James Brodie Burns Wallace (born September 14, 1999) is a Canadian

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player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch club

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and the Canadian national team.

Club career

Wallace joined

in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for the 2020–21 season. He has also played for the

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in Canada.

International career

Wallace won a silver medal with the Canada national under-21 team at the 2016 Pan American Junior Championship. He represented Canada at the

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, where he played all four games. In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the

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. They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to

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in the final. In June 2021, Wallace was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, James 1999 births Living people Field hockey players from Vancouver Canadian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in field hockey UBC Thunderbirds men's field hockey players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Canada