The hit continues to come to Kaylee Hunter, a teenage striker.
Last year, Calgary (16 years old) was the youngest player who was invited to a Camp under 20, Canada. At the club level, she was honored as the most promising female player as part of the Vancouver White Cap Annual Player.
While playing at the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Team, Hunter saw the action in the Concacaf W Champions CUP game in Mexico and Panama. The tournament also saw Portland thorns at her face Christine Sinclair and BC Place Stadium.
Hunter said in an interview, “It has been realized.” “I was always looking at her because I was a young girl. Many people in Canada looked at her. So most people can’t get it, so I go to play with my idols and goats in the game. So I experience that experience I’m really lucky to have it.
Sinclair scored in the 6-0 Portland victory.
Hunter, who turned 17 years old on January 22, rubbed his shoulders with more Canadian talents in April and signed a contract with AFC Toronto in the new Northern Super League.
“We believe that Kaylee is one of the best emerging players in the United States,” said Billy Wilson, director of Toronto Sports. .
Hunter said it took time to decide to go to the pro.
“Obviously, the school is a great opportunity and life experience that everyone should go through, but in my eyes, I think it’s a great opportunity for young players to realize that you can play professionally. Your country -at a young age.
“I got this opportunity when I got a chance, and I’m happy to start and make my own name in it.”
She does not completely avoid school. Hunter said with a smile.
In the mid -grade 11, she resigned after training and said, “I hope to finish high school as soon as possible.”
Hunter said she was attracted by people to AFC Toronto.
“I think it’s almost like a family,” she said. “It will be a family for me. They were really helpful and kind to me.”
She also expects that the team environment will be “beginner”. This can only be uploaded.
Hunters grow up with three brothers and are especially familiar with competition in football.
“My brothers are three people in love with the game,” she said.
“And then I realized that I was good at it, and I realized that I could make something from it, and I kept working hard and the opportunity began to come, and now I went here.”
Hunter was 3 years old when he started football. Twelve years later, she debuted in August 2023 as a Canadian team under 17.
Hunter played at Calgary West FC before moving to Vancouver in January 2024. Whitecaps Girl Elite is qualified for the Concacaf W Championship at the BC League1 and League1 inter -princial championship.
Wilson was looking.
“It was clear that this was not another talented young player,” he said. “Kaylee is an amazing work ethical and desire to improve. If you combine these qualities with her technical skills, we think that we have a very special player to join the club.”
Chelsea fan Hunter refers to the Canadian captain Jesse Fleming (now Chelsea with Portland) as a player.
“She loves to ride a ball in a midfielder, and sometimes the play will happen,” she said.
Hunter says his favorite role is 9th at the end of Spear, but Canada is used as a wide forward.
“I like as much as possible,” she said.
