On Monday, Canada Soccer and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) named the 18 athletes nominated to represent Canada in women’s soccer at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August.
Four former Whitecaps FC women’s players are included on the roster: midfielders Sophie Schmidt and Desiree Scott and strikers Christine Sinclair and Melissa Tancredi.
Canada’s women’s national soccer team qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Texas in February, earning Canada its third consecutive Olympic berth in women’s soccer.
As the reigning Olympic bronze medallists, Canada will face Australia, Zimbabwe, and Germany in Group F of the Rio 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament.