Canada Soccer – Canada Soccer announces squad for Women’s National U-17 Team Camp in Markham
19 September 2019

Canada Soccer have announced their squad for the Women’s National U-17 Excel camp in Markham, Ontario scheduled from 22 to 27 September. The six-day camp, featuring players born 2003 or later, will continue Canada’s preparations for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2020.
 
This will mark the first U-17 camp since Rhian Wilkinson officially took charge as Canada Soccer’s Women’s National U-20 and U-17 Team Head Coach. Wilkinson was recently appointed to the position coming through Canada Soccer’s Elite Player-Elite Coach program. She has worked with several Canadian teams through the Women’s Excel Program since 2014, includes roles as an Assistant Coach at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ as well as Head Coach for Canada’s fourth-place finish at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018.
 
The September camp features players from Canada Soccer’s Regional EXCEL Centres from across Canada, where Canada’s most talented U-14 to U-18 players are offered a specialised daily training environment. This marks the second of three national camps this year as Canada Soccer builds towards next year’s Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship in the first quarter of 2020 (with dates and location not yet announced).
 
“We are still looking at our depth and making sure are prepared for next year’s Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship,” said Rhian Wilkinson, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National U-20 and U-17 Team Head Coach. “There is a lot of good talent in Canada and we are staying connected with our Regional EXCEL Centres in order to make the best selections possible for next year’s tournaments and the future of the Women’s National Team Program.”
 
CANADA SOCCER’S WOMEN’S EXCEL PROGRAM
Canada Soccer’s Women’s Excel Program brings together the best with the best at the national youth level from the U-14 to U-20 age groups. The program delivers an aligned talent structure that produces more gold-medal standard players that progress to the Women’s National Team. Across Concacaf, FIFA, and other youth competitions, players develop through the Women’s Excel Program Playing Model and benefit from invaluable tournament expertise.
 
FIFA TOURNAMENTS & CONCACAF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup is held every two years, with the next edition in 2020. For the next edition, only players born 2000 or later are eligible to participate. The Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship serves as Canada’s qualification route for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
 
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Youth Teams have won four Concacaf titles: the 2004 and 2008 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship, the 2010 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, and the 2014 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship. Canada have qualified for seven editions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada 2002) and all six editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a fourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).
 
Canada are two-time Olympic bronze medal winners (2012 and 2016) and two-time Concacaf champions (1998 and 2010). In all, Canada have participated in seven consecutive editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup (1995 to 2015) and three consecutive editions of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2016). At Rio 2016, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team were the first Canadian Olympic team to win back-to-back medals at a summer Olympic Games in more than a century.
 
CANADA
GK- Ann Stéphanie Fortin | CAN / CS Longueuil
GK- Sierra Giorgio | CAN / Ontario REX
CB- Jade Rose | CAN / Unionville Milliken SC
CB- Nyah Rose | CAN / Ontario REX
FB- Nicola Golen | CAN / Ontario REX
FB- Nyema Ingleton | CAN / Calgary South West United
FB- Mia Pante | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
FB- Mira Pierre-Webster | CAN / Ontario REX
FB- Arianna Rose | CAN / Ontario REX
FB- Taliyah Walker | CAN / Ontario REX
M- Florence Belzile | CAN / Ontario REX
M- Hannah Duguid | CAN / Calgary South West United SA
M- Floriane Jourde | CAN / AS Monteuil Laval
M- Annika Leslie | CAN / Ontario REX
M- Keera Melenhorst | CAN / Ontario REX
M- Isabella Muzzolini | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
M- Nikayla Small | CAN / United FA
M- Olivia Smith | CAN / Ontario REX
M- Holly Ward | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
F- Audrey Chelsie François | CAN / CS Monteuil Laval
F- Magali Gagné | CAN / CS Lakeshore
F- Miya Grant-Clavijo | CAN / Ontario REX
 
CANADA A-Z
Belzile, Florence | 2003 | Winnipeg, MB, CAN & Ottawa, ON, CAN | Winnipeg Bonivital SC
Duguid, Hannah | 2003 | Calgary, AB, CAN | Arbour Lake CA
Fortin, Ann Stéphanie | 2003 | Sainte-Julie, QC, CAN | CS Sainte Julie
François, Audrey Chelsie | 2004 | Montréal, QC, CAN | AS Monteuil Laval
Gagné, Magali | 2003 | Montréal, QC, CAN | AS Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Giorgio, Sierra | 2003 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Kleinburg Nobleton SC
Golen, Nicola | 2003 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Royal York FC
Grant-Clavijo, Miya | 2003 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Ajax SC
Ingleton, Nyema | 2005 | Calgary, AB, CAN | MSB United SC
Jourde, Floriane | 2004 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Boucaniers Montréal
Leslie, Annika | 2003 | Halifax, NS, CAN | Halifax City SC
Melenhorst, Keera | 2003 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Dovercourt Recreational Centre
Muzzolini, Isabella | 2003 | Maple Ridge, BC, CAN | Golden Ears United SC
Pante, Mia | 2003 | North Vancouver, BC, CAN | North Shore GSC
Pierre-Webster, Mira | 2003 | Whitby, ON, CAN | Whitby Iroquois SC
Rose, Arianna | 2004 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brams United SC
Rose, Jade | 2003 | Markham, ON, CAN | Markham SC
Rose, Nyah | 2005 | Markham, ON, CAN | Unionville-Millkien SC
Small, Nikayla | 2003 | Pickering, ON, CAN | Pickering SC
Smith, Olivia | 2004 | Whitby, ON, CAN | Whitby Iroquois SC
Walker, Taliyah | 2003 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Ajax SC
Ward, Holly | 2003 | Portland, OR, USA | Portland Foothills SC

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