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The Canadians will then take on Finland on 8 March at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia; before returning to action against the Netherlands to close out group play on 11 March.

I am very happy to see Labbe is back.

CANADA

GK- Stephanie Labbé | SWE / KIF Örebro DFF

GK- Karina LeBlanc | USA / Portland Thorns FC

GK- Erin McLeod | USA / Chicago Red Stars

CB- Kadeisha Buchanan | CAN / Erin Mills Mighty Eagles U-16

CB- Carmelina Moscato | USA / Chicago Red Stars

CB- Lauren Sesselmann | USA / FC Kansas City

CB- Emily Zurrer | USA / Seattle Reign FC

FB- Melanie Booth | USA / Sky Blue FC

FB- Robyn Gayle | USA / Washington Spirit

FB- Ashley Lawrence | CAN / Erin Mills Mighty Eagles

FB- Bryanna McCarthy | USA / Western New York Flash

FB- Chelsea Stewart | USA / UCLA

FB- Rhian Wilkinson | USA / Boston Breakers

M- Tiffany Cameron | USA / Seattle Reign FC

M- Jonelle Filigno | USA / Rutgers University

M- Kaylyn Kyle | USA / Seattle Reign FC

M- Diana Matheson | USA / Washington Spirit

M- Christabel Oduro |

M- Jodi-Ann Robinson | USA / Western New York Flash

M- Sophie Schmidt | USA / Sky Blue FC

M- Desiree Scott | USA / FC Kansas City

M- Brittany Timko |

F- Christina Julien |

F- Adriana Leon | USA / Boston Breakers

F- Christine Sinclair | USA / Portland Thorns FC

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Wonderful to see Oduro and Leon on the roster. I thought they stood out during the Four Nations tournament.

Agreed about Labbe. Good to see her back in the fold. Back on a media call in December, Herdman talked about the impressive GK depth in Canada: McLeod, LeBlanc, Labbe, D'Angelo and McNulty.

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When you say "wonderful" it makes it sound like it was unexpected. How could they not be there? :rolleyes:

It's nice to see? I'm happy to see? It's good to see? :) Maybe the wrong word to use, I guess. Leon has a bright future and it's good to see her name included on the senior squad rosters now. Hopefully she sees a lot of playing time over the next year with the NWSL and the national side.

I thought Kailen Sheridan was solid for the U17s last year too... but she's a really long way from being in the mix, obviously.

Agreed. She definitely held her own.

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Yes, good to see Labbe back in the picture. I was disappointed to see that she had "retired" from the NT, obviously not true. I was disappointed because I thought we were going to lose another good one after Taryn Swiatek left. Labbe was the heir apparent and at one very short point, number one keeper. Add in Sabrina D'Angelo and the position looks good for the next few years, much depth for us.

Also want to see more of talented Adriana Leon who may be the combo Tancredi/Sinclair prototype. Loved her first senior NT goal celebration, just walked away as if she'd done it a million times before.

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Here's the roster:

http://canadasoccer.com/canada-wnt-announces-roster-ahead-of-kick-off-at-cyprus-cup--p153419

GK- Stephanie Labbé | SWE / KIF Örebro DFF

GK- Karina LeBlanc | USA / Portland Thorns FC

GK- Erin McLeod | USA / Chicago Red Stars

CB- Kadeisha Buchanan | CAN / Erin Mills Mighty Eagles U-16

CB- Carmelina Moscato | USA / Chicago Red Stars

CB- Lauren Sesselmann | USA / FC Kansas City

CB- Emily Zurrer | USA / Seattle Reign FC

FB- Melanie Booth | USA / Sky Blue FC

FB- Robyn Gayle | USA / Washington Spirit

FB- Ashley Lawrence | CAN / Erin Mills Mighty Eagles

FB- Chelsea Stewart | USA / UCLA

FB- Rhian Wilkinson | USA / Boston Breakers

M- Jonelle Filigno | USA / Rutgers University

M- Kaylyn Kyle | USA / Seattle Reign FC

M- Diana Matheson | USA / Washington Spirit

M- Christabel Oduro |

M- Sophie Schmidt | USA / Sky Blue FC

M- Desiree Scott | USA / FC Kansas City

M- Brittany Timko |

F- Christina Julien |

F- Adriana Leon | USA / Boston Breakers

F- Christine Sinclair | USA / Portland Thorns FC

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Mango I haven't seen the Roster published on the CSA site.

