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Members of the 2022 Women’s National Team (WNT) Canada Cup roster have arrived in Seattle, Wash. for a series of training sessions in preparation for Team USA’s first competition of the 2022 season.
Looking to build off the Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medal finish, the Red, White and Blue will take part in a series of workouts, practice sessions and simulated game situations June 17-19 before traveling to Surrey, B.C., Canada where Team USA will compete in the Canada Cup scheduled for June 20-26.
“It feels great to have all of our athletes together here in Seattle as we begin our preparations for winning a gold medal at the Canada Cup next week,” said WNT Head Coach, Heather Tarr (Head Coach at Washington).
“I am so excited to get this Canada Cup roster out on the field and to see them compete against the other great teams in this tournament as we continue laying the foundation for this sport in the months and years to come.”
Following this week’s training sessions, the U.S. will begin its quest to the Canada Cup gold medal alongside 11 other teams from various levels including Women’s International, Futures Select, Futures Gold, Showcase Select and Showcase Gold.
The participating teams will open the tournament in two groups with Team USA competing in the Red Pool alongside Aussie Spirit, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, T.C. Colorado and Korea while Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, Philippines, Aussie Spirit Development and Calahoo Erins will battle it out in the Black Pool.
The U.S. will kick off pool play on Sunday, June 20 at 8:30 p.m. PT against Korea followed by matchups against T.C. Colorado (June 21 at 3:30 p.m. PT), Czech Republic (June 22 at 1 p.m. PT), Chinese Taipei (June 22 at 9 p.m. PT) and Aussie Spirit (June 23 at 8:30 p.m. PT).
Following the conclusion of pool play, the top four teams from each pool will advance to the Playoff Round with the final two teams going head-to-head in the Canada Cup gold medal matchup on Sunday, June 26.
Fans across the globe will have the opportunity to follow all week long through the Canada Cup livestream package, which can be purchased for $29.99. The livestream package includes live streaming or on-demand access to all games. Click here to access the live streaming package.
Live stats will also be provided on USASoftball.com.
The 2022 USA Softball WNT Canada Cup roster includes three veterans from the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team as well as eight members from the previously announced World Games roster.
The Red, White and Blue also adds seven rookies who will represent the U.S. for the first time in their career as well as ten athletes who have previously represented Team USA either as a member of the USA Softball JWNT or WNT.
Highlighting the Canada Cup roster are 11 collegiate student athletes from the 2022 season as well as six former student athletes from five athletic conferences – Pac-12 (six athletes), SEC (six athletes), ACC (two athletes), CAA (two athletes) and Big 12 (one athlete) – with two athletes representing UCLA, Florida, James Madison, LSU, and Washington followed by Arizona, Florida State, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia Tech with one athlete apiece.
Recent additions to the Canada Cup roster include Virginia Tech’s Emma Lemley and Tennessee’s Kiki Milloy.
At the helm of the Canada Cup roster is Head Coach Heather Tarr and assistant coaches Cindy Ball-Malone (Head Coach at UCF), Brian Kolze (Head Coach at Pacific) and Jimmy Kolaitis (Assistant Coach at ASU).