Vanessa Legault-Cordisco with U20 Canadian National Team

Canada’s women’s U-20 team has called 23 players to its preparatory camp this January in Tampa, FL. The camp runs this 11-18 January at the campus of University of South Florida. From this team, coach Morace will make her final selection for the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Cuidad Guatemala, Guatemala.

The 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship runs 20-30 January. Canada faces group opponents Costa Rica on 20 January, Cuba on 22 January and Guatemala on 24 January. The top-two teams in the group advance to the semi-final stage on 28 January; the winners advance to the final on 30 January.

The top-three teams from the eight-team CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany 2010. The 24-team biennial tournament runs 13 July to 1 August. To date, Canada has qualified for every FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, including a silver-medal performance at the inaugural tournament at Canada 2002.

In Tampa, FL, coach Morace and her staff will put the team through one or two sessions each day. From the group of 23 players, there will be 20 players selected for the final championship team that will represent Canada in Guatemala. Potential returning members from the 2008 championship team are Lexi Marton, Shannon Woeller and 2009 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year Chelsea Stewart. Along with Marton, Stewart and Woeller, other U-20 players that have had call-ups to the full national team are goalkeeper Dayle Colpitts, defender Bahar Sansar, and midfielders Laura Chénard and Gina Pacheco.

Canada, whose title sponsor is Winners, is the reigning champion from the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship. In three championships, Canada has won two gold medals (2004 and 2008) and one silver medal (2006). Each of the last three finals has featured Canada against USA. While Canada won the 2008 confederation title, USA won the last FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup title at Chile 2008.

CANADA
G- Colpitts, Dayle | Fredericton, NB, CAN | CAN / NTC – Atlantic/Atlantique
G- Leblanc, Cynthia | Granby, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval
G- McCurdy, Helena Brooke | Peterborough, ON, CAN | CAN / NTC – Ontario
D- Allen, Molly | Halifax, NS, CAN | USA / Virginia Commonwealth University
F- Casselman, Julie | Gatineau, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval
M- Charron-Delage, Catherine | Montréal, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval
M- Chénard, Laura | Ste-Luce, QC, CAN | CAN / NTC – Québec
M- Lamarre, Rachel | Laval, QC, CAN | USA / University of Maryland
D- Legault-Cordisco, Vanessa | Ste-Thérese, QC, CAN | CAN / Shattuck-St. Mary’s Soccer Academy
F- Leon, Adriana | Mississauga, ON, CAN | CAN / NTC – Ontario
F- Malette, Chloé | Roxboro, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval
D- Marton, Lexi | Aurora, ON, CAN | USA / Penn State University
D- McCarthy, Bryanna | Ajax, ON, CAN | USA / West Virginia University
M- Murani, Rehana | Sherwood Park, AB, CAN | USA / University of South Florida
M- Oduro, Christabel | Brampton, ON, CAN | CAN / NTC – Ontario
M- Pachecho, Gina | Ottawa, ON, CAN | USA / University of South Florida
M- Patterson, Taylor | Edmonton, AB, CAN | USA / University of South Florida
F- Richardson, Jenna | Vancouver, BC, CAN | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
M- Rivkin, Hannah | St. John’s, NL, CAN | CAN / NTC – Atlantic/Atlantique
D- Sansar, Bahar | Longueuil, QC, CAN | USA / University of South Florida
M/F- Stewart, Chelsea | The Pas, MB, CAN | USA / Vanderbilt University
D/M- Woeller, Shannon | Vancouver, BC, CAN | USA / Rutgers University
F- Zadorsky, Shelina | London, ON, CAN | CAN / North London Galaxy

Head Coach/Entraîneur-chef: Carolina Morace
Assistant Coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Elisabette Bavagnoli
Assistant Coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Andrea Neil
Goalkeeper coach/Entraîneur des gardiens: Massimiliano Colucci
Team Manager/Gérant d’équipe: Daniel Michelucci
Strength and conditioning coach/Entraîneur de force et conditionnement: Mario Familari
Equipment Manager/Gérant d’équipement: Maeve Glass
Athletic Therapist/Thérapeute athlétique: Becky Swan
Translator/Traducteur: Joe Parolini