{ "title": "Pellerud Selects Roster for First Camp of \u009106", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:47:22", "published_at": "2006-01-05 09:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/pellerud-selects-roster-for-first-camp-of-06", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/8RFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canada\u2019s Women\u2019s National Team Head Coach, Even Pellerud, has released the names of the 16 women that will attend the team\u2019s first training camp of the New Year. The camp will run from January 10-17 in Vancouver, BC. \u0093The upcoming camp in Vancouver kicks off a very big season for t\u2026", "slug": "pellerud-selects-roster-for-first-camp-of-06", "body": "

Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canada’s Women’s National Team Head Coach, Even Pellerud, has released the names of the 16 women that will attend the team’s first training camp of the New Year. The camp will run from January 10-17 in Vancouver, BC.
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\u200b\u0093The upcoming camp in Vancouver kicks off a very big season for the Women’s team; a season that will conclude in November with the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament,\u0094 said Head Coach Even Pellerud from the U20 training camp in Sunrise, FL.
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\u200b\u0093There’s an interesting change in the balance of this roster. Earlier, we had to rely on a lot of our younger players based in NCAA schools, but now we see a large portion of that group graduating and the result is a far more \u0091adult’ group of athletes.
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\u200b\u0093Some of our younger athletes have been omitted from this camp simply because of the conflict with the upcoming U20 qualifying tournament.\u0094
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\u200bHowever, the majority of the squad for the weeklong camp has been ever-present in Pellerud’s selections of late but the latest list of players does include a handful of women that have been absent from the last few camps and International friendlies.
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\u200bThe most notable being University of Portland \u0091super-striker’, Christine Sinclair.
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\u200bSinclair, who has been busy in 2005 re-writing the NCAA record-books and looks to be a sure winner of the 2005 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy (awarded to the top female and male Division 1 College soccer players), will be training with her Canadian teammates for the first time since June 2005.
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\u200bSinclair was named \u0091Soccer America Women’s Player of the Year’ in late December and was also on the shortlist for FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005.
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\u200bAnother NCAA star that has been absent from Pellerud’s squad since June 2005 is Notre Dame’s Katie Thorlakson.
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\u200bThe diminutive striker and 2004 Soccer America Player of the Year, also had her fair share of highlights in 2005, having led the nation with 35 assists (2nd in NCAA history) and finishing second to Sinclair in total points in 2005 with 71 (Sinclair finished with 88 points).
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\u200bThorlakson’s Notre Dame reached the quarterfinals in 2005, only to fall to Sinclair’s Pilots 3-1.
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\u200bFellow All-American, Erin McLeod (Penn State), has also been absent for sometime and has been included for the first time since July 2004.
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\u200bIn 2005, McLeod also had the unfortunate pleasure of running into the Pilots during their College Cup run.
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\u200bMcLeod certainly did her part by holding the Pilots and Sinclair scoreless for 110 minutes in the semi-final match, but when it came to the decisive penalty and Sinclair stepped up to take it, the result must have seemed automatic.
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\u200bAlso making a long-awaited return will be defender Sharolta Nonen.
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\u200bThe experienced veteran of two World Cups has not been involved since the agonizing 2-1 loss to Mexico in Olympic Qualifying that eliminated the Canadians in 2003 and will certainly be looking to re-establish herself in early 2006 as a mainstay in Pellerud’s defense.
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\u200bPellerud added that the camp would serve \u0093multiple goals\u0094 over the seven day period.
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\u200b\u0093I hope to use the seven days to assess individual performances as we head towards some of the friendlies we are close to finalizing in February and March. It also allows us to further enhance and enforce our playing style as well as the fitness of our players.
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\u200b\u0093Off the field, it gives us a chance to address the mental aspects of the game through some of the professionals we have added to the staff and get a clearer picture of how we look to approach the next few months.
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\u200b\u0093The upcoming \u0091season’ will be filled with challenges and will require a large commitment from all involved \u0096 this camp is the first stage in addressing those challenges.\u0094
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\u200bRoster
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Player

POS

DOB

Caps

G/S

Club

Hometown

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Allen, Amber

F

10/21/1975

17

4

Vancouver Whitecaps

Chilliwack, BC

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Andrews, Sasha

D

2/14/1983

29

3

Vancouver Whitecaps/U. of Nebraska

Edmonton, AB

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Apps, Amy

M

05/08/1978

2

 

Vancouver Whitecaps

Markham, ON

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Franko, Martina

M/F

1/13/1976

2

1

Vancouver Whitecaps

Squamish, BC

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Hermus, Randee

D

11/14/1979

63

5

Vancouver Whitecaps

Langley, BC

\n \n

Hooper, Charmaine

F/D

1/15/1968

124

64

Chicago Cobras

Ottawa, ON

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LeBlanc, Karina

GK

3/30/1980

48

17

New Jersey Wildcats

Maple Ridge, BC

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Matheson, Diana

M

04/06/1984

39

1

Ottawa Fury/Princeton U.

Oakville, ON

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McLeod, Erin

GK

2/26/1983

14

4

Vancouver Whitecaps/Penn State

Calgary, AB

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Morneau, Isabelle

D

4/18/1976

78

6

F.C. Select Rive-Sud

Longueuil, QC

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Neil, Andrea

M

10/26/1971

108

21

Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver, BC

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Nonen, Sharolta

D

12/30/1977

58

1

Unattached

Vancouver, BC

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Sinclair, Christine

F

06/12/1983

71

53

University of Portland

Burnaby, BC

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Thorlakson, Katie

F

1/14/1985

9

 

Vancouver Whitecaps/U. of Notre Dame

Langley, BC

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Walsh, Amy

M

9/13/1977

66

5

F.C. Select Rive-Sud

Montreal, QC

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Wilkinson, Rhian

M/F

05/12/1982

18

3

Strømmen FK

Baie D’Urfe, QC

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Staff
\u200bEven Pellerud – Head Coach
\u200bJudy Joseph – Manager
\u200bDave Adolph – Athletic Therapist
\u200bHolly Mair – Massage Therapist (to January 16)
\u200bLes Meszaros – Equipment Manager
\u200bAssistant Coach – TBD
\u200bSaul Miller – Sport Psychologist

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