Tag: Kadeisha Buchanan

WVU Women's Soccer Star to Play Professionally in France

Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan has signed with the French club Lyon.

Buchanan, who just wrapped up her college career at West Virginia, joins U.S. forward Alex Morgan, who announced that she was headed for Lyon in late December.

Buchanan has been a standout on the Canadian national team since 2013. She won the Young Player Award in the 2015 Women’s World Cup and was named Canada’s Women’s Player of the Year that season.

She was part of the Canadian team that won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games last summer.

She also played on the West Virginia team that went to the NCAA College Cup final this past season against Southern California. She was awarded the MAC Hermann Trophy as the nation’s top female college player last week.

Her contract with Lyon runs through June 30, 2019, the team announced Monday.

WVU Soccer Player Wins Women's World Cup Best Young Player Award

WVU Sophomore Kadeisha Buchanan was awarded the 2015 Hyundai Young Player Award at the Women’s World Cup.

The award was presented after United States beat Japan at the FIFA Women’s World Cup final at BC Place Stadium, in Vancouver. Buchanan is a sophomore at West Virginia University, where she plays for the women’s soccer team. Originally from Brampton, Ontario, she also plays for the Canadian National Team.

WVU coach Nikki Izzo-Brown had this praise for Buchanan:

“Kadeisha has done it again at the next stage and has made an impact at the next level. This is an unbelievable honor for her to win – it is by far one of the most prestigious awards in our sport. Kadeisha’s exceptional skill level, playing style and creativity are all components that the FIFA committee believed warranted this award. I am so unbelievably proud of her because she had a tremendous World Cup. This honor speaks to all her hard work, passion and commitment to the game,”  Izzo-Brown, told WVU sports.

Another WVU student, Ashley Lawrence, was also selected to play on the Canadian National Team. Lawrence and Buchanan are the first active WVU women’s soccer players named to a national World Cup team.

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