"John [Herdman] had to use his best salesman skills, of which he's very good at by the way, to persuade her to come back and play, and I'm really glad that she did," said Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni, who got to know Bélanger when he joined Canada's national team staff last year. "She's just [fit] in here straight away. She's a great character and she brings energy, and the ground she covered at training this morning and the impact she made is just fantastic."