Jayde Riviere

Biography

Jayde Riviere won gold with Canada during her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 where she was the second youngest member of the team. She played full time during Canada’s preliminary round matches against Chile and Great Britain and saw action as a substitute in the quarterfinal and final.

Riviere made her debut with the senior national team in a series of friendlies in 2017 and 2018 before being named to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad at just 18 years old. She appeared in three games for Canada in France, starting one. In her second World Cup appearance in 2023, she started all three of Canada’s matches. 

She scored her first goal with the senior team at the 2020 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying tournament, helping Canada finish second to secure their spot at Tokyo 2020. In 2021, Riviere played for the Canadian team at the inaugural SheBelieves Cup, helping Canada finish third. In 2022, a lower body injury kept Riviere out for most of the season. She played just one game in her senior year at the University of Michigan but did help Canada win silver at the 2022 Concacaf Championship. 

Riviere had dislocated her knee during her international debut at the 2016 U17 CONCACAF Championships and had to watch from the side as Canada won bronze. She was fit to join the team for the U17 FIFA World Cup later that year, appearing in two games. She also won a silver medal with the youth team at the U15 CONCACAF Championship.

In 2018, Riviere played on the U20 team at the Concacaf Championship. After falling to eventual champions Mexico in the semifinal, Canada had to defeat Haiti for bronze to qualify for the U20 World Cup but lost 1-0. Back with the U17 squad later that summer, Riviere found herself in the exact same situation at the U17 Concacaf Championship, losing to Mexico in the semis and needing to win against Haiti. This time she and her teammates came away with bronze to qualify for the U17 World Cup. She started all five matches at that competition, reaching the bronze medal match. The fourth-place result was Canada’s best-ever at the U17 tournament.

Riviere played collegiately for the University of Michigan, anchoring the back line to six clean sheets in her freshman year and being named to the 2019 Big Ten All-Freshman Team.  As a junior in 2021 she led the Wolverines to the Big Ten Tournament title and equaled a program best with a quarterfinals appearance at the NCAA Championships. She was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honouree.

Riviere turned pro in 2023 and joined Manchester United in the English Women’s Super League. She helped the Red Devils win the FA Cup title in 2024 

A Little More About Jayde

Getting into the Sport: Started playing soccer at age four and joined a rep team at age 7… Joined the national team program at age 14… Has dreamed of competing for Canada at the Olympics since first stepping on the field and singing the national anthem… Biggest role models have become her current teammates after growing up watching the Canadian team on TV… Outside Interests: Studied kinesiology at the University of Michigan… Odds and Ends: Always puts her equipment on right to left… Collects keychains from her travels… Favourite motto: “You can’t control the uncontrollable. Control what you can control”… Parents both immigrated to Canada, her father from Dominica and her mother from Hong Kong…