Soccer-Canada face mission 'impossible' to replace injured Beckie - Priestman

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Concacaf Women Championship - Semi Final - Canada v Jamaica - Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico - July 14, 2022 Canada coach Bev Priestman reacts REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

(Reuters) - Canada coach Bev Priestman said injured forward Janine Beckie was "impossible to replace" as she named her 25-player squad on Wednesday for a training camp and friendly against France in the lead up to the Women's World Cup.

Olympic champions Canada have their work cut out with scarcely more than 100 days to go before the quadrennial tournament kicks off in Australia and New Zealand, after losing veteran forward Beckie to an anterior cruciate ligament injury earlier this month.