Canadian women’s international Labbe looks to win job with men’s club team
Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe, who has earned 49 caps for Canada and helped the women’s team claim Olympic bronze in Rio, is looking to win a job with the Calgary Foothills FC men’s soccer team.
The 31-year-old from Stony Plain, Alta., has been Canada’s No. 1 since veteran Erin McLeod was sidelined with a knee injury prior to the 2016 Olympics. With McLeod’s return at the recent Algarve Cup, Canadian coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller used all three of his goalies but chose Labbe for the first and last matches.
Labbe has been looking for a club since parting ways with the NWSL Washington Spirit in February. No other NWSL club picked her up and Labbe elected not to go overseas, having already played six seasons there.
So she looked for alternatives.