Canada set to make waves at FIFA U-17 Soccer World Cup — with 4 Quebecers named to team

While Canadian soccer fans are focusing on the success of the senior men's and women's teams, they can expect to see young Quebec talent coming down the pipeline this month. 

Sixteen teams will travel to India for the 7th edition of the U-17 World Cup, featuring some of the best female teenagers on the planet, including four Quebecers.

Coach Emma Humphries says Canada is looking to improve on its fourth place finish in 2018 — the country's best result in seven appearances at the tournament.

"We're going out to win every game that's in front of us," Humphries said from Goa, India. 

Terrebonne's Jade Bordeleau says pulling on the Canadian kit is an honour.

"It was pretty amazing when you walk in the locker room and you get the jersey with your number and everything," she said. "It was really special."

It shouldn't be surprising to see Jade rising to the top of the talent pool when you consider her family's athletic roots.

Her grandfather, Paulin Bordeleau, played in the NHL in the 1970s. Her father, Sébastien Bordeleau, played seven years in the league, including parts of three seasons with the Montreal Canadiens. Now, her brother, Thomas Bordeleau, is following suit. He has already played a handful of games with the San Jose Sharks last season. But Jade knew early on that Canada's national winter sport wasn't for her.

"My dad asked me when I was young if I wanted to play hockey because, you know, my brother was playing. I never wanted anything to do with it. I did figure skating, but never hockey."

Canadian soccer fans are thankful Jade chose cleats over skates because she'll be called on to help carry the squad to a deep run in this tournament. As a striker, she will be asked to step up in the absence of scoring