Eighteen young soccer players will be Canadian pioneers as the first ever members of Canada’s Women’s U-15 Team that will challenge at the inaugural CONCACAF Girls’ Under-15 Championship in the Cayman Islands. And eight of those, hail from Ontario.

Under the direction of Head Coach Bev Priestman, Canada has been placed in Group D in the 16-team competition alongside Haiti, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.

“This is the first development contact with this group of players outside of a wider identification camp,” said Priestman, who guided Canada’s Women’s U-17 Team to a quarterfinal first in March at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014.

“It’s an opportunity to really assess the players selected for the future.”

Click here to read more comments from Priestman and learn more about the tournament.

Canadian U-15 Roster 
GK- Lysianne Proulx | CAN / Rousillon (QC) 
GK- Marissa Zucchetto | CAN / Erin Mills SC (ON) 
D- Bryana Buttar | CAN / Fraser Valley FC (BC) 
D- Samantha Chang | CAN / Brams United SC (ON) 
D- Kennedy Faulknor | CAN / Unionville Milliken SC (ON) 
D- Kavina Ganeshan | CAN / Unionville Milliken SC (ON) 
D- Emma Regan | CAN | Mountain United FC (BC) 
M- Nahida Baalbaki | CAN / Lakeshore SC (QC) 
M- Danielle Camilleri | CAN / Dixie SC (ON) 
M- Julia Grosso | CAN / Mountain United FC (BC) 
M- Anyssa Ibrahim | CAN / CS Terrebonne (QC) 
M- Mya Jones | CAN / Calgary Foothills (AB) 
M- Sarah Stratigakis | CAN / Woodbridge SC (ON) 
F- Teni Akindoju | CAN / Halifax Dunbrack SC (NS) 
F- Shana Flynn | CAN / Brams United SC (ON) 
F- Camila Gomez | CAN / Mountain United FC (BC) 
F- Jordyn Huitema | CAN / Surrey United SC (BC) 
F- Lauren Raimondo | CAN / Burlington SC (ON)