Apologies about the broken link. Looks like its broken on the CSA site too, but it was working earlier today when I followed it from Twitter. Once there's a new one, I'll update my original post.

Some teenagers made the cut: Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan. They were definitely the Canadian standouts at the U-17 World Cup.

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GK McLeod; Wilkinson, Moscato, Buchanan, Stewart; Scott, Matheson, Schmidt ©; Oduro, Filigno, Leon. - Starters

GK Labbé, Zurrer, Booth, Gayle, Julien, Kyle, Lawrence - Subs

Schmidt pots the first goal as she celebrates her 100th cap. 1-0 Canada at the half versus Switzerland.

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Canada versus Finland

(as per https://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN)

#canWNT XI: GK LeBlanc; Wilkinson, Buchanan, Moscato, Sesselmann; Kyle, Schmidt, Matheson; Leon, Filigno, Sinclair ©

0-1 Finland 6'

1-1 Canada Filigno 30'

2-1 Canada Sinclair on penalty 37'

Half: GK change - Labbe coming in for LeBlanc

2-1 win for Canada. They advance to the Cyprus Cup final with a 2-0 record.

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England in the final then after battling back against the kiwis.

Strange how the same thing happened in the women's cricket last month. except England didn't make the final;)

Anyway, for those unable to watch the game on Friday. I would check the BBC's web radio streams (5live extra) good chance that they may put this on ahead of any championship games, now that there seems to be a genuine push to promote the women's game on the BBC.

BBC sports commentaries are often subject to International rights restriction block but its not always automatic. This may be one of the events that would fly under the Radar.

If available, the paly by play and colour team are likely to be Male and Female; that been a male and Female Play by Play team (Hazel Irving and perhaps Andy Swiss ?), and an ex-international women player as the pundit.

I think we could guarantee that "some call me insufferable" Alan Green would not be slated for this one.

Also, Radio commentary is easier to pass of in the office when your working.

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On a non-Canadian note, I see in the Wikipedia page for Cyprus Cup 2013 that France pulled out because there were too many European teams. The reference is a German article, which I can't understand. Anyone here know more about it?

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On a non-Canadian note, I see in the Wikipedia page for Cyprus Cup 2013 that France pulled out because there were too many European teams. The reference is a German article, which I can't understand. Anyone here know more about it?

Who do they want to play Belize? I know they played Brazil twice recently( http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/video/brazil-1-1-france-match-highlights-algarve-women-s-cup-9th-march) and Japan and China are at the Algarve cup but really there is no one else to play.

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On a non-Canadian note, I see in the Wikipedia page for Cyprus Cup 2013 that France pulled out because there were too many European teams. The reference is a German article, which I can't understand. Anyone here know more about it?

Well, I can't read German and haven't put the article through Google Translator but it would seem likely that they would want to avoid playing European teams because the Ladies' Euro is this summer in Sweden. This will be the biggest competition of the year for them and they won't want to prep for it by playing their competition. Since they aren't in the Cyprus Cup, it makes sense that they scheduled a friendly against Canada in April.

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Guest Future CanWNT
for those unable to watch the game on Friday.

Wouldn't that be anyone not in Cyprus? Or am I missing something?

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With empty stadiums how does the Cyprus Federation make any money? or worst yet how do they recover set up costs?

Cyprus Womens Cup is hosted by the FA's of Scotland, the Netherlands and

England.

Local organizer is Erinor Tours Ltd in Larnaca.

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