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Canadian women's soccer coach Priestman names 25 players for April camp, friendly in France

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.

The 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., who has won 36 caps for Canada, announced in September that she had played her last game for the University of Michigan and was taking time to recover from an injury. Riviere last played for Canada in July at the CONCACAF W Championship in Mexico.

Leon, 30, joined Manchester United from West Ham in July.

WATCH | Leon scores 1st goal with Manchester United:

Sixth-ranked Canada takes on play No. 5 France in Le Mans at Marie-Marvingt Stadium in the penultimate FIFA window before the World Cup, which kicks off

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