Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson leaves Canada Soccer coaching job
Posted Jan 15, 2021 12:20 pm.
Last Updated Jan 15, 2021 1:00 pm.
CANADIAN PRESS – Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson is leaving her coaching role with Canada Soccer.
The 38-year-old most recently served as assistant coach of the senior women’s team and head coach of the under-17 and under-20 teams.
Wilkinson said she was leaving with a “heavy heart.”
— Rhian Wilkinson (@rhirhi8) January 15, 2021
She had been seen as a contender for the Canada coaching job that went to Bev Priestman late last year after Kenneth Heiner-Moller returned to his native Denmark.
The native of Baie-D’Urfe, Que., who now calls North Vancouver home, won 181 caps for Canada between 2003 and 2017, with seven goals and 23 assists.
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Wilkinson participated in four FIFA Women’s World Cups, three Olympic tournaments and won medals at all six CONCACAF tournaments and all three Pan American Games in which she played.
