Mya Archibald

Position:
D
Class:
Junior
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Fall River, Nova Scotia
High School:
Burnaby Central Secondary
Prev School:
Illinois

INTERNATIONAL: Played on the 2024 FIFA World Cup Canadian Team … also played for Canada on the 2022 FIFA U17 World Cup Team … bronze medalist at the 2022 CONCACAF U17 Women's Championship … earned a total of 16 caps at the international level, making 12 starts ... played in seven matches at the CONCACAF U20 Championships … qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

2024 (Illinois): Appeared in 11 matches, making 10 starts ... totaled 910 minutes … played the full 90 seven times … recorded a career-high two assists on the season … tallied assists in consecutive matches against Wright State and DePaul … helped the Illini to three clean sheets.

2023 (Illinois): Started 16 of 17 matches played … second on the team in minutes (1,496) … had 11 shots with seven shots on goal … played all but 34 minutes on the season … made her collegiate debut against Loyola-Chicago scoring her first-career goal, the match winner, in the 85th minute …registered the first assist of her career against Purdue … helped the defense keep three clean sheets on the season.

High School/Club: Bronze medalist at the 2022 Canada Games with Nova Scotia girls soccer … made Whitecaps Girls Elite Super Rex in B.C. in February 2022 … gold medalist in 2022 B.C. League 1 with Whitecaps Girls Elite Super Rex … also competed in track and field … 2019 U16 National High Jump Champion … 2019 U16 Athlete of the Year Athletics Nova Scotia … 2022 400m provincial gold medalist, long jump provincial gold medalist and 200m sliver medalist.

Personal: Born on March 31, 2005 … daughter of Stephen and Julie Archibald … has two sisters, Emma and Samantha.