OT: PSU Women's Soccer Recruiting
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I've seen her play. She is amazing. She's on the US U-17 team that will playing in the U-17 Women's World Cup, which takes place in Nov./Dec. in Jordan.
She's actually playing up (meaning she's underaged) on the team. To put that into prospective, look at all of the midfielders on the US U-17 Women's World Cup team:
Lia Godfrey - she's a freshman in HS. She's not picked a college
Jaelin Howell - she's a junior in HS. She's verballed to FSU
Brianna Pinto - she's a junior in HS. She's verballed to UNC (her mom played softball for UNC, so they were the leaders from the beginning). I've seen her 1 time -- very, very good
Alexa Spaanstra - she's a junior in HS. She's verballed to UVA
Frankie Tagliaferri - she's a senior in HS. She's verballed to PSU. I've seen her play as well -- very talented
Sydney Zandi - she's a senior in HS. She's verballed to UVA. I've seen her multiple times; she can dominate games even at elite levels
Jordan Canniff - she's a freshman in HS. She just verballed to PSU. I've seen her play twice, and she was dominant both times.
Her club team, Richmond United ECNL, practices two hours away from her home. So roundtrip, it's a 4-hour commute for her parents to take her to practice.
Some of you might enjoy this little snippet that TopDrawerSoccer.com wrote about her in September, when the World Cup roster was announced (bold added by me):
“Her potential was immediate and so positive,” Richmond United Director of ECNL Operations Aaron Brunner told TopDrawerSoccer. “A tremendous capacity to progressively learn and with deliberate thoughtfulness in every phase of the game. Every moment to improve her team, teammates, and herself has so much detailed care. Her top quality is she is a fierce competitor and always has a smile.”
It did not take long for Canniff to make an impression on the Richmond coaches.
“It was in November of 2014 at the US Soccer Training Center in Richmond,” Brunner said when asked about the moment he realized that Canniff could be a special player. “I was speaking with Ken Krieger, Ali Krieger’s Father, about the 2000/2001 pool during our session. I pointed to Jordan and said ‘see that kid right there, she is the best player I have ever coached in my career so far.’ At that time she wasn’t even in the U15 GNT pool yet and I had only coached her for 3 months but I was able to see the exponential growth of her ability in such a short time. It still took additional 3 months before she was selected by Mark Carr (U15 GNT Head Coach) inviting her into his next camp.”
Carr selected Canniff and then helped push her up to the U17 Women’s National Team. Canniff made enough of an impression in camps that she made the roster for the CONCACAF Championship, the World Cup qualifying event."
She's actually playing up (meaning she's underaged) on the team. To put that into prospective, look at all of the midfielders on the US U-17 Women's World Cup team:
Lia Godfrey - she's a freshman in HS. She's not picked a college
Jaelin Howell - she's a junior in HS. She's verballed to FSU
Brianna Pinto - she's a junior in HS. She's verballed to UNC (her mom played softball for UNC, so they were the leaders from the beginning). I've seen her 1 time -- very, very good
Alexa Spaanstra - she's a junior in HS. She's verballed to UVA
Frankie Tagliaferri - she's a senior in HS. She's verballed to PSU. I've seen her play as well -- very talented
Sydney Zandi - she's a senior in HS. She's verballed to UVA. I've seen her multiple times; she can dominate games even at elite levels
Jordan Canniff - she's a freshman in HS. She just verballed to PSU. I've seen her play twice, and she was dominant both times.
Her club team, Richmond United ECNL, practices two hours away from her home. So roundtrip, it's a 4-hour commute for her parents to take her to practice.
Some of you might enjoy this little snippet that TopDrawerSoccer.com wrote about her in September, when the World Cup roster was announced (bold added by me):
“Her potential was immediate and so positive,” Richmond United Director of ECNL Operations Aaron Brunner told TopDrawerSoccer. “A tremendous capacity to progressively learn and with deliberate thoughtfulness in every phase of the game. Every moment to improve her team, teammates, and herself has so much detailed care. Her top quality is she is a fierce competitor and always has a smile.”
It did not take long for Canniff to make an impression on the Richmond coaches.
“It was in November of 2014 at the US Soccer Training Center in Richmond,” Brunner said when asked about the moment he realized that Canniff could be a special player. “I was speaking with Ken Krieger, Ali Krieger’s Father, about the 2000/2001 pool during our session. I pointed to Jordan and said ‘see that kid right there, she is the best player I have ever coached in my career so far.’ At that time she wasn’t even in the U15 GNT pool yet and I had only coached her for 3 months but I was able to see the exponential growth of her ability in such a short time. It still took additional 3 months before she was selected by Mark Carr (U15 GNT Head Coach) inviting her into his next camp.”
Carr selected Canniff and then helped push her up to the U17 Women’s National Team. Canniff made enough of an impression in camps that she made the roster for the CONCACAF Championship, the World Cup qualifying event."
