Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy players Samantha Powell, Racquel Partovi, Myla Ewasiuk, and Lacey Kindel have been called up to represent Canada at the upcoming 2024 Concacaf Girl's Under-15 Championship that will be played in Alajuela, Costa Rica, from August 5 to 11. Head coach Tina Cook has selected 18 players, all born in 2009 or later. The biennial competition represents the first international competition for the age group.
Canada will compete in Group B, where they will face Mexico, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador. The team will begin their group-stage journey against Puerto Rico on Monday, August 5, followed by El Salvador on Tuesday, August 6, and Mexico on Thursday, August 8.
“This is an exciting and hard-working group of young players. We look forward to bringing the team together to compete at the international level. This will be a great competitive experience and development opportunity for this next generation of Canadian players,” said Tina Cook Canada Soccer’s Women’s U-15 National Team head coach.
As one of the highest-ranked Concacaf National Teams, Canada will be participating in the League A Championship alongside the United States, Haiti, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador. The top two finishers from Group A and B will advance to the Semifinals on Friday 9 August and the Finals, where the leagues’ Champions will be crowned, on Sunday, August 11, 2024.
From the four previous editions of the Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship, Canada have posted a record of 16 wins, two draws and 4 losses, finishing first in 2014, second in 2016, missing the semi-finals in 2018, and getting runner-up in 2022. Of the 69 players that represented Canada at those four previous editions, 12 of those players have already had call-ups to Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team including Olympic champions and former Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy players Julia Grosso (2014), Jordyn Huitema (2014 and 2016), and Jayde Riviere (2016).
All of Canada’s matches will be live-streamed via Concacaf’s YouTube channel. Fans will find coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube featuring the hashtag #canw15.
CANADA
1- GK- Kellyane Dumas | CAN / CF Montréal Academy
2- FB- Racquel Partovi | CAN / Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy
3- FB/M- Riéle Storm Nembhard | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
4- M- Maika-Kim Guerrier | As Laval/ CF Montréal Academy
5- CB- Myla Ewasiuk | CAN / Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy
6- F- Mayron Brou Christ | CAN / CF L’international de Québec
7- F- Daneeka Medley | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
8- M- Isabella Lanzillotta | CAN / Liverpool FC IA Mississauga
9- F- Ailish Hennessy | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
10- F- Alyssa McLeod | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
11- F- Melyna Nyann Alexis | CAN / CF Montréal Academy
12- F- Madden Asante | CAN / New Frontier Soccer Club
13- F- Gabriela Istocki | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
14- M- Paige Rueffer | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
15- F- Olivia Tapping | CAN / Hamilton United Elite Soccer Club
16- F- Lacey Kindel | CAN / Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy
17- M- Iris Oppong | CAN / NDC-CDN Ontario
18- GK- Samantha Powell | CAN / Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy
CANADA (A-Z)
Player | Birthyear | City in which they grew up | Notable Canadian youth clubs
Asante, Madden | 2009 | Calgary, AB, CAN | Calgary West Soccer Club
Brou Christ, Mayron | 2010 | Québec city, QC, CAN | CF L’international de Québec
Dumas, Kellyane | 2009 | Terrebonne, QC, CAN | AS Laval
Ewasiuk, Myla | 2009 | Langley, BC, CAN | Surrey United
Guerrier, Maika-Kim | 2010 | Terrebonne, QC, CAN | Union Lanaudière-sud
Hennessy, Ailish | 2009 | Stouffville, ON, CAN | Markham FC
Istocki, Gabriela | 2009 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | Mississauga Falcons
Kindel, Lacey | 2009 | Coquitlam, BC, CAN | Coquitlam Metro Ford Soccer Club
Lanzillotta, Isabella | 2010 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | North Mississauga Soccer Club
McLeod, Alyssa | 2009 | Ajax, ON, CAN | Unionville-Milliken SC (UMSC)
Medley, Daneeka | 2009 | Ajax, Ontario, CAN | Unionville SC
Nyann Alexis, Melyna | 2009 | Mascouche, QC, CAN | AS Laval
Oppong, Iris | 2009 | Whitby, ON, CAN | Unionville SC
Partovi, Racquel | 2009 | Surrey, BC, CAN | Coastal FC
Powell, Samantha | 2009 | Winnipeg, MB, CAN | AK Academy
Rueffer, Paige | 2009 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | Markham FC
Storm Nembhard, Riéle | 2009 | Ajax, ON, CAN | Ajax SC
Tapping, Olivia | 2010 | Ancaster, ON, CAN | Mount Hamilton Youth Soccer Club
The Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship provides an important development step towards future Concacaf and FIFA youth competitions at the U-17 and U-20 levels and more importantly a step towards competing at the international level for Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team at Concacaf, FIFA and Olympic tournaments.
