While the United States Women’s National Team will stage an in-person minicamp this month at the University of South Carolina, led by Gamecocks and national team coach Dawn Staley, Canada’s team was boxed in to holding a virtual training camp with its roster.
Canada named 20 players to its roster including a number of WNBA players. Those include Kia Nurse, Bridget Carleton, Natalie Achonwa and Kayla Alexander.
We had a special, surprise guest join us to kick off our 🇨🇦🏀 Senior Women’s National Team virtual training camp.
Thanks @TeamCanada @MarnieMcB for speaking with athletes, coaches and staff about @Tokyo2020 this morning.#WeAreTeamCanada #StandOnGuard pic.twitter.com/QHLZWluvQh
— Canada Basketball (@CanBball) February 1, 2021
The roster also includes college standouts such as Aaliyah Edwards (UConn), Laeticia Amihere (South Carolina) and Merissa Russell (Louisville).
Team Canada is slated to hold a training camp in Edmonton in May as we get closer to the scheduled start of the Tokyo Olympics. Canada will begin group play in Group A with Spain, Serbia and Korea.
