Jessie Fleming, a Canadian growing her influence for the club during her first pro campaign.

This weekend for the 23-year-old midfielder if everything all goes well Jessie Flemming might get a second championship winner’s medal in eight days with Chelsea FC Women. In the last game on Sunday, she was on the pitch when the final whistle blew in Chelsea’s final match of the 2020-21 FA Women’s Super League season. If Chelsea wins the Spanish outfit, it’ll become only the second English side to win the Champions League since the start of the tournament in 2001. Jessie Fleming will have capped off her rookie campaign as a professional with the Blues in an extraordinary fashion.

If Jessie was to win and does collect a Champions League medal on Sunday, it would put her in the very elite company of Alphonso Davies and Kadeisha Buchanan they are the only other Canadians to have won the most prestigious club tournament in world soccer.

This 23-year-old native of London, Ont. Has been turning heads ever since she started for the Canadian women’s team as a 15-year-old in 2013. Ever since she started, she has been a key starter for Canada as its chief midfield creator and playmaker.

Her being a champion in England, she hopes she can add the title of European champion to her burgeoning resume ahead of the Tokyo Olympics where she’ll be looked upon by coach Priestman to orchestrate play in the heart of Canada’s midfield.

Her having played in two World Cups and helped the team win bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Along with her career, she has scored 11 times in 81 appearances for her country, and when Canadian coach Bev Priestman draws up her 18-player roster for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, Fleming’s name will for sure be among the first on the list.

 

 

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