{ "title": "Coach Pellerud nominates roster for Olympic Football Tournament", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:30:07", "published_at": "2008-07-15 11:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/coach-pellerud-nominates-roster-for-olympic-football-tournament", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/VKFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team has nominated its roster for the 2008 Women\u2019s Olympic Football Tournament. Coach Even Pellerud made his selections today in North Vancouver, BC, less than a week before the soccer players and staff depart for Asia. The Canadian soccer team will compete in the Women\u2019s O\u2026", "slug": "coach-pellerud-nominates-roster-for-olympic-football-tournament", "body": "

Canada’s women’s national team has nominated its roster for the 2008 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. Coach Even Pellerud made his selections today in North Vancouver, BC, less than a week before the soccer players and staff depart for Asia. The Canadian soccer team will compete in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament from 6-21 August in Beijing, China.
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\u200bCanada’s soccer team qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time in Association history earlier this season. Canada qualified by finishing second at the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in Juarez, Mexico. The clinching victory was a 1:0 win over hosts Mexico in the tournament semi-final. Melissa Tancredi scored the decisive goal while goalkeeper Erin McLeod kept the clean sheet.
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\u200bCanada will play Argentina, China and Sweden in the opening round of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. Canada plays Argentina on 6 August, China on 9 August and Sweden on 12 August. From the 12 teams in the women’s tournament (three groups of four teams), eight teams advance to the 15 August quarter-finals. Four teams then advance to matches on 18 and 21 August: first the semi-finals and then, depending on the outcomes, either the gold-medal final or bronze-medal final.
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\u200bEvery player nominated to the roster for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament has also represented Canada at the national or national-youth level. On the world stage, Canada was most recently ranked ninth in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings. The Canadian team finished second to the world’s number-one ranked United States at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament. At the youth level, Canada recently won its second CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship, this time defeating the United States 1:0 in the 2008 final.
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\u200bCanada 2008 :
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\u200b1 Karina LeBlanc | G | Maple Ridge, BC
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\u200b2 Amber Allen | F | Pitt Meadows, BC
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\u200b3 Emily Zurrer | D | Crofton, BC
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\u200b4 Clare Rustad | D/M | Salt Spring Island, BC
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\u200b5 Robyn Gayle | D | Mississauga, ON
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\u200b6 Sophie Schmidt | M | Abbotsford, BC
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\u200b7 Rhian Wilkinson | F | Baie d’Urfé, QC
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\u200b8 Diana Matheson | M | Oakville, ON
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\u200b9 Candace Chapman | M | Ajax, ON
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\u200b10 Martina Franko | D | Squamish, BC
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\u200b11 Randee Hermus | D | Langley, BC
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\u200b12 Christine Sinclair | F | Burnaby, BC
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\u200b13 Amy Walsh | M | St-Bruno, QC
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\u200b14 Melissa Tancredi | F | Ancaster, ON
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\u200b15 Kara Lang | F | Oakville, ON
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\u200b16 Jonelle Filigno | F | Mississauga, ON
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\u200b17 Brittany Timko | D/M | Coquitlam, BC
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\u200b18 Erin McLeod | G | Edmonton, AB
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\u200bAlternates / Remplaçants :
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\u200bKristina Kiss | D/M | Ottawa, ON
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\u200bStéphanie Labbé | G | Stony Plain, AB
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\u200bJodi-Ann Robinson | F | Richmond, BC
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\u200bAmy Vermeulen | F | Saskatoon, SK
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\u200bStaff / Personnel :
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\u200bHead Coach / Entraîneur-chef : Even Pellerud
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\u200bAssistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint : Ian Bridge
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\u200bAssistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint : Robert Birarda
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\u200bScout / Dépisteur : Paul James
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\u200bGoalkeeper coach / Entraîneur des gardiens : Paul Rogers
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\u200bTeam Manager / Gérant d’équipe : Les Meszaros
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\u200bEquipment Manager / Gérant d’équipement : Maeve Glass
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\u200bMedical Lead and Team Doctor / Avance Médicale et Docteur : Dr. Andrew Pipe
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\u200bPhysiotherapist / Physiothérapeute : Marc Rizzardo
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\u200bPhysiotherapist / Physiothérapeute : Judy Russell
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\u200bTherapist / Thérapeute : Garret Kusch
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\u200bMassage Therapist / Massothérapeute : Nicole Stephen
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\u200bStrength and conditioning coach / Entraîneur de force et conditionnement : Andrew Clark
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\u200bSport Psychologist / Psychologue Sportif : Kirsten Barnes

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