The OSA News Bulletin

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica — Canada’s women’s U-17 team put the final touches to its on-field preparations on Wednesday in advance of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship.

Canada faces group rival Jamaica on Thursday 11 March at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The group match kicks off at 20.30 local and will be broadcast live on www.CONCACAF.com (20.30 ET / 17.30 PT).

For more information on this match, please visit the following fixture link. Fans can also follow the match via Twitter at www.twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN .

Canada is taking part in the second CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship from 10-20 March in Costa Rica. The top-two teams from the eight-team competition will qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2010.

In the group phase, Canada faces Jamaica on 11 March, Panama on 13 March and Mexico on 15 March.

Canada most recently faced Jamaica in the Women’s Under-17 Four Nation Tournament in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Canada won that 3 March match 4:1 on the strength of goals by Chantale Campbell, Caroline Beaulne, Sabrina Hémond and Haillie Price. Canada posted one win, one draw and one loss to finish second at the Four Nation Tournament.

Canada, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, arrived in Costa Rica on Tuesday 9 March. On Wednesday 10 March, it took part in two light training sessions in advance of the Thursday night match.

Two years ago, Canada finished third at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship to qualify for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008. Canada then reached the quarter-final stage of the 16-team tournament.

This time, Canada will need to finish first or second to qualify for Trinidad and Tobago 2010. The qualification semi-final is set for 18 March while the confederation final is set for 20 March.

CANADA
G- Beanlands, Rachelle | CAN / Ottawa South United | Ottawa, ON
G- D’Angelo, Sabrina | CAN / NTC Ontario | Welland, ON
F- Beaulne, Caroline | CAN / Longueuil | Longueuil, QC
M- Campbell, Chantale | CAN / North London | London, ON
F- Cantave, Haisha | CAN / Ottawa South United | Orléans, ON
D- Caverly, Katherine | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Coquitlam, BC
D- Clarke, Alison | CAN / Winnipeg South End United | Winnipeg, MB
D/M- Courtnall, Ally | USA / Eagles SC | Victoria, BC
F- Davis, Kylie | CAN / Lac St-Louis Lakers | Ile-Bizard, QC
F- Ghoneim, Nour | CAN / Richmond Hill | Aurora, ON
M- Hémond, Sabrina | CAN / Lac St-Louis Lakers | Sherbrooke, QC
D- Jainudeen, Shannen | CAN / Ajax United | Toronto, ON
F- McIntosh, Zakiya | CAN / NTC Ontario | Ajax, ON
M/F- McNicoll, Kinley | CAN / NTC Ontario | Oakville, ON
D- Ongtengco-Hintzen, Yazmin | CAN / Ajax United | Whitby, ON
D- Price, Haillie | CAN / Burlington Tigers | Ancaster, ON
M/F- Raymer, Abigail | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Victoria, BC
M- Setterlund, Nicole | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC | White Rock, BC
M- Simpson, Diamond | CAN / Dixie Dragons | Mississauga, ON
D- Thérien, Sophie | CAN / Lac St-Louis Lakers | Kirkland, QC
Head of Delegation / Chef de délégation : Francis Millien
Head Coach / Entraîneure-chef : Bryan Rosenfeld
Assistant Coach / Entraîneure-adjoint : Lewis Page
Goalkeeper coach / Entraîneur des gardiens : Owen Braun
Manager / Gérant :Les Meszaros Equipment Manager / Gérant d’équipement : Jose Valdes
Video Coordinator / Coordinateur des vidéos : Linda Hathom
Doctor / Docteur : Dr. Darrell Menard
Athletic Therapist / Thérapeute athlétique : Maria Xenos
Strength and conditioning coach / Entraîneur de force et conditionnement : Paolo Pacione

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