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Atiba Hutchinson and Ashley Lawrence were Canada Soccer’s Players of the Month for March 2022. Hutchinson from Brampton, Ontario captained Canada to their first men’s FIFA World Cup qualification in 36 years while Lawrence from Caledon East, Ontario helped Paris Saint-Germain FC reach the semifinals of UEFA Women’s Champions League in Europe.
Hutchinson, who turned 39 in February, helped Canada celebrate their men’s FIFA World Cup qualification at BMO Field in Toronto on 27 March after a 4:0 win over Jamaica. He featured in all three Canada matches during the March window as Canada qualified for the men’s FIFA World Cup for the first time since Mexico 1986. It also marked the third time that Canada won a Concacaf title (1985, 2000, 2022).
Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team finished top of the table in the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers with 28 points and a +16 goals difference across 14 matches. The first Concacaf nation to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Canada posted eight wins, four draws and two losses while leading the region in both goals scored (23) and fewest goals conceded (seven).
Lawrence, meanwhile, helped Paris Saint-Germain FC clinch a spot in the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinals after they eliminated FC Bayern München 4-3 on aggregate. Lawrence provided the decisive pass on the Ramona Bachmann series winner in the 112th minute of the second leg at Parc des Princes on Wednesday 30 March. In the semifinals, Lawrence, Jordyn Huitema and Paris Saint-Germain FC will face Kadeisha Buchanan and Olympique Lyonnais.
Coming up in April, Lawrence and her Canadian teammates will continue Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Celebration Tour with a pair of home matches against Nigeria in British Columbia: Friday 8 April at BC Place in Vancouver and then Monday 11 April at Starlight Stadium in Langford. Both matches will feature an Olympic Champions celebration before kickoff.
PLAYERS of the MONTH:
March 2022 – Atiba Hutchinson & Ashley Lawrence
February 2022 – Milan Borjan & Vanessa Gilles
January 2022 – Milan Borjan & Deanne Rose
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