On Monday, Canada announced its Olympic women’s soccer team roster (CanadaSoccer.com). Only one player, Lauren Sesselmann, was not on the roster for the 2011 Women’s World Cup, where Canada lost all three of its group matches.
Canada is in Group F, where they will first face Japan, then South Africa, and finally Sweden. For more on Canada and its roster, see this CBC.ca write-up: Canadian women’s soccer team names Olympic roster.
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CANADA’S SEMI-OFFICIAL OLYMPIC ROSTER
(positions are from the CanadaSoccer press release)
Goalkeepers:
LeBlanc , Karina (unattached)
McLeod, Erin (Dalsjöfors G.o.I.F., Sweden)
Centerbacks:
Chapman , Candace (unattached)
Moscato, Carmelina (Piteå IF, Sweden)
Zurrer, Emily (Dalsjöfors G.o.I.F., Sweden)
Fullbacks:
Gayle , Robyn (unattached)
Sesselmann, Lauren (unattached)
Stewart , Chelsea (unattached)
Wilkinson, Rhian (unattached)
Midfielders:
Kyle, Kaylyn (unattached)
Matheson, Diana (unattached)
Parker, Kelly (unattached)
Schmidt, Sophie (Kristianstads DFF, Sweden)
Scott, Desiree (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
Forwards:
Filigno, Jonelle (Rutgers University, USA)
Sinclair, Christine (unattached)
Tancredi, Melissa (Dalsjöfors G.o.I.F., Sweden)
Timko, Brittany (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
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