Kailen Sheridan isn’t the only goalkeeper eligible for Thursday’s National Women’s Soccer League college draft, but the Whitby native is the only one with an Olympic bronze medal to her name.

The 21-year-old Clemson University alum, an alternate for the medal-winning Canadian team in Rio this past August, is hoping that international pedigree will help make her one of the 40 players selected.

“I like to think it helps me,” she said recently. “I think it looks really good on my resume, compared to a lot of other ’keepers who entered the draft.”

There were 20 goalkeepers on the preliminary list of 148 players eligible for selection. The window to register remains open until Wednesday.

Stanford’s Jane Campbell, projected to crack the United States national team roster down the road, is expected to be the first ’keeper off the board. Mock drafts project Sheridan, whose made her only international appearance to date in March, will be next in line.

Five of the league’s 10 teams have picks in the top 10 — the Boston Breakers, who finished last in 2016, have four.

“Not every team needs a goalkeeper, and only a few teams are going to need one that has a chance to compete for a starting spot, and that’s what I’m looking for,” she said.

“It’s a big challenge. Some people aren’t going to make it, but I like to think that having been in the national program for a while and having that cap under my belt is going to help me get to a team that I have a chance to compete with.”

Sheridan isn’t the only player with international experience among roughly a dozen Canadians in the draft mix:

Forward Nichelle Prince of Ajax also played in Rio and has made 21 appearances for Canada since her debut in 2013, with six goals and two assists.

Summer Clarke of Richmond, B.C., also a forward, earned her one cap during the Algarve Cup in March, three days before Sheridan made her international debut.

Midfielder Emma Fletcher and forward Valerie Sanderson have represented Canada at the under-20 level.

Defender Kadeisha Buchanan — just voted player of the year in the NCAA — