Women's Football

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The playoffs are underway in Canadian women's football.

The Calgary Rage want another shot at the Edmonton Storm.
But the Lethbridge Steel are standing in the way.
The Rage will host the Steel in Saturday’s Western Women’s Canadian Football League semifinal (1:30 p.m. at Shouldice Athletic Park).
This will be the third meeting of the season between the provincial rivals with the Rage looking to complete the sweep.
Calgary won 26-14 on home turf before exploding for a 57-22 victory, which was the first time the Rage had ever left Lethbridge with a win.
It also wrapped up the squad’s finest season (3-1) in its six-year history.
Rage offensive line coach Don Nelson said both clashes were tight until late in the contests.
“The first game was close until late in the fourth (quarter),” Nelson said. “The same goes for the second game.
“We found a crack in the armour and really unloaded in the fourth quarter.”
A win over the Steel would give the Rage the opportunity to avenge a 21-7 loss to the Storm (4-0), the lone setback on the Calgary club’s schedule, last month at Clarke Field.
The winner from that tilt will take on the Manitoba/Saskatchewan champion.
“It was a rainy day and we came up short,” Nelson said. “We had one of our better showings against them in recent memory.
“The offence just couldn’t push those couple extra points out.
“The game was actually a lot closer than those two scores. We just got tired in the fourth quarter.
Rage running backs Lisa Gomes and Tolu Fasuba — Nelson calls them the best one-two punch in the league — will be key on Saturday.
As will, as usual, the play of quarterback Erin Walton.
“We have a lot of new rookies on defence that have been stepping up and playing amazing,” said Nelson.

http://calgaryherald.com/sports/foot...ball-semifinal

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After silver medal wins in 2010 and 2013, Canada has announced its national team roster (see url below) for 2017 Women's World Championship.

BY FOOTBALLCANADA · JANUARY 14, 2017



The dream of representing their nation at the highest level has come true for 45 of the top women’s tackle football players in Canada. Eleven additional players were named to a reserve roster. Canada heads into the 2017 IFAF Women’s World Championship with a pair of silver medals earned at the inaugural event in 2010 as well as the 2013 installment in Finland.
The national team retains a core group of players as 13 of the 45 women on the roster competed in 2013 including Alex Black, Trina Graves and Christine O’Donnell who are set to represent Canada for a third straight Women’s World Championship.
The selection process began this past summer as aspiring national team players were identified at the Women’s National Championship in Regina and invited to attend regional selection camps held this past December in Montreal and Moose Jaw. ....
The host nation and location for the 2017 Women’s World Championship has yet to be named.
Now held every four years, the inaugural 2010 event took place in Stockholm, Sweden while Vantaa, Finland played host to the second installment in 2013.

http://footballcanada.com/football-c...l-team-roster/