Evelyne Viens

Biography

Evelyne Viens made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 less than six months after making her international debut at any age level with the senior national team. She appeared in two Olympic matches as a substitute as Canada won the gold medal. 

Viens earned her first senior cap at the 2021 SheBelieves Cup. She came on as a substitute in three matches, helping Canada finish third in the tournament. She made her first start a few weeks later and scored her first international goals in friendlies against Wales and England. She was named the Canada Soccer Player of the Month for April 2021.

Viens debuted at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. At the inaugural Concacaf Gold Cup in 2024, she scored the only goal in Canada’s 1-0 quarterfinal win over Costa Rica. Viens was part of the SheBelieves Cup teams in 2023 and 2024, helping Canada reach the final at the latter. 

Viens played collegiately at the University of South Florida where she became the highest scorer in school history and was a four-time First Team All-AAC selection. In her freshman year she led the team in scoring and set the school record for goals in a season with 16. She became USF’s first ever All-American selection in her sophomore year, making the Third Team, and was also named the AAC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player, sending the Bulls to their first national championship. 

As a junior, she led the NCAA in goals and points per game and broke her own school record for goals in a season with 20. She was awarded the American Offensive Player of the Year and named as a third-team All-American. In her senior year in 2019, she broke her school scoring record yet again with 25 goals, set the AAC record for all-time goals with 73, and was named the AAC tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player and the American Co-Offensive Player of the Year.

Viens was drafted fifth overall by Sky Blue FC (now NJ/NY Gotham FC) of the NWSL in 2020 and scored her first professional goal during the Challenge Cup semifinals. During the pandemic pause she was loaned to Paris FC where she scored 11 goals in 14 matches, returning to the NWSL for the 2021 season. She next spent two years in Sweden before joining Italian side Roma for 2023-24.

A Little More About Evelyne

Getting into the Sport: Started playing soccer when she was five… Outside Interests: Enjoys being outdoors, hiking, snowboarding, reading, gardening… Earned an Accounting degree from the University of South Florida. Is working on her MBA at Laval University… Odds and Ends: Brother, Nicolas Viens, won a U Sports Football national championship with Laval University…