
AFC Toronto adds to roster with defender Zoe Burns and forward Lauren Rowe
TORONTO — AFC Toronto has signed Canadian international defender Zoe Burns and Canadian youth international forward Lauren Rowe.
Burns, 23, arrives from France’s FC Fleury 91 while Rowe joins from North Toronto Women after a stellar career at Cape Breton University.
A native of Issaquah, Wash., Burns is a dual citizen and represented the U.S. at the under-16 and under-17 levels before joining the Canadian under-20 program in 2022. She went on that year to play for Canada at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic, where she was named to the tournament’s Best XI, and at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.
In 2022, she earned her first senior call-up and went on to win caps against Nigeria and Morocco.