Candace Chapman

Candace Marie Chapman... both her father Gerard and mother Margaret were born in Port of Spain, TRI... she was six years old when her family moved from Port of Spain, TRI to Ajax, ON, CAN... she was seven years old when she started playing for Ajax United... grew up competing in soccer, track & field, soccer... earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and computer applications from Notre Dame...

honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018, with her official celebration ahead of the Canada international home match on 10 June 2018 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton... she was part of the London 2012 Olympic soccer team honoured in the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 (she was unable to attend the event in Toronto on 23 October 2019)...

Concacaf champion with Canada (2010)… won a bronze medal with Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games... represented Canada at two FIFA Women’s World Cups (China 2007 and Germany 2011)... in all, represented Canada at two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012)... in all, won five Concacaf medals with Canada (2002 silver, 2006 silver, 2008 silver, 2010 gold, 2012 silver)... won medals with Canada at two Pan American Games (bronze at Rio 2007 and gold at Guadalajara 2011)... career 114 international “A” appearances across 11 years from 2002 to 2012 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… when she left international football, she ranked seventh in international “A” appearances (63) with Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team...

won a silver medal with Canada at the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Canada 2002… as a youth player in 2002, was noted by the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Technical Study Group (”applied pressure, good in possession, all rounder”)...

club career in Canada and USA... a two-time WPS Championship winner (2010 and 2011)... with Vancouver Whitecaps FC, a USL W-League Championship winner (2006)... with the University of Notre Dame, an NCAA Championship winner (2004)...

she was honoured by Canada Soccer for reaching 100 international “A” appearances ahead of the Canada home match on 30 May 2012 at Stade Moncton in Moncton (Canada Soccer President Victor Montagliani presented commemorative plaques to both Candace Chapman and Karina LeBlanc)... after her playing career, she was celebrated by Canada Soccer on 29 May 2015 in a presentation to former Olympic bronze medal winners at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton (on that day, Melanie Booth and Candace Chapman were honoured at the Canada match)...

attended the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 in Edmonton... was part of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame event to celebrate five new honoured members on 8 April 2022 (Randee Hermus, Karina LeBlanc, Brittany Timko Baxter, Martina Franko, and Rhian Wilkinson)...

as noted in a university profile, she “combined athleticism and pure speed with classic “soccer brain” that allowed her to set up opponents with a variety of highly-skilled maneuvers... said coach Emma Hayes in 2011, Chapman “is quick, tough and has great leadership”... said Chapman of her 2011 teammates Christine Sinclair and Marta, “I have to deal with two of the tough ones... my practices are sometimes harder than my games”... said coach John Herdman in 2015, “throughout that whole Olympic campaign, she was an absolute key player right up until her injury at the Olympics, which was one of the saddest things at the time. For her to come back in the France game and come on the pitch and see the game out for our girls and add what she added to pick up the bronze medal, it was almost the story being concluded at that point. It was a great journey”... also said Herdman in 2015, “she has a really pure heart and great character. Off the pitch, she was quiet, unassuming, but had the presence about her that when she came onto the pitch, she completely changed. She became this really strong, physical centre back that could play (and) she had the ability to make the passes that midfield players do”...

said Chapman in 2015, “hearing the final whistle blow in the bronze-medal match (at London 2012) and knowing it might be the last time I represent Canada, it is among those memorable moments”... said Chapman in 2018, “I think back on (London 2012) and it feels like a dream. It is incredible to me. When I walk by the medal in my apartment, I still can’t believe that it actually happened”...

said Kadeisha Buchanan in 2013 after her Canada home debut wearing Canada’s number 9 for the first time, “super honoured to wear number 9 (because the) best of the best centre backs wore it: Candace Chapman”...