The Canadian women’s program is looking to the future. For the second year running they are gathering the best Canadian players between the ages of 17 and 23 for a camp.
Called the EXCELeration program, it is designed to provide a bridge to the full national team set-up for players,
In the past, Canada has struggled to integrate new players into the national team. That has lead to what is effectively two golden generation eras, each with a core of players that played a long time together.
In the case of the current group, it has allowed for some slow progress over the years (and, of course, a bronze medal), but everyone involved in the program has admitted that they would benefit from being pushed from below to a greater extent.
The roster for the camp is below the jump.
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GK- Dayle Colpitts | USA / Virginia Tech
GK- Sabrina D’Angelo | USA / University of South Carolina
D- Molly Allen | AUT / LUV Graz
D- Jade Kovacevic | Unattached
D- Rachel Melhado | USA / University of Louisville
D- Rebecca Quinn | USA / Duke University*
MF- Emma Fletcher | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MF- Parkes Kendrick | USA / FC Portland
MF- Kinley McNicoll | USA / University of Wisconsin
MF- Sabrina Santarossa | CAN / CS Vallée Richelieu
MF- Danica Wu | USA / Ohio State University
F- Mélissa Busque | USA / Seattle University
F- Haïsha Cantave | USA / Darton State College
F- Katie Kraeutner | University of Nebraska
F- Kelley Monogue | USA / Texas A&M
F- Christabel Oduro | USA / University of Memphis
F- Nichelle Prince | USA / Ohio State University*
F- Jenna Richardson | USA / Oregon State University
For some of those players, the camp will also serve as a preparation towards the 2014 u20 World Cup, which will be held in four yet to be announced cities in Canada.