KeelynStewart

Keelyn and her twin sister Taegan began playing soccer when they were three years old, kicking the ball in their backyard together with their mom and dad. Mature beyond their years while developing through soccer’s pathway in Calgary and Vancouver, the sisters were part of the Canadian Under-15 National Team who participated in the CONCACAF tournament in 2022 and won the silver medal.

The Stewarts gained their first international experience as 10-year-olds, when they were selected to train with the boys Barca Academy in Barcelona. They returned to Barcelona as 11-year-olds to hone their skills and values, both on and off the field, while playing on an all-boys team at the Barca Academy World Cup. More recently, the girls have trained and played in Germany over the last two years with the SC Freiburg’s Under-17 and Under-20 teams. Thanks to their mother’s Welsh roots, they’ve also recently trained and competed with the Wales Under-20 National Team.

Some of Keelyns career highlights are playing for the u15 Canadian National Team and winning a silver medal with them at the CONCACAF tournament in 2022, playing for the u20 Wales National Team, and trialing for SC Freiburg u20 women’s team.

Did You Know…Keelyn’s role model is a professional soccer player named Rodri who started his career with Villareal where he spent time living and attending university. He had to balance his football with his school schedule to ensure he kept up with his studies as well as perform on the field. Despite all his success in the last couple of years with Man City, he remains humble. Keelyn learned that high performance soccer players can attend university while still playing at a high-level from Rodri. She admires Rodri’s work rate on the field while remaining a good and humble person off the field…on off days Keelyn enjoys baking and cooking, watching soccer, and going for a walk or hiking with her dog…

Favourite Quote: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”