In advance of tonight’s CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship final between the USA and Canada, here are some notes on Canada’s roster, as well as predicted line-ups for both teams, plus tables of minutes played for both rosters.
For a look back at past USA-Canada U-20/U-19 championship final encounters, see this earlier post. (There’s been four, and all have been decided by a one-goal margin.)
PREDICTED STARTING LINE-UPS
USA — Although Steve Swanson has been liberal in the use of his entire roster during this tournament, he does seem to have a preferred line-up. I am expecting the same starting eleven for Mexico to start against Canada,with possibly one change, Samantha Mewis instead of Sarah Killion: Bryane Heaberlin (GK); Crystal Dunn(RB), Cari Roccaro (CB), Kassey Kallman (CB), Mollie Pathman (LB), Sarah Killion or Samantha Mewis (MF-H), Julie Johnston (MF-A), Morgan Brian (MF-A), Lindsay Horan (FW-R), Katie Stengel (FW-C), Kealia Ohai (FW-L).
A possible change that I could see Swanson making is starting Maya Hayes instead of Lindsay Horan, and then using Horan as an early substitute for Stengel, either at half-time or sometime before the 65th minute. (The precedence for this is the second match versus Cuba, where Hayes started and Horan came on at half-time for Stengel.)
CANADA — Andrew Olivieri has gone with the same starting eleven in the last two matches: Sabrina D’Angelo (GK); Vanessa Legault-Cordisco (RB), Rachel Melhado (CB), Shelina Zadorsky (CB), Kylie Davis (LB); Danica Wu (MF), Constance de Chantal-Dumont (MF), Jaclyn Sawicki (MF); Christabel Oduro (FW), Jenna Richardson (FW), Nkem Ezurike (FW).
Absent injuries, that is the line-up I am expecting. Though, I would not be surprised if super-sub Catherine Charron-Delage started in midfield, most likely in place of Chantal-Dumont. And, it is possible that Canada may try a more defensive or more possession-oriented formation, which could dictate a change in the starting personnel.
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TABLE: U-20 USWNT Playing Time, 2012 CONCACAF Championship
(sorted by playing time in the semifinal versus Mexico)
Player P. GUA CUB PAN S-MEX F-CAN Grp Ovr Kassey Kallman DF 90 90 90 90 360 360 Mollie Pathman DF 90 90 NR 90 180 270 Bryane Heaberlin GK 90 0 90 90 270 270 Cari Roccaro DF 90 0 90 90 270 270 Crystal Dunn DF 90 90 0 90 270 270 Morgan Brian MF 68 90 0 90 248 248 Kealia Ohai FW 45 0 90 90 225 225 Katie Stengel FW 57 45 NR 90 102 192 Julie Johnston MF 90 0 56 70 216 216 Lindsey Horan FW 90 45 45 61 241 241 Samantha Mewis MF 90 45 34 45 214 214 Sarah Killion MF NR 20 45 45 65 110 Maya Hayes FW 45 90 45 29 209 209 Vanessa DiBernardo MF 22 45 90 20 177 177 Olivia Brannon DF 0 90 90 0 180 180 Chioma Ubogagu FW 33 90 0 0 123 123 Mandy Laddish MF 0 70 45 0 115 115 Abby Smith GK 0 90 0 0 90 90 Micaela Capelle FW 0 NR 90 NR 90 90 Stephanie Amack DF NR NR 90 NR 90 90
“NR” means not rostered. With only 7 subs allowed on the bench and a 20 player roster, that means that 2 players will be watching from the stands. This information is only readily available for the USA’s matches.
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DATA FILE: CANADA
For Canada’s full roster, with links to collegiate bio pages where available, see this earlier post.
Matches:
CANADA 5, Haiti 0.
CANADA 2, Jamaica 0.
CANADA 1, Mexico 0.
CANADA 6, Panama 0.
Goal Scorers: Catherine Charron-Delage (3), Nkem Ezurike (3), Jenna Richardson (3); Christabel Oduro (2), Vanessa Legault-Cordisco, Amelia Pietrangelo, Jaclyn Sawicki.
