{"id":16428,"date":"2017-02-01T17:44:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:44:15","slug":"stratigakis-joins-womens-national-soccer-team-for-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/stratigakis-joins-womens-national-soccer-team-for-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratigakis joins women\u2019s national soccer team for camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah Stratigakis is inching closer to the highest level of women\u2019s soccer in the world.
\nThe Aurora United FC standout, and League 1 Ontario superstar, has earned an invite to Canada Soccer\u2019s Women\u2019s National team\u2019s first training camp of 2017 ahead of a test match against Mexico in early February.
\nWhile the training camp serves as a reorientation and conditioning stint for returning players, it is also an opportunity for executives to scout incoming talent such as Stratigakis, who has been a staple at the international level in younger age groups for years.
\nWith three of the national squad\u2019s key members \u2013 Melissa Tancredi, Marie-Eve Nault, and Rhian Wilkinson \u2013 retiring there could be room for Stratigakis to make her move to the next level.
\n\u201cMany of the young players coming into this camp have just experienced FIFA youth international competition, so bringing them into the Women\u2019s National Team environment now continues their development and gives them more opportunities to grow as players within the Canadian system,\u201d said team head coach John Herdman. \u201cGiving young players this experience is an important part of their development and provides a critical assessment touch point for our technical staff.\u201d
\nScoring at almost a goal-per-game pace in Aurora\u2019s first season of League 1 action in 2016, the seventeen-year old finished sixth in league scoring, potting nine including a hat trick in the final game of the regular season in August.
\nMaking her debut with the Canadian youth program in 2013, Stratigakis has represented Canada at the U-17 level three times and in the U-20 twice, but this week\u2019s camp will mark her first instance training with the senior squad. She most recently donned the red and white at September\u2019s U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Jordan, helping Canada to a 3 \u2013 2 victory over Cameroon with a game-winning penalty kick.
\nShe is one of three players invited to the camp under the age of eighteen.
\nJoining Stratigakis from League 1 is Alex Lamontagne of Durham United FC, who played just four games with the club in 2016.
\nCanada Soccer\u2019s Women\u2019s National Team will play at home for the first time since capturing back-to-back bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics when they take on Mexico in an international friendly in Vancouver on Saturday, February 4, BC Place. <\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sarah Stratigakis is inching closer to the highest level of women\u2019s soccer in the world.
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