Sura Bayoru Yekka... speaks English... sports family (track mother Evelyn)... her father was born in Obongi, UGA while her mother was born in Arua, UGA... while she was born at a hospital in Toronto, her family had just moved to neighbouring Mississauga a few months earlier... grew up participating in soccer and athletics... she was six years old when she started playing soccer for North Mississauga SC... enjoys reading, movies, music... favourites have included Pablo Zabaleta, Eden Hazard, Yaya Touré, Marcelo, Arsenal, Manchester City... other favourites have included Alyson Felix, U. of Alabama football...
she was 15 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program in 2012 with coach David Benning... she was 16 years old when she made her debut for Canada (30 October 2013)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014... finished sixth with Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014... won a silver medal with Canada at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Honduras (Canada qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016...