North Vancouver’s Ciara McCormack has had quite the year.
The veteran soccer player urged a House of Commons committee to call a public inquiry into amateur sport abuse and corruption, witnessed former teammates play in Ireland’s debut match at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and returned to play for a team in a national women’s league at age 43.
This week, she became the CEO and co-owner of Limerick, Ireland’s Treaty United FC.
“I know what soccer should be, I know what it looks like in its best form, I know what it looks like in its worst form,” said McCormack, who blew the whistle in 2019 on a disgraced ex-Whitecaps and national team coach’s return to the sidelines, leading to Bob Birarda’s 2022 jailing for sexual assault.
“It’s quite a unique perspective and, hopefully, one that I can leverage to make it a great experience for the players, make it a great experience for the community.”
McCormack has Irish citizenship through her parents, and made eight appearances for the national team from 2008 to 2010. Without a Canadian professional women’s league (one is in the works for 2025), she reached out to a former teammate, Treaty United FC coach Marie Curtin, and signed on as a defender wearing number 13 last winter.
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