Breanna Boyd

Boyd was born in Edmonton on 10 June 1981.^[3] She comes from a family of athletes: Barry and Carol competed for the Canadian National Track and Field Team; her stepfather, Tony Meibock, competed as a Canadian speed skater in the 1992 Winter Olympics; and her grandfather was English decathlete Geoff Elliott.^[3][4] She and her two siblings were raised in Calgary.^[3][5]

Boyd attended Sir Winston Churchill High School, which did not have a soccer team; however, Boyd played for the school's volleyball and field hockey teams.^[4] She also played for the Foothills Panthers soccer club, as well as the Alberta Provincial Team, where she received national titles three years in a row.^[4]

In 2006, she graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln,^[5][3] where she studied biological sciences.^[4]

Boyd played for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's soccer team from 1999 to 2002.^[4]

In 2003, Boyd was drafted in the first round by the Carolina Courage,^[5][6][7] a Women's United Soccer Association's team.

From 1998 to 2001, Body was a member of the Canadian Under-21 National Team.^[4] In 1999, she played at the XIII Pan American Games Winnipeg, where she finished fourth.^[3]

In 2000, she was selected for the Canadian women's soccer team, playing until 2003.^[3] In 2000, the placed fourth at the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, then came in second two years later.^[3] Boyd was chosen to represent Canada at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup,^[8] though she couldn't participate due to ongoing effects from a concussion.^[3][9]