medal at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 championship in Guatemala. When she was called up to the Canadian women's national team on January 12, 2013, against China while still in high school, Buchanan became one of the youngest players on any women's national team. Buchanan scored her first international goal against the United States on May 8, 2014, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in front of the second largest crowd to ever watch a women's soccer game in Canada. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. Buchanan was also named Canada's Under-20 Women's Player of the Year in 2013, and anchored the host nation's defence at the 2014 Women's U-20 World Cup Canada in 2014. In 2015, Buchanan established herself as one of the best defenders in the world, winning the Young Player Award in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as being named Canadian Women's Player of the Year, and being nominated for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or. On May 25, 2019, she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. On February 9, 2020, Buchanan played her 100th match for Canada in a 0–3 loss against the United States. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Buchanan goal. Honours Olympique Lyonnais Division 1 Féminine: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021-22 Coupe de France: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021-22 Canada U17 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship: runner-up 2012 Canada Summer Olympics: 2020; bronze medal: 2016 Algarve Cup: 2016 Four Nations Tournament: 2015 Individual MAC Hermann Trophy: 2016 Hardman Award: 2016 Honda Sports Award: 2016 Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award nominee: 2017 FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2015 IFFHS Women’s CONCACAF Team of the Year: 2021 Canadian Player of the Year: 2015, 2017, 2020 FIFA Women's World Cup Best Young Player: 2015 IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 See also List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of Olympic medalists in football List of Canadian sports personalities List of Nike sponsorships List of LGBT sportspeople References External links 1995 births Living people Soccer players from Toronto Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent Black Canadian women's soccer players Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders Olympic soccer players