Jay Tyler Chapman... speaks English... sports family (golf father Steve)... his father was born in Maidstone, Kent, ENG while his mother was born in Victoria, BC... he was four years old when he started playing soccer for Brampton East SC... grew up competing in soccer, basketball and track... enjoys running, swimming, sports on television, music... growing up, favourites included David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Manchester United, FC Barcelona... other favourites included Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, North Carolina Tar Heels...

represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-17 at Mexico 2011)...

with Toronto FC, a three-time Canadian Championship winner (Voyageurs Cup in 2016, 2017 and 2018)...

said in 2017 of his game, “I almost prefer putting in a nice pass for someone else to score the goal”...

For Country

he was 16 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2010 with coach Sean Fleming... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship in Jamaica (Canada qualified for Mexico 2011)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011... finished fourth with Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in USA...

he was 23 years old when he made his debut with Canada on 22 January 2017... in his debut, he scored his first international “A” goal for Canada on 22 January 2017 in Devonshire Parish, BER… represented Canada in 2018-19 Concacaf Nations League Qualifying...