Canada Soccer announced on Thursday that eight players who will be part of the newly minted Vancouver Whitecaps FC Super REX program, in partnership with BC Soccer, have been called up to a national EXCEL in its final preparations for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The camp will run August 11 to 18 in Burnaby, BC.
Among the 26 players are current Whitecaps FC players Ashley Cathro (Victoria, BC), Julia Grosso (Vancouver, BC), Kaela Hansen (Burnaby, BC), Emma Regan (Burnaby, BC), and Caitlin Shaw (North Vancouver, BC). Joining the new Super REX set-up are Maya Antoine (Vaughan, ON), Tanya Boychuk (Edmonton, AB), and Jayde Riviere (Pickering, ON).