Canada Soccer Hall of Fame adds three members

Former Canadian internationals Patrice Bernier, Martina Franko and Rhian Wilkinson have been named to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame in the Class of 2022.

The trio combined for 292 Canadian caps, carrying Canadian colours around the globe.

"Bernier was a Canadian champion and men’s national team hero while both Franko and Wilkinson were notable members of our Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup teams with the women’s national team," Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis said in a statement. "All three Canadian heroes are deserving of this great honour in recognition of their careers as professional players."

Bernier won 56 caps for Canada, including three as captain, from 1999 to 2017. He represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup qualifying as well as four editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

At club level, Bernier won the Canadian championship twice with Montreal and was a CONCACAF Champions League runner-up. He also played in Norway, Germany and Denmark, including appearances in the UEFA Cup and CONCACAF Champions League. He was a two-time Danish Cup winner. Bernier was the first Canadian to play more than 10,000 MLS minutes with a Canadian team. Named Quebec Soccer Professional Player of the Year eight times, he was inducted into the Quebec Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017.

Franko made 55 international appearances as a forward and centre back from 2005 to 2009, leading Canada in minutes played in 2006 and 2007. She was voted to the All-Time Canada XI as a centre back in 2012.

Franko helped Canada reach the quarterfinals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and won two CONCACAF silver medals and a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Franko won club titles in the WPSL, USL W-League, WPS and Canada Soccer National