With Team Canada, Scott helped secure two FIFA Women’s World Cups and bronze medals at the 20 Olympics. Nicknamed “The Destroyer” due to her tenacious defense playing, she turned pro in 2006, playing for Vancouver Whitecaps FC, FC Kansas City, and Utah Royals FC in the National Women’s Soccer League. So kudos to my team for getting the job done.”įor Scott, a major professional milestone in an already illustrious career was at stake. I was like, I’m not leaving here without a gold medal. “But I just felt confident in my team to get the job done. And…that’s a crazy way to…decide if you’re going home with that gold or not,” Scott told The Times. I had my hands over my eyes, I couldn’t really watch. History was on the line with the potential for a Canadian national soccer team-men’s or women’s-to claim the Olympic top spot for the first time. After a tense 90-plus minutes in the gold medal game between Canada and Sweden at the Tokyo Olympics, they were headed to penalty kicks to break a tie. Soccer star Desiree Scott could hardly watch, her nerves were so frayed during her team’s big televised match this summer.
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