Matheson to help Canadian midfield from the sidelines 17 Jan 2012 “We play at home so rarely that it’s really special when you get in front of the home crowd so I’m obviously going to miss that but I’ll be with the team throughout everything,” said Matheson.
B.C.-born Leroux will have sort-of homecoming at Olympic qualifiers 16 Jan 2012 Sydney Leroux will have a sort-of homecoming in Vancouver this week.
Mottershead replaces Matheson on women’s Olympic qualfiying roster 15 Jan 2012 Diana Matheson’s injured knee won’t be ready in time for her to play for the Canadian national team at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers.
Herdman selects women’s Canadian Olympic qualifying roster 20 Dec 2011 As he announced his roster for the upcoming tournament in Vancouver, Herdman also spoke of the need to keep the team’s heads “light, bright and clean.” So, in January, he is bringing in Dr. Ceri Evans, listed on the roster as a “mental trainer” to work with the team, to help boost the player’s confidence after the morale-shattering World Cup — a tournament where the player’s mental toughness was brought into question.
