{ "title": "Canada announces roster for Four Nations Tournament", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:38:32", "published_at": "2008-01-09 09:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-announces-roster-for-four-nations-tournament", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/UNFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team announced its roster for the upcoming Four Nations Tournament today. Coach Even Pellerud has selected 21 players for Canada\u2019s trip to China and the four-team, three-game tournament. Canada will face the United States on 16 January, hosts China on 18 January, and Finlan\u2026", "slug": "canada-announces-roster-for-four-nations-tournament", "body": "

Canada’s women’s national team announced its roster for the upcoming Four Nations Tournament today. Coach Even Pellerud has selected 21 players for Canada’s trip to China and the four-team, three-game tournament.
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\u200bCanada will face the United States on 16 January, hosts China on 18 January, and Finland (Suomi) on 20 January.
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\u200b“This tournament and the three excellent opponents provide an amazing start to the Olympic season,” says head coach Pellerud. “The Canadian team will gain valuable match fitness early in the year, which is more crucial than ever due to the early April CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in México.”
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\u200bCanada’s women’s national team – whose title sponsor is Winners – is in its second phase of preparations for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualification Tournament. After last September’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, Canada opened its first residency camp in Vancouver in November. After a short Christmas break, the team regrouped in Vancouver last week.
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\u200b“We are heading to the Four Nations Tournament with a strong team, but also a very young team,” says Pellerud. “A number of our World Cup veterans are not available due to injury-recovery programs and school commitments.”
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\u200bCanada’s women’s national team is currently ranked ninth in the world (and second in their confederation) by the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Rankings. Canada will need to finish amongst the top-two teams in the upcoming CONCACAF Olympic Qualification Tournament to earn a berth in this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing.
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\u200b“Some of our younger talents are piling up,” says Pellerud. “Quite a few of these youngsters will enjoy their first international senior experience in China, specifically Kaylyn Kyle, Jonelle Filigno, Alexi Marton and Monica Lam-Feist, Julie Armstrong and Taryn Boudreau.”
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\u200b1 Karina LeBlanc – Ajax, ON
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\u200b2 Amy Vermeulen – Saskatoon, SK
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\u200b3 Melanie Booth – Saskatoon, SK
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\u200b4 Taryne Boudreau – Edmonton, AB
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\u200b5 Jonelle Filigno – Mississauga, ON
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\u200b6 Alexandra Marton – Aurora, ON
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\u200b7 Rhian Wilkinson – Baie d’Urfe, QC
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\u200b8 Monica Lam-Feist – Kelowna, BC
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\u200b9 Candace Chapman – Ajax, ON
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\u200b10 Martina Franko – Squamish, BC
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\u200b11 Randee Hermus – Langley, BC
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\u200b12 Christine Sinclair – Burnaby, BC
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\u200b13 Kaylyn Kyle – Saskatoon, SK
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\u200b14 Melissa Tancredi – Ancaster, ON
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\u200b15 Clare Rustad – North Vancouver, BC
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\u200b16 Julie Armstrong – Delta, BC
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\u200b17 Brittany Timko – Coquitlam, BC
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\u200b18 Erin McLeod – St. Albert, AB
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\u200b19 Sophie Schmidt – Abbotsford, BC
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\u200b20 Stephanie Labbé – Stony Plain, AB
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\u200b21 Jodi-Ann Robinson – Richmond, BC

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