Janine Beckie is helping Canada take another step towards its own professional women’s soccer league.
As first reported by the Toronto Star, the Canadian national soccer team forward became a minority owner with the Simcoe County Rovers FC, an Ontario League1 club with its sights set on turning pro.
Canada is the only country among FIFA’s top 10 without a professional women’s soccer league.
“Whether I’m a player or part of an ownership group, I definitely want to have a voice in that and hold people to high standards, because that’s the only way we’re going to make strides,” the Manchester City striker told the Toronto Star.