Canada Soccer Hall of Fame adds three members
Former Canadian internationals Patrice Bernier, Martina Franko and Rhian Wilkinson have been named to the Canada Soccer Corridor of Fame within the Class of 2022.
The trio mixed for 292 Canadian caps, carrying Canadian colors across the globe.
“Bernier was a Canadian champion and males’s nationwide staff hero whereas each Franko and Wilkinson have been notable members of our Olympic Video games and FIFA World Cup groups with the ladies’s nationwide staff,” Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis stated in an announcement. “All three Canadian heroes are deserving of this nice honour in recognition of their careers as skilled gamers.”
Bernier received 56 caps for Canada, together with three as captain, from 1999 to 2017. He represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup qualifying in addition to 4 editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
At membership degree, Bernier received the Canadian championship twice with Montreal and was a CONCACAF Champions League runner-up. He additionally performed in Norway, Germany and Denmark, together with appearances within the UEFA Cup and CONCACAF Champions League. He was a two-time Danish Cup winner.
Bernier was the primary Canadian to play greater than 10,000 MLS minutes with a Canadian staff. Named Quebec Soccer Skilled Participant of the 12 months eight instances, he was inducted into the Quebec Soccer Corridor of Fame in 2017.
Franko made 55 worldwide appearances as a ahead and centre again from 2005 to 2009, main Canada in minutes performed in 2006 and 2007. She was voted to the All-Time Canada XI as a centre again in 2012.
Franko helped Canada attain the quarterfinals on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and received two CONCACAF silver medals and a bronze medal on the 2007 Pan American Video games.
Franko received membership titles within the WPSL, USL W-League, WPS and Canada Soccer Nationwide Championships.
She led the WPSL in scoring in 2002 and was a USL W-League All-Western all-star in 2004. She was additionally named to the USL W-League Championship’s all-tournament staff in 2006 and inducted into the Colorado Faculty Athletic Corridor of Fame in 2021.
Wilkinson received 181 caps for Canada between 2003 to 2017, which ranked third all-time when she give up worldwide soccer.
A two-time Olympic bronze medallist, she represented Canada at 4 FIFA World Cups and three Olympic Video games. She additionally received six CONCACAF event medals (one gold, 4 silver and one bronze) and three Pan American Video games medals (gold, silver, bronze).
Voted to the All-Time Canada XI throughout her taking part in profession, Wilkinson performed professionally in Canada, the U.S. and Norway, notably serving to Lillestrom SK attain the 2009 Norway Cup remaining and successful the 2012 Toppserien league title.
She led the USL W-League in scoring in 2005 and helped the Ottawa Fury attain the USL W-League remaining in 2006. A six-time Quebec Soccer Skilled or Senior Participant of the 12 months, she was inducted into the College of Tennessee Woman Volunteer Corridor of Fame in 2013.
Wilkinson is now coach of the NWSL Portland Thorns.
A panel of 21 voters, together with former and present Canadian internationals and media, determined the fashionable participant inductees.
The Corridor of Fame honours Canadian gamers who’ve performed the sport with excellence on the worldwide and membership degree. The brand new inductees carry the Corridor’s membership to 205: 140 gamers, 13 coaches/managers, 10 referees and 42 builders.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first printed March 1, 2022
