Kristina Kiss Retires From Canadian Soccer
August 12, 2009 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under FIFA Women's World Cup, Players
Kirstina Kiss has announced today that she will be retiring from the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team today. Kiss began her soccer career in Ottawa, Ontario after being a star player at the Holy Trinity High School. She was the team captain for Canada and helped her team win silver at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo and bronze in 2007 at the Pan American games in Rio de Janairo. She also represented Canada twice at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Games.
Canada's Kristina Kiss (L) clears the ball under pressure from Ghana's Anita Amankwa (R) in Hangzhou, 15 September 2007 in eastern China's Zhejiang province, during FIFA Women's World Cup 2007.
There was no reason given for her retirement, at just 28 she’s hardly over her prime. But she did tell reporters that she was retiring and wanted to wish the new generation of players good luck in helping develop the sport in Canada.
Kristina Kiss studies philosophy and psychology at Carelton University in Ottawa, Canada. She also won the Canadian National Junior Judo Championship in 1995 in the under 44 kg category. She has made a total of 75 Team Canada appearances which places her 11th in Canada’s player history.
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