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Black History Month: The LeBlanc Effect Karina LeBlanc was part of the rise of the Canadians from good to world class. Share this story Photo credit should read JOHN G. MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images In soccer, it’s important to have a good goalkeeper. To have a great goalkeeper, however, can take you from good to great to the level of the world class. Canada is lucky that for 17 years, they had a world class goalkeeper in their ranks. That goalkeeper was Karina LeBlanc. LeBlanc was born in the United States to a father from Dominica and a mother from Jamaica. However, she grew up in Dominica until she was 8 years old, when she moved to British Columbia, Canada. It wasn’t until she was 12 that Karina LeBlanc got into soccer, but she found quickly that she was a natural for the game. By 1997, she was considered one of the top 20 college recruits, despite the fact her high school didn’t have a girls soccer team.

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