TABLE: Canada’s U-20 WNT Playing Time, 2012 CONCACAF Championship
PLAYER P. HAI JAM MEX PAN Total Sabrina D'Angelo GK 90 90 90 90 360 Shelina Zadorsky DF 90 90 90 90 360 Jenna Richardson FW 90 90 90 76 346 C. de Chantal-Dumont MF 90 90 90 61 331 Kylie Davis MF 90 31 90 90 301 Jaclyn Sawicki MF 67 90 45 90 292 Christabel Oduro FW 0 90 90 90 270 Danica Wu MF 90 0 90 90 270 Rachel Melhado DF 0 90 90 90 270 V. Legault-Cordisco DF 90 0 90 90 270 Nkem Ezurike FW 72 0 57 66 195 C. Charron-Delage MF 45 45 45 0 135 Amélia Pietrangelo* FW 45 45 1 24 115 Nicole Hill DF 0 90 0 14 104 Lauren Granberg DF 90 0 0 0 90 Christine Exeter* FW^ 18 31 32 0 81 Diamond Simpson MF 0 59 0 0 59 Olivia Colosimo MF 0 59 0 0 59 Nicole Setterlund MF 23 0 0 29 52 Dayle Colpitts GK 0 0 0 0 0
*Against Mexico, Pietrangelo was subbed-on in stoppage time for Exeter, who was a substitute herself. I have credited Pietrangelo with 1 minute, which has been deducted from Exeter’s minutes.
^Exeter is listed as a defender on Canada’s roster, but plays forward for her collegiate team, Louisville. During the group stage, she has been subbed-in for a forward, Ezurike, twice, and a midfielder, Colosimo, once, which was after another forward, Pietrangelo, was subbed off for midfielder Charron-Delage.
The next table lists Canada’s line-ups for their matches so far in this Championship. This is based on CanadaSoccer.com’s match reports, which specifically notes the outside-backs and center-backs. However, I do not have full faith in concerning their accuracy. For example, the report for Haiti includes Colosimo instead of Wu as a starter.) Those match reports are available here: Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Panama.
Players with “s-” before their positions were substitutes in the corresponding match. Some of the substitutes’ positions are best guesses as not all the substitutions were clearly like-for-like.
TABLE: Canada’s U-20 WNT Line-Ups, 2012 CONCACAF Championship
PLAYER HAI JAM MEX PAN Sabrina D'Angelo GK GK GK GK V. Legault-Cordisco RB RB RB Rachel Melhado CB CB CB Shelina Zadorsky CB CB CB CB Kylie Davis** LB s-OB LB LB Danica Wu MF MF MF C. de Chantal-Dumont MF MF MF MF Jaclyn Sawicki MF MF MF MF Christabel Oduro FW FW FW Jenna Richardson FW FW FW FW Nkem Ezurike FW FW FW ----------------------------------------------- Amélia Pietrangelo FW FW s-FW s-FW C. Charron-Delage^^ s-MF s-MF s-MF Christine Exeter^ s-FW s-FW s-FW ----------------------------------------------- Nicole Setterlund s-MF s-MF Nicole Hill*** LB s-?? Diamond Simpson RB Lauren Granberg CB Olivia Colosimo MF ----------------------------------------------- Dayle Colpitts (GK)
**For Davis, I am not sure if she played right outside-back or switched with Hill and played left outside-back.
^Exeter is listed as a defender on Canada’s roster, but plays forward for her collegiate team, Louisville. During the group stage, she has been subbed-in for a forward, Ezurike, twice, and a midfielder, Colosimo, once, which was after another forward, Pietrangelo, was subbed off for midfielder Charron-Delage.
^^Charron-Delage is listed as a midfielder, but replaced forward Pietrangelo in the first two matches. She seemed to play centrally, perhaps as an attacking midfielder in a 4-4-2 diamond formation.
***Hill, who is listed as a defender (both on Canada’s roster and for her collegiate team, Georgia) replaced Richardson, a forward.
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