An international men's soccer league has no room for Canada's top female player. To challenge herself, she also tried to win a place on the Calgary Foothills FC men's soccer team this spring. Shannon Szabados, who won Olympic hockey gold with Canada in 2010 and 2014, plays men's hockey. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images/File)Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser played in Europe's professional men's hockey league, and Olympian Shannon Szabados played professional men's hockey in the United States and currently goaltends for the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs. "She has a women's professional league that she could be playing in, but she's choosing to play in a men's league," Labbé said.

Source: CBC News May 02, 2018 18:20 UTC