Canada can now boast two Manchester United players on its women's national team roster. Coach Bev Priestman has summoned fullback Jayde Riviere and forward Adriana Leon to her 25-player camp roster for the April international window.
The two Red Devils join captain Christine Sinclair and fellow stalwarts Sophie Schmidt, Jessie Fleming, Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Kailen Sheridan, Allysha Chapman and Quinn, who goes by one name, for a camp that will culminate with an April 11 friendly with France. "With the World Cup around the corner, this camp is pivotal," Priestman said in a statement Wednesday. "We will get to do some real good work as a group, both tactically but also culturally.
I'm excited to get the group together after a very difficult February window." Difficult because the Olympic champion Canadian women took part in the SheBelieves Cup against a backdrop of job action and labour unrest.
Canada has been drawn in Group B at the World Cup with No. 10 Australia, No. 22 Ireland and No. 42 Nigeria. Riviere signed with Manchester United in January but, recovering from injury, did not make the matchday squad until Saturday when she dressed for a 4-0 win over West Ham.