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The Montreal Roses announced the signing of two high-profile players on Wednesday, Marie-Yasmine Alidou and \u00c8ve P\u00e9risset.<\/p>\n
The two new recruits will be eligible to make their NSL debuts on July 23 when the Roses take on Toronto at Stade Bor\u00e9ale in Laval, Que.<\/p>\n
“\u00c8ve and Mimi are two players who will immediately elevate the level of our organization,” sporting director Marinette Pichon said in a statement. <\/p>\n
“\u00c8ve brings unprecedented experience and a winning culture acquired at the highest level, and Mimi is an exceptional player coming home to play. Welcoming both of them on the same day is a great source of pride for the club.”<\/p>\n
Pichon later relayed to Radio-Canada the extensive effort it took to secure the two players, admitting she had been chasing them for almost 18 months. <\/p>\n
She noted her desire to convince them to join the Roses for the club’s inaugural season over a year ago. <\/p>\n
“We have youth, we have talent, we have players who have been playing professionally for a few years. But we were missing players who know the very highest level,” she said.<\/p>\n
Alidou returns to her roots after a decade playing abroad. <\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Montrealer most recently spent a year with the Portland Thorns, where she recorded one goal and three assists over 1,386 minutes in 32 matches. <\/p>\n
The Thorns confirmed they received an undisclosed transfer fee from the Roses.<\/p>\n
Following her university career with the UQAM Citadins, Alidou left Quebec for Marseille in 2017. <\/p>\n
Her professional journey then took her across Europe with stints in Sweden, Spain, Norway, Austria and Portugal, where she notably reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals with Benfica. <\/p>\n
She earned her first call-up to the Canadian national team in 2022 and has since scored six goals in 22 appearances.<\/p>\n
\u00c8ve P\u00e9risset, a 31-year-old right back, boasts a decorated resume, having also represented Paris Saint-Germain, Girondins de Bordeaux, Chelsea and Strasbourg. <\/p>\n
Her impressive trophy cabinet includes three French League Championships, four French Cups, two English League Titles, one FA Cup and a UEFA Champions League title. <\/p>\n
Internationally, P\u00e9risset has earned 61 caps for Les Bleues and scored four goals, including the extra-time game-winner against the Netherlands in the Euro 2022 quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
P\u00e9risset will find herself on somewhat familiar ground in Montreal. She was part of the French Under-20 squad that played four matches at the Olympic Stadium during the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, and she has since participated in two senior Women’s World Cups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-790833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}