Lydia Marie Vamos... speaks English... she was 10 years old when she started playing soccer for Burford... favourites have included Pelé... other favourites have included Julius Erving... suffered a medial and anterior cruciate in her right leg...
honoured by the Brantford & Area Sports Hall of Fame, the Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame, the County of Brant Sports Hall of Fame, and the McMaster University Athletics Hall of Fame...
won three Concacaf medals with Canada (1991 silver, 1993 bronze, 1994 silver)... career 24 international “A” appearances across six years from 1989 to 1994 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team…
wrote Frank Donlavey in 1989 after a tournament, “Lydia Vamos was a hard worker, shows good example to other player... she has all the skills”...
she was 22 years old when she made her debut for Canada (16 April 1990)... won a silver medal with Canada at the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for China 1991... she scored her first international “A” goal for Canada on 16 April 1991 in Port-au-Prince, HAI (FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifier)… finished third with Canada at the 1993 CONCACAF Women’s Invitational Tournament... won a silver medal with Canada at the 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Sweden 1995... she played in a career-high 19 consecutive Canada matches from 1991 to 1994... missed the FIFA Women’s World Cup Sweden 1995 because of an injury...
served as a coach in Canada Soccer’s women’s national youth program in 2003 (one camp with coach Ian Bridge)...
