A 14-year-old Halifax soccer player's packed schedule may become busier if she makes two of Canada's national teams.

Teni Akindoju already plays for three teams. She's on the under-16 Tier 1 team for Halifax Dunbrack, Nova Scotia's under-16 team, and the regional excel team. Now she has her eye on securing a spot on two national teams: Team Canada's under-15 and under-17.

A seasoned player

Akindoju has played for Team Canada before. This past winter, she helped them win bronze at the CONCACAF U17 championship in Grenada, which featured teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

"I was so excited. I couldn't believe it because I didn't even know there was an under-17 and under-15 national team," she said.

Should she make both teams, there will be international events in China and Jordan.

"I'm just going to train and work really hard to make the Canadian under-17 team."

'Passion for it'

Akindoju has been named female team athlete of the year for the last two years at the annual Nova Scotia Ricoh Sports Awards for Soccer Nova Scotia.

She started playing soccer when she was five years old. She was inspired by watching her older brother and sister excel at the sport.

"At first it was about my family and doing what they did, but I just started having my own passion for it."

That drive has pushed her to work hard at the sport and she has already, at 14, accomplished a lot.