Angel City announced today that center back Vanessa Gilles will extend her loan to Lyon through June 2024.
Gilles played an integral role in the inaugural ACFC squad, including scoring the club’s first-ever regular season goal on April 29 in front of a sold-out home crowd. Since joining Lyon in September 2022, Gilles has 11 starts, with three goals and three assists.
As a mainstay with the Canadian Women’s National Team, Gilles has 25 caps and three goals. During the 2020 Olympics, Gilles converted Canada's final penalty kick in the quarterfinal against Brazil that eventually led to the team’s gold medal win. She joined ACFC from Division 1 Féminine team FC Girondins de Bordeaux after a four-year stint with the club. She played collegiate soccer at University of Cincinnati where she accumulated numerous accolades, including the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team and the 2017 American Athletic Conference Co-Defender of the Year award.
