From Soccer Athlete to Sports Broadcaster

Caroline Szwed was once an athlete—representing Canada at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup—until she lost her soccer career to three devastating knee surgeries. Now, she is a producer and on-air host of Sportsnet’s Plays of the Month / Misplays of the Month and Aftermath, and is blazing her way through sports broadcasting.

“If you would have told me three years ago that I’d be sitting here right now, I wouldn’t believe you. You trust the process and and go with it. Believe in yourself.”

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