Candace Migail Edwards (born 16 November 1988) is a Tobagonian

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who played as a

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and a

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. She has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team, and is record holding, two-time All-American collegiate player.

Early life

Edwards was raised in Mount Saint George, a suburb in

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College career

Edwards has attended the

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and the

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in the United States.

Club career

Edwards has played for Tobago FC in Trinidad and Tobago.

International career

Edwards capped for Trinidad and Tobago at senior level during the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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International goals

''Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago' goal tally first.''

Subsequent activities

Candace Edwards formed a band , "THE PACES", in 2018 with her husband Eric Pace. They have released two albums:
Parfait
in 2019 and
S.P.T
in 2020. In 2021 the duo was featured on

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's "The Vanishing of Harry Pace" podcast episode 3. Edwards husband Eric is the Great-Grandson of musical pioneer

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References

1988 births Living people People from Tobago Trinidad and Tobago women's footballers 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Young Harris Mountain Lions women's soccer players Shorter Hawks athletes College women's soccer players in the United States Trinidad and Tobago women's international footballers Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Trinidad and Tobago expatriate women's footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States {{Trinidad-women-footy-bio-stub