Canada Soccer announced on Monday that Jordyn Huitema has been named 2018 Canadian Youth International Player of the Year, alongside counterpart Derek Cornelius. Huitema is a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Super REX program, in partnership with BC Soccer.
Huitema won Canada’s hearts with a fourth-place finish at the recent FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018, Canada’s second-highest finish at a FIFA youth competition. Huitema scored 10 goals in 16 youth international matches in 2018, including winning Golden Boot honours at the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship in January.