Laura Armstrong brings her life-long passion for growing the game of soccer in Canada to the role of Senior Director of Communications with the Canadian Premier League. Armstrong spent nearly a decade as a reporter at various publications, including seven years as a sports reporter with the Toronto Star, where she covered Canada’s women’s and men’s national soccer teams, Toronto FC, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Toronto Raptors and more. She led the Star’s soccer coverage from 2015, reporting on such events as the Women’s World Cup, women’s Olympic qualification, TFC’s three MLS Cup appearances and Concacaf World Cup qualification in 2021 and 2022. Armstrong has previously appeared on OneSoccer, Sportsnet, CBC, CTV and the BBC, as well as various radio shows nation-wide and internationally.