Canadian women's team nominated for TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games
Women's National Team / Olympic Team canadasoccer.com 19 June 2015
On Friday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canada Soccer announced the soccer athletes who have been nominated to represent Canada in the menâs and womenâs tournament at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games from 10 to 26 July this summer.
Canadaâs roster features some of the most exciting young players in the world, including Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, and Jessie Fleming, who are all in the Canadian squad for the FIFA Womenâs World Cup Canada 2015âą.
The Pan American Games have been good to Canada. The team will be coming in to defend the Gold Medal that was won four years ago in Guadalajara, which sent Canada on its way to a memorable Olympic Bronze Medal performance at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Since womenâs football made its debut in Pan American competition at the 1999 Winnipeg Games, Canada has one gold, one silver, one bronze medal, and a fourth place finish.
The team opens competition in Group B at the CIBC Hamilton Soccer Stadium on July 11 Ecuador before wrapping up play with games against Costa Rica (15 July) and Brazil (19 July).
âWe are approaching this event with an Olympic depth focus and with âthe futureâ in mind of increasing the current and future positional threshold of Canadaâs Womenâs National Team. It is a great opportunity for these girls to gain tournament expertise against five international teams that will pose different challenges.â Daniel Worthington, Head Coach, Canadaâs Womenâs Team.
Canadaâs Womenâs selection
Position- Name | Hometown | Club
F- Janine Beckie | Littlejohn, COL, USA | USA / Texas Tech University
D- Kadeisha Buchanan | Brampton, ON | USA / West Virginia University
F- Gabrielle Carle | LĂ©vis, QC | CAN / AS Armada ChaudiĂšre-Est
F- Nkem Ezurike | Halifax, NS | USA / Boston Breakers
M- Emma Fletcher | Victoria, BC | USA / University of California
M- Jessie Fleming | London, ON | CAN / London NorâWest SC
M- Sarah Kinzner | Calgary, AB | CAN / Calgary Foothills SC
GK- Stephanie Labbé | Stony Plain, AB | Unattached
M- Ashley Lawrence | Toronto, ON | USA / West Virginia University
F- Marie Levasseur | Stoneham, QC | CAN / CS Haute St- Charles
D- Kinley McNicholl | Oakville, ON | USA / University of Wisconsin
D- Victoria Pickett | Barrie, ON | CAN / Glen Shields Soccer Club
F- Nichelle Prince | Ajax, ON | USA / The Ohio State University
D- Rebecca Quinn | Toronto, ON | USA / Duke University
GK - Kailen Sheridan | Whitby, ON | USA / Clemson University
D- Chelsea Stewart | Highland Ranch, CO, USA | USA / Western New York Flash
M- Danica Wu | Edmonton, AB | GER / Herdorfer
D- Shelina Zadorsky | London, ON | SWE / Vittsjö
Coaching staff
Daniel Worthington | Head Coach | Halifax, NS
John Herdman | Coach | Corsett, ENG
Simon Eaddy | Goalkeeper Coach | New Plymouth, NZL
Andrew Peat | Performance Analyst | Orewa, NZL
Kim Blake | Team Leader | Vancouver, BC
Andrew Cogliano | Team Doctor | London, ON
Patricia McBride | Lead Therapist | London, ON
Sarah Manson | Soccer Scientist | Vancouver, BC
Helen Holubec | Support Therapist | Toronto, ON