Olympic champion Stephanie Labbé plans to retire from soccer in spring 2022, she announced Wednesday.
The goalkeeper was an integral part of the Canadian national team’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, carrying them through two shootouts in the quarterfinals against Brazil and in the final over Sweden.
“[She’s] been terrific, not just this summer,” said Canada head coach Bev Priestman in a press release. “But I think this summer showed just how much a fierce competitor [she is].”
Just remember we will always have this picture of @stephlabbe1 grinning like a crazy person while in the middle of a shootout with a gold medal on the line.