Canada names roster for CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship

Bev Priestman

Canada has finalized its roster for the CONCACAF U-17 women’s championships.

Coach Bev Priestman confirmed the final roster on Tuesday. Canada begins the CONCACAF tourney on Halloween, with a date in Jamaica against Guatemala.

Only the top two teams from the tournament get to the ’17 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, as the hosts have already got one of the CONCACAF slots. That means Canada has to get to the final.

Fullback Sura Yekka is just 16, and was born in 1997, meaning she’d be eligible to play for Canada’s U-17 team. But she’s in Edmonton right now, with the senior team as it prepares to face South Korea on Wednesday. So, if there’s a notable name not on the roster for the U-17s, It’s Yekka, simply for the fact that she’s already been identified by national women’s coach John Herdman to be fast-tracked through the program.

CANADA

GK- Rylee Foster | CAN / Woodbridge SC

GK- Devon Kerr | CAN / Glen Shields FC

D- Easther Mayi Kith | CAN / Laser de Joliette

D- Mika Richards | CAN / Brams United SC

D- Rachel Jones | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite

D- Nadia Pestell | CAN / Brams United

D- Bianca St-Georges | CAN / Laser de Joliette

D- Simmrin Dhaliwal | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite

M- Jenna Baxter | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite

M- Jessie Fleming | CAN / London NorWest SC

M- Sarah Kinzner | CAN / Calgary Foothills

M- Avery Lakeman | CAN / Edmonton Drillers

M- Karima Lemire | CAN / Varennes

M- Sarah Stratigakis | CAN / Woodbridge SC

F- Emily Borgmann | CAN / Burlington SC

F- Nadya Gill | CAN / Vaughan SC

F- Anyssa Ibrahim | CAN / Terrebonne

F- Marie Levasseur | CAN / Haute St-Charles

F- Jessica Lisi | CAN / Woodbridge SC

F- Marie-Mychèle Métivier | CAN / Armada Chaudière-Est