Canada Soccer to honour veteran midfielder Desiree Scott at May friendly in Winnipeg

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 11:43 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Canada volition play a brace of women's shot friendlies against Haiti successful Winnipeg and Montreal successful FIFA's May-June planetary window.

The May 31 crippled astatine Princess Auto Stadium successful Winnipeg has been dubbed a "special solemnisation lucifer honouring the bonzer planetary career" of seasoned midfielder Desiree Scott, a autochthonal Winnipegger who has announced her planetary retirement.

The Montreal crippled is scheduled for June 3 astatine Stade Saputo.

The 37-year-old Scott, who came retired of status to play for Ottawa Rapid FC successful the inaugural Northern Super League season, won 187 caps from 2010 to 2024 with 144 starts.

"Representing Canada has been 1 of my life's top accomplishments," Scott said successful a Canada Soccer statement. "It has been a squad that I've been truthful fortunate to telephone household and to marque past with, and the thrust has been thing abbreviated of amazing. I person fixed my each to our state and conscionable privation to accidental convey you. I americium everlastingly grateful."

Canada, ranked seventh successful the world, has won each 3 erstwhile meetings with No. 53 Haiti.

Former skipper Christine Sinclair scored 4 times the past clip they met, a 6-0 triumph for Canada successful a January 2012 Olympic qualifier successful Vancouver. Before that, Canada won 11-1 successful October 2022 successful Victoria -- with 4 goals from Sinclair and 3 from Charmaine Hooper -- and 2-0 successful April 1991 successful Port-au-Prince.

A fierce antiaircraft midfielder, Scott was known arsenic "The Destroyer" for her quality to interruption up opposing attacks.

But she has lone played for Canada doubly -- successful friendlies against Mexico successful Toronto and Montreal successful June 2024 -- since November 2022. Knee country and different setbacks sidelined her.

Won 2021 Olympic gold medal

Scott, past with the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League, announced past October she would discontinue astatine the extremity of the 2024 National Women's Soccer League season. But successful January, she reversed that determination and signed with Ottawa, which kicks disconnected its NSL docket Sunday against visiting AFC Toronto.

Scott competed successful 3 World Cups (Germany 2011, Canada 2015, and France 2019) and 3 Olympic Games, winning bronze medals successful London successful 2012 and Rio successful 2016 and golden successful Tokyo successful 2021.

"Desiree has been a cornerstone of the women's nationalist squad program, inspiring countless players with her hard work, spirit, and committedness to the maturation of the game," said Canada caput manager Casey Stoney. "We are excited to transportation connected her bequest and honour her successful Winnipeg and adhd 2 location matches for fans this spring."

Scott was 15 erstwhile she made her debut successful the Canadian younker programme successful 2003 and 22 erstwhile she made her elder debut successful February 2010 successful a 2-1 triumph implicit Switzerland astatine the Cyprus Cup.

Scott, who played 5 years astatine the University of Manitoba wherever she was named squad MVP 3 times and the Bison Sports pistillate jock of the twelvemonth successful 2009-10, was appointed to the Order of Manitoba successful 2022 and inducted into the Canada West Hall of Fame successful 2019.

"Desi has not lone been a singular subordinate but besides a existent ambassador for our athletics and for our nation," said Canada Soccer president Peter Augruso. "Her passion, resilience, and enactment person inspired truthful galore crossed Canada, and she leaves a lasting bequest behind."

Winnipeg past hosted the Canadian women successful June 2017 erstwhile Canada defeated 3-1 successful a crippled that saw Scott gain her 125th cap.

The Canadian women past played successful Montreal successful June 2024, defeating Mexico 2-0 astatine Stade Saputo. The crippled marked Scott's instrumentality from her genu injury.

Scott played nine shot for some FC Kansas City and the Kansas City Current, besides playing for the Utah Royals successful the NWSL, England's Notts County and the Vancouver Whitecaps women.