With a penalty kick in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic women's soccer finals, Team Canada won gold — raising hope that professional women's soccer will advance in their home country. Canada does not have any professional women's soccer teams, but the recently formed Canadian Premiere League is home to eight men's teams. Goal to change the sport of soccer in CanadaBut with Olympic gold in hand, both Labbé and captain Christine Sinclair say they will continue to push for professional women's teams. Members of the Canadian women's soccer team, including goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé, centre, celebrate after winning the gold-medal match against Sweden. Labbé called it 'pretty unacceptable' that there are no professional women's soccer teams in Canada.

Source: CBC News August 08, 2021 19:42 UTC