Rhian Wilkinson's Official Website

Welcome to my website. Since 1st March 2006, when we started the site we have received over 60,500 hits. Thank you. There is a real demand for news on the National Women's Team.

I have played soccer since I was 5 years old, and have been fortunate to play for some excellent teams from around the world. I will provide regular news, not just about what is happening in Canadian soccer, but insights into what it means to be a woman soccer player in the Canadian Soccer Association.

I have written on my early soccer years in Quebec Soccer, my NCAA soccer career with the Lady Vols of the University of Tennessee, the W. League's Ottawa Fury and Norway's Team Strommen of the Topserrien league. Please let me know if there is other news you would like to see on my site, and please keep visiting as often as possible.

             Latest News Updates:

RHIAN'S SOCCER JOURNALS:

RETURN TO NORMAL IN HOT VANCOUVER    3rd July 2008

Okay. I am really sorry that I have not written a journal for some time. The journal writing is a good means of reflection for me, but I tend to take long breaks from Journal writing after trips. In a situation where we lost in the Finals to the United States yet again, the delay becomes even longer.

However, after many pestering phone calls from my father, and the odd comment from readers of the site, regarding my lack of production, I have been shamed into returning to my "pen."

I wish I had more exciting news to provide an update on, but life between games is often boring and humdrum. Training is, as always, what occupies us most of our time and after training, there really isn't much more than the usual routine and not much to talk about. READ MORE

SOCCER MEDIA REPORTS:

CANADA LOSES IN FINALS GASP OF PEACE QUEEN CUP

21st June 2008     From a CSA Report

For the second year in a row, Canada’s women’s National Team had another successful run at the Peace Queen Cup, but again the team finished second behind the top-ranked United States. In what was the fourth 2008 contest between the two sides, Canada lost 0:1 after Angela Hucles scored off a quickly taken free kick in the 90th minute, the last gasp of regular time. MORE

RHIAN'S SOCCER JOURNALS:

DOWNTIME         20th June 2008

I know that it is sometimes hard in Canada to receive news about what is happening on an overseas Women's soccer tour, so please forgive me for missing a journal yesterday on 19th June. I usually find that writing the journals is a good way to analyze and concentrate on games and preparation and even to think about team dynamics, but there are some days that I can't, or don't, feel like writing. Yesterday was one of these days and I felt really tired.

Also, nothing much happened. We had a workout at the gym in the morning, followed followed by an afternoon off to ourselves. I had a long nap, and managed somehow, to feel even less refreshed after waking up from it. I hate that. Then a group of us decided to call a cab and head off to a local market and to see some of the sights. READ MORE