Guelph United is happy to announce we have signed Canadian midfielder Grace Hannaford for the 2026 season.
Grace was born in Enfield, NS, and has spent the last 4 U Sports seasons playing for the Cape Breton Capers, and putting up amazing offensive numbers for a central midfielder: 48 games, 23 goals, 24 assists. She was named an AUS 1st team all-star in 2022 and 2023, and made the U Sports All-Canadian 2nd Team in 2023, before earning an U Sports All-Canadian First Team spot in 2025. She also represented Nova Scotia in the 2022 Canada Games, playing 12 matches and scoring 6 goals.
Outside of the university campaigns, Grace has spent the last 2 seasons playing for Calgary Foothills, in League1 AB, appearing in 25 games and scoring 6 goals.
Current roster, as of March 2nd:
(new players in italics; promoted players with *):
GK (1): Jo Mazier*
DEF (4): Jasmine Burke, Alanna Starcevic, Haley Ward, Anke Wijnbergen
MID (7): Grace Hannaford, Violet Hipkin, Kate Knafelc, Josie Morgan, Hannah Neville, Olivia Stavropoulos, Sydney VanderHoef
FW (2): Olivia Brown, Olivia Rizakos
2026 Season Tickets can now be purchased from our shop. They include a minimum of 20 matches (the 9 women’s home matches in OPL1, formerly L1 Ontario Premier division, and the 11 men’s home matches in OPL2, formerly L1 Ontario Championship division). Prices start at only $30, for kids and seniors, and $65, for adults. Get yours now!