This coming Thursday, Jayde Riviere will don the senior Canadian national team jersey for the first time as one of three Whitecaps FC teens called up to the team facing the United States at BC Place (7 p.m. PT, tickets available at ticketmaster.ca).
It’s been a long-time dream for Riviere, who fell in love with soccer at a young age. Barely three years into her life, in fact.
“It started from just passing the ball around with my dad,” remembers the now 16-year-old. “I just had this burst of energy all of a sudden, so I knew that soccer was definitely the sport for me.