Canadian Olympic gold medallist on the ‘powerful’ words Emma Hayes read the team before the FA Cup final and her WSL progress
Jessie Fleming played 433 minutes and made three starts in the Women’s Super League last season but rocked back into the Chelsea dressing room this summer with a gold Olympic medal. She was no bit-part player for Canada at Tokyo 2020 either, scoring four penalties in the knockout stage, including two in the final against Sweden and in a 1-0 win over the US in the semi-finals, Canada having not beaten their neighbours, the World Cup holders, in 20 years.
Fleming has stood out for so long that these feats are not in the least surprising. Few players make their international debut at 15 and not many 23-year-olds have 94 caps four months into their second season as a professional. This season Fleming has already played nine minutes more than in the 2020-21 WSL campaign, starting five games and scoring three goals, and has been named as the Barclays player of the month for November.
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