Canada Soccer announced on Tuesday that eight players have been called into the women's U-17 National EXCEL (NEX) program from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite REX Super Centre in partnership with BC Soccer. The camp will take place in Burnaby, BC from Setpember 28 to October 5.
The eight players include Teni Akindoju, Jayde Riviere, Aaliyah Scott, Maya Antoine, Maya Ladhani, Andersen Williams, Caitlin Shaw, and Alyson Hay. Also called up are Mya Jones from the Whitecaps FC Alberta South REX program, and Isabella Hanisch from Academy Centre partners Ottawa South United.
This will be the second last camp of 2017, as efforts ramp up ahead of a competitive 2018 beginning with the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in Nicaragua April 19-29, which will determine qualification for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 running November 13 to December 1.