Female soccer players inspired by performance from National Team in Tokyo

“It’s beyond inspiring,” said Tianna Pius, a Division 1 soccer player with the Prince George Soccer Association. “The biggest thing is because when I was growing through sport, I only had men’s teams to look up to. We watched a lot of the Vancouver Whitecaps and teams like that, but they were primarily male players. Especially in this day and age, I do see that it is harder to keep females in sport. I think having that higher up female tea to look up to, I think it’s going to promote the younger generations to stick with it.”

“I think it inspires me, but I think it inspires a lot of the youth that are coming up,” said former UNBC Timberwolf Women’s Soccer star Madison Emmond. “They see those players out there and have something to look forward to, think to themselves ‘I want to achieve that.’ For me it’s great but I think for the younger generations it’s even better just to show them they can do it and they can have those dreams.”

Following a change in the time requested by both Canada and Sweden, the Gold Medal Game has now been pushed back by 10 hours and will start at 9:00 p.m. in Tokyo, which will be an early start for us here at 5:00 a.m. locally. But regardless of whether the Canadian women manage a Gold or settle for Silver, women close to the game believe what the national team has accomplished is a celebration nonetheless.

“It’s going to be a celebration either way. Win or lose, they have tackled so many other teams to get there and that is an achievement right there,” says Pius.

Because inspiring the next generation of potential Olympians is worth its weight in gold.

by Ethan Ready

Female soccer players inspired by performance from National Team in Tokyo

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