Coach: Andrew Olivieri

Previous appearances: 5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

Best finish: Winner (2004, 2008)

World Cup qualification: 5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

International honors: U-20 Women's World Cup runner-up (2002)

Key players: F Amelia Pietrangelo, DF Vanessa Legault-Cordisco, F Jenna Richardson

New coach Andrew Olivieri brings five members of Canada's 2010 CONCACAF U-17 champion side to Panama, and returns five more from the 2010 U-20 side that finished third in Guatemala. As many as nine players have seen time in camp with the Canadian senior women's team, including Rutgers University freshman forward Amy Pietrangelo. Pietrangelo was Canada's U-20 Women's player of the year in 2011 and is one of 18 roster players who compete in the U.S. college ranks.