and Ashley Lawrence of Paris Saint-Germain FC reached the semi-finals before they were eliminated by Buchanan and Olympique Lyonnais.
Since making her pro debut on 14 January 2017 in France, Buchanan has played in a Canadian record 16 UEFA Women’s Champions League matches with Olympique Lyonnais. She is a two-time Canada Soccer Player of the Year (2015 and 2017).