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Canadian women work on mixing up their attack as Vancouver camp continues

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Martin MacMahon
– 05/15/2012

Coach John Herdman, left, passes on instruction to Melissa Tancredi, middle, and Christina Julien in Foxboro, Mass. ahead of a friendly against Brazil, last March. PHOTO: CANADA SOCCER

Two months to go until London 2012.

It’s the big tournament the Canadian Women’s National Team has been waiting for since the disappointment of last year’s World Cup, in which Big Red crashed out in the group stage with three straight losses to Germany, France and Nigeria.

The team is in the midst of a residency camp being held throughout Metro Vancouver, as head coach John Herdman prepares his charges for the biggest tournament under his tenure since taking over from Carolina Morace in September, 2011.

“It’s huge,” captain Christine Sinclair told The 11 after a training session at North Vancouver’s Kinsmen Stadium Monday evening. “It’s our camp preparing for the Olympics. It’s a unique opportunity for us to be in Vancouver together for two or three months. We’ve got a lot to work on and that’s giving us that chance.”
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Canada loses women’s CONCACAF U-17 final to the USA

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Steven Sandor
– 05/13/2012

Canada surrendered only its second goal of the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship, but it was enough to cost it the gold medal.

The United States got a goal from Amber Munerlyn in the first half and had very few scares as it beat Canada 1-0 in the CONCACAF final Saturday night in Guatemala.

Munerlyn chipped Canadian keeper Kallen Sheridan from inside the box after she made a run through the defensive line. It was the 26th goal the Americans had scored in the tournament (five games). For Canada, it was only the second time it had been scored on in the tournament.
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Canada books spot at the women’s U-17 World Cup

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Steven Sandor
– 05/11/2012

Valerie Sanderson PHOTO: CANADA SOCCER

Canada will be represented at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan.

The Canadian teams wrapped up the berth Thursday, as a goal from Valerie Sanderson was all that was needed to beat Mexico 1-0 in a semifinal of the CONCACAF of the U-17 Women’s Chamionship.

CONCACAF sends three teams to the World Cup; both finalists and the winner of the regional consolation game. So, that format made the semifinals de facto one-game World Cup qualifiers

Sanderson, who scored three goals against Guatemala in Canada’s final group stage game, pounced on a rebound off a shot from Summer Clarke early in the first half. That marker proved to be enough.
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Canada finishes atop Group A at U-17 championship

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Steven Sandor
– 05/07/2012

Canada has won Group A of the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 championship in emphatic fashion.

Canada got three goals from Valerie Sanderson and two from Summer Clarke as it beat the host Guatemalans 6-1 Sunday in their final group-stage match of the championships. For Clarke, it was her fifth and sixth goals of the tournament.

Canada finished the group stage with a 3-0-0 record and a +15 goal difference. Guatemala’s goal, a free-kick effort from Vivian Herera, was the only marker surrendered by the Canadians in three group-stage games.
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Canada’s U-17 women rout Jamaica in Group A action

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Steven Sandor
– 05/04/2012

Canada’s dominance at the CONCACAF U-17 women’s championships continued on Friday.

Two days after the Canadian teens throttled Panama by a 6-0 count, they made easy work of Jamaica, winning 4-0 in Guatemala.

Valerie Sanderson and Elissa Neff, who volleyed her effort home, put Canada ahead 2-0 before the 25-minute mark.

In the second half, it was Summer Clarke’s turn to shine once again. The offensive star of the Canadian side, who scored three and set up two more against Panama, got on the scoresheet in the 56th.
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Women’s World Cup host-cities announcement is anticlimactic

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Steven Sandor
– 05/04/2012

As press conferences go, the announcement of Canada’s 2015 Women’s World Cup host cities was about as anticlimactic as they get.

Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Winnipeg were named the host cities for the tournament. What cities will actually get big games (semifinals and final, as well as the Canada matches) will be determined later. Each of the cities will also host games at the 2014 U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Halifax dropped out and Toronto was never interested (that is, city government, not the fans in Canada’s largest city) because it has the Pan Am Games in 2015.

So the six host cities was a done deal. In fact, it was such an obligatory presser that the first question that FIFA president Sepp Blatter fielded from the press gallery was about Brazil 2014. In fact, the press conference handlers had to ask the media to keep the questions to the 2015 WWC.
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Clarke the author of five goals as Canada routs Panama

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Steven Sandor
– 05/03/2012

Summer Clarke

Summer Clarke played just 50 minutes, and it was enough time for her to score three times and set up two more.

Yup, that’s a goal created or scored once every 10 minutes for the Richmond, B.C. product as Canada romped over Panama by a 6-0 count in their opening match at the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 championship on Wednesday.

Canada was up 2-0 within the first 12 minutes of the match, held in Guatemala City, thanks to goals from Nichelle Prince and Jasmin Dhanda, but Clarke was the author of both goals with incisive passes.
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Herdman: Canada, Japan, Sweden, South Africa is NOT the Group of Death

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Steven Sandor
– 04/24/2012

John Herdman looks to be playing the role of master psychologist.

Right after the Canadian national women’s team was drawn into an Olympic group with World Cup champs Japan and World Cup third-place finisher Sweden, Herdman told reporters via a conference call that he didn’t think Big Red was in the Group of Death. He said the U.S., which has North Korea and France in its group, is in tougher. In fact, Herdman went out of his way to say he felt bad for the United States, which, despite its status as a world power, always seems to get tough draws.

That’s right, Herdman doesn’t think a group that includes Japan and Sweden qualifies as the Group of Death.
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WPS striker Lenczyk signs with the Ottawa Fury

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Steven Sandor
– 04/19/2012

Meghan Lenczyk

The Ottawa Fury has brought a refugee from the WPS to bolster its ranks.

The club announced that American forward Meghan Lenczyk will join reigning W-League MVP Mallory Outerbridge in the attack. Lenczyk was the 14th overall selection in 2011 WPS draft, and played in 14 games for the Atlanta Beat, scoring twice.

The cash-strapped WPS, shedding franchises and embroiled in legal battles with renegade club magicJack, suspended operations for the 2012 season, leaving many of the world’s top women’s soccer players without a place to play. With the 2012 Olympics coming up, many have chosen to focus on their national teams for the moment.

But, for Lenczyk, who wouldn’t be on the radar of the powerful U.S. national team, coming to Ottawa is an awfully good fit. She will be available for selection — barring injury — when Ottawa hosts the W-League championships July 27-29.
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Sweden overwhelms Canadian women in Malmo

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Steven Sandor
– 03/31/2012

Caroline Seger

After beating Brazil last week in a friendly in Massachussets, the Canadian national women’s team fell 3-1 away to Sweden Saturday in another pre-Olympic tuneup.

With little coverage in Canada because of the focus on the U-23 men’s quest to qualify for the Olympics, Swedish sources gave a more telling breakdown of the match.

Canada was never allowed to settle into the game thanks to a wonder goal from Swedish veteran Caroline Seger just seven minutes into the match. After a Canadian giveaway in midfield, Seger spotted keeper Erin McLeod well off her line, and chipped the ball in from 35 yards out. Last season, Seger was a teammate of Canadian striker Christine Sinclair with the Western New York flash of the WPS.
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