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Former international Brittany Timko Baxter joins Canada Soccer board of directors
Canadian women s national soccer team players Christine Sinclair, left, of Burnaby, B.C., and Brittany Timko, of Coquitlam, B.C., pose next to the Canadian Soccer Association s 100th anniversary logo in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Brittany Timko Baxter has joined Canada Soccer s board of directors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck May 01, 2021 - 2:19 PM
TORONTO - Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Brittany Timko Baxter has joined Canada Soccer s board of directors.
Timko Baxter is the first former womenâs national team player to serve on the Canada Soccer board. She made 132 appearances for Canada including three World Cups and two Olympic Games, winning bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London.
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Soccer coach Tony Waiters in shown in a 1992 handout photo. Canada Soccer is honouring the late Tony Waiters with a coaching award in his name and inducting former vice-president Bob Sayer into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Soccer MANDATORY CREDIT December 15, 2020 - 12:03 PM
At 79, Bob Sayer has more than a few stories about Canadian soccer.
A favourite dates back to 1982 when he and Tony Waiters broke into a stadium in the Azores to settle a bet.
The Canadian Olympic team, with Waiters as coach and Sayer as head of delegation, had been invited to Portugal for the opening of a new national stadium after playing a game in Wales.