Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Labbé is a finalist for The Best Women’s Goalkeeper for the 2020-21 season, FIFA announced Wednesday.
The Canadian is nominated alongside Germany’s Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea FC Women) and Christiane Endler of Chile (Paris Saint-Germain/Olympique Lyonnais). The winner will be revealed Jan. 17 during a live TV broadcast from Zurich.
At the Tokyo Olympics in August, Labbé played an integral role for Canada in two sets of shootouts, defeating Brazil 4-3 in penalties the quarter-finals and 2-3 against Sweden in the Gold medal match.
The 0-0 shutout against Brazil was the first of two consecutive clean sheets for Labbé, who was able to bounce back after missing a group stage game against Chile due to a rib injury she suffered during the opening match against Japan.