MUTIPULA & GALLANT CALLED UP FOR CANW17 MATCHES AGAINST PORTUGAL

Canada Soccer have announced their squad for the upcoming Women’s Under-17 camp in Portugal. Canada’s 21-player squad, coached by Emma Humphries, will come together for a training camp in Troia, Portugal, from 14-19 November, and then travel to Lisbon to play Portugal on 21 and 23 November. Both matches will take place at Cidade do Futebol, the National Training Centre for the Portuguese Football Association.

“I’m really excited for this camp! We have a talented group of young players that are ready for a test against an experienced European opposition,” said Emma Humphries, Canada Soccer’s Women’s U-17 National Team Head Coach. “This camp is all about assessing where the team and players are at and growing from the experience as we head towards the Concacaf qualification tournament in the new year.”

This will be the first time Canada Soccer’s Women’s Under-17 team has come together since qualifying for the 2024 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship this past August, when Canada finished first in the three-nation round-robin Group F series by winning 21:0 against Dominica and 9:0 against Bermuda. The 2024 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship will act as a qualifying competition for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, and will see Canada face Puerto Rico on 2 February, Panama on 4 February, and the United States on 6 February in Toluca, Mexico. ​

This 21-player roster will see 17 returning players from the U17 Concacaf W Preliminary Round earlier this year, with the addition of four new faces in goalkeeper Sierra Gallant (NS), defenders Bridget Mutipula (NS) and Katherine Ozard, and midfielder Emily Wong.

“It is great for 2 players who have been in the Nova Scotia high performance leagues and programs to be representing Canada at the youth international level, Sierra having already been in the national team program before and Bridget making her first appearances,” said Mike Ayyash, Whitecaps FC Academy Centre Technical Director. “The experience they will gain from being exposed to this level of training and competition is very valuable to continue pushing their development. It is also a testament to the work they did with their local clubs and coaches over the years and the opportunities provided through the pathway to get them seen by national team staff. We wish both the very best as they take this next step in their soccer journey.”

This camp will allow some of Canada’s exceptional young players to be together for 10 days and work towards the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, and ultimately Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team.

CANADA U-17
​GK- Olivia Busby | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​GK- Khadijah Cissé | CAN / Académie CF Montréal / NDC-CDN Québec ​
​GK- Sierra Gallant | CAN / Suburban FC ​/ NDC Ontario /
​CB- Reese Kay | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​CB- Keira Martin | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia ​
​CB- Bridget Mutipula | CAN / Halifax Dunbrack/ Vancouver Whitecaps FC ​
​CB- Katherine Ozard | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​ ​
​FB- Mya Angus | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​ ​
​FB- Inès Nourani | CAN ​ / NDC-CDN Québec ​
​M- Olivia Chisholm | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​M- Teegan Melenhorst | CAN ​ / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​M- Juliette Perreault | CAN / Académie CF Montréal / NDC-CDN Québec ​
​M- Liana Tarasco | CAN / Académie CF Montréal / NDC-CDN Québec ​
​M- Marée-Anne van Doesburg | CAN / NDC-CDN Québec ​
​M-Emily Wong | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia ​
​F- Adriana Bianchin | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​F- Annabelle Chukwu | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​F- Isabelle Chukwu | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​F- Bryana Gaynor | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario ​
​F- Kaylee Hunter | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC / NDC-CDN British Columbia ​
​F- Nikolina Istocki | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario

CANADA (A-Z) ​ ​
​Player | Birth year | City in which they grew up | Notable youth clubs ​
​Nom de la joueuse | Année de naissance | Lieu où elle a grandi | Début d’activité/premier club
​Angus, Mya | 2008 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa TFC ​
​Bianchin, Adriana | 2007 | Oakville, ON, CAN | Oakville SC ​
​Busby, Olivia | 2008 | Markham, ON, CAN | Unionville-Milliken SC, Markham FC ​
​Chisholm, Olivia | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | North Toronto SC ​
​Chukwu, Annabelle | 2007 | Gravesend, Kent, ENG & Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa South United SC ​
​Chukwu, Isabelle | 2007 | Gravesend, Kent, ENG & Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa South United SC ​
​Cissé, Khadijah | 2008 | Montréal, QC, CAN | Notre dame de grace soccer association ​
​Gallant, Sierra | 2007 | Fall River, NS, CAN | Oakville SC ​
​Gaynor, Bryana | 2007 | Whitby, ON, CAN | Ajax Azzurri SC ​
​Hunter, Kaylee | 2008 | Calgary, AB, CAN | Calgary West FC, Calgary Blizzard SC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC ​
​Istocki, Nikolina | 2007 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | Mississauga Falcons SC ​
​Kay, Reese | 2008 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa South United ​
​Martin, Keira | 2007 | Langley, BC, CAN | Langley United SC ​
​Melenhorst, Teegan | 2007 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa Nepean Hotspurs SC ​
​Mutipula, Bridget | 2008 | Burnaby, BC, CAN | Halifax Dunbrack ​
​Nourani, Inès | 2007 | Québec, QC, CAN | Première Seigneurie ​
​Ozard, Katherine | 2007 | Stouffville ON, CAN ​
​Perreault, Juliette | 2007 | Saint-jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, CAN | AS Haut-Richelieu Tarasco, Liana | 2007 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Les Étoiles de L’Est ​
​van Doesburg, Marée-Anne | 2007 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Pierrefonds ​
​Wong, Emily | 2007| Coquitlam, BC, CAN | Coquitlam, BC, CAN

CANADA SOCCER’S WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ​
​​Canada are Olympic champions (Tokyo 2020), 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).