Just 22, Jayde Riviere already has a glittering soccer resume. And she is expected to add to that reputation at the Women\u0027s World Cup.
The young defender announced via social media in September that she had played her last game at the University of Michigan. She elected to have hip surgery then in order to be ready for the World Cup.
“And then on top of that how to do it at a high-end professional level where I could be of use to United,” she added.Article content “So I went and warmed up, came back to the bench. I was ready to go on the field and I didn’t even notice I didn’t have my jersey on, I didn’t have my shin pads on. I was not equipped to jump in at all.”This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Riviere says it proved to be a memorable albeit slightly bittersweet moment, given Canadian teammate Shelina Zadorsky was wearing Tottenham colours.
Riviere joins Canadian Olympic track and field athletes Regan Yee and Georgia Ellenwood, and Boston Pride hockey star Loren Gabel on Under Amour’s roster of Canadian women.“I’ve never had a shoe that fits me so well,” she said. Riviere played in Pickering and Markham, Ont., before moving to Vancouver to join the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Super REX program in August 2017. She spent a year on the West Coast before returning home to finish high school.Article content
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