Canada Soccer released its 21-player roster for the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco on Tuesday, and four B.C.-born players will wear the red and white when the tournament begins on Oct. 17. Lacey Kindel, Brooklyn Boldt, Hanjarat Boora and Adrianna Giese have all been selected to join the squad that will gather in Rabat on Oct. 7 for a final preparation camp ahead of the tournament. All four players, as well as Alberta’s Adalyn Fairweather, were part of the Vancouver Rise Academy team that won the semi-professional British Columbia Premier League in 2026. Kindel, from Coquitlam, was the BCPL MVP in 2026, before beginning her collegiate soccer career for the Michigan State Spartans in the NCAA. She would also become the youngest player to appear in a Northern Super League game in 2026, when she played for the Vancouver Rise against AFC Toronto on April 24. Kindel comes from a sporting family, both her parents have represented Canada’s senior national teams, and her brother, Ben, is a professional hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brooklyn Boldt, from Surrey, led the BCPL with 14 goals in 2026, including two hat-tricks. Boldt has scored multiple goals for Canada at the U-17 level, including a pair of goals against Finland in a friendly in Spain earlier this year. She is committed to playing her collegiate soccer with the University of Wisconsin in 2027. Hanjarat Boora, also from Surrey, scored four goals for the Rise academy in 14 BCPL matches. This is Boora’s first ever call-up to represent Canada. Adrianna Giese, from Burnaby, is a defender who most recently appeared for Canada’s U-17 team at the Four Nations Cup in the U.S. in August. Giese has also been selected to train with the Rise’s NSL team during their preseason. In the 2025 edition of the tournament, Canada lost in the quarterfinals to Brazil 5-4 on penalty kicks. Canada’s U-17 team will begin this year’s tournament against Brazil on Oct. 18, before facing Norway on Oct. 21 and then completing its group stage against Ghana on Oct. 24.
