U20 Women To Hold 10 Day CONCACAF Championship Prep Camp

Canada’s women’s U20 team has announced it will hold its next preparatory camp from December 11-20 in Florida. Coach Carolina Morace will call 23 players for the 10-day camp. The team will train at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. The team is working towards the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany 2010 which runs 13 July to 1 August.

Canada’s qualification route for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Germany 2010 is fast approaching. The eight-team confederation qualification – the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship – runs 18-31 January in Guatemala. Canada plays Costa Rica on 20 January, Cuba on 22 January and host Guatemala on 24 January.

The Canadian camp features six new players: goalkeeper Helena Brooke McCurdy from Peterborough, ON, forward Julie Casselman from Gatineau, QC, midfielder Catherine Charron-Delage from Longueuil, QC, defender Vanessa Legault-Cordisco of Boisbriand, QC, forward Adriana Leon from Maple, ON, and midfielder Christabel Odura from Brampton, ON. Of note, Leon was the Top Scorer at the 2009 Canada Games Women’s Soccer Tournament.

The 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship will qualify three teams for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Germany 2010.