Jordyn Huitema and Julia Grosso from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Super REX Centre have been called up to the Canadian women’s national for their April 9 friendly vs. France.
Huitema, 16, and Grosso, 17, are the two youngest players on the roster.
The match pits the world’s fourth-ranked Canada against fifth-ranked France at Roazhan Park, one of the nine venues for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™.
As Canada prepares for this October’s qualification phase to the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™, they are using each match of 2018 to prepare for both the Concacaf Women’s Championship and next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup™.