Canada Soccer announces squad for the 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Qualifiers

Canada Soccer have announced a 21-player roster for their Women’s U-20 pre-tournament camp in the Dominican Republic ahead of the 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Qualifiers. The pre-tournament camp will lead straight into the competition which will also take place in the Dominican Republic. Canada’s opening match will take place on 14 April in San Cristobal at the Estadio Panamericano against group opponents Martinique.

“I’m excited to get this group together for the first time and assess them in a tournament setting.” said Cindy Tye, Canada Soccer’s Women’s U-20 Head Coach. “We will have to grow and adapt throughout the tournament given that we won’t have the chance to really embed anything prior to competing. There’s some fantastic talent and I’m excited to get going.”

Accompanying Canada in Group A are El Salvador, Cuba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Martinique. The group winner will advance to the 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship, scheduled to take place from 24 May to 3 June in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. After their opening match against Martinique on Friday 14 April, Canada will face St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday 14 March, Cuba on Thursday 20 April, and El Salvador on Saturday 22 April, with all four group matches taking place San Cristobal.

The Concacaf Women’s U-20 Qualifiers is split with six groups of 32 nations, where each group winner will see themselves advance to the 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship from 24 May to 3 June. Players in both competitions are all born in 2003 or later, with each Concacaf nation selecting 23 players for the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Qualifiers.  

CANADA 
GK- Faith Fenwick | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
GK- Noelle Henning | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
GK- Coralie Lallier | USA / University of Alabama 
CB- Clare Logan | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia
CB- Zoe Markesini | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
CB- Sophie Murdock | USA / Mountain View Los Altos SC
FB- Mya Archibald | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia
FB- Jadea Collin | CAN / NDC Ontario
FB- Ella Ottey | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
FB- Renee Watson | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
M- Jeneva Hernandez Gray | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia
M- Thaea Mouratidis | CAN / Providence College
M- Olivia Smith | USA / Pennsylvania State University
F- Amanda Allen | USA / Orlando Pride
F- Kayla Briggs | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
F- Annabelle Chukwu | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
F- Florianne Jourde | CAN / NDC-CDN Québec
F- Rosa Maalouf | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
F- Ella McBride | USA / Providence College 
F- Jaime Perrault | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia
F- Nyah Rose | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
 
CANADA A-Z 
Player | Birthyear | City in which they grew up | Notable youth clubs 
Allen, Amanda | 2005 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | North Mississauga SC
Archibald, Mya | 2005 | Fall River, NS, CAN | Scotia SC
Briggs, Kayla | 2005 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Leaside SC
Chukwu, Annabelle | 2007 | Gravesend, Kent, ENG & Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa South United SC
Collin, Jadea | 2006 | Mississauga ON, CAN | Erin Mills Soccer Club
Fenwick, Faith | 2005 | Scarborough, ON, CAN | Markham SC
Henning, Noelle | 2007 | Milton, ON, CAN | Milton YSC Hernandez
Gray, Jeneva | 2006 | Coquitlam, BC, CAN | Port Coquitlam Euro-Rite FC
Jourde, Florianne | 2004 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Boucaniers Montréal
Lallier, Coralie | 2005 | St-Hubert, QC, CAN | Spatial St-Hubert
Logan, Clare | 2005 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Vancouver United FC
Maalouf, Rosa | 2006 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa Internationals SC
Markesini, Zoe | 2005 | Markham, ON, CAN | Markham SC
McBride, Ella | 2004 | Peterborough, ON, CAN | Peterborough YSC
Mouratidis, Thaea | 2004 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Scarborough Olympic Flame SC
Murdock, Sophie | 2005 | Los Altos, CA, USA | MVLA Soccer Club 
Ottey, Ella | 2005 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Dixie SC
Perrault, Jaime | 2006 | Pitt Meadows, BC, CAN | West Coast Soccer in Pitt Meadows
Rose, Nyah | 2005 | Markham, ON, CAN | Unionville-Millkien SC
Smith, Olivia | 2004 | Whitby, ON, CAN | Whitby Iroquois SC
Watson, Renee | 2005 | Toronto, ON, CAN | East York SC

CANADA SOCCER’S WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
Canada are Olympic champions (Tokyo in 2021), two-time 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 2019) and four consecutive editions of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2021). At Tokyo 2020, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team became the first Canadian team to win three consecutive medals at the Summer Olympic Games and just the third nation in the world to win three medals in women’s soccer.

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Youth Teams, meanwhile, have won four Concacaf youth 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 eight editions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada 2002) and all seven editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a fourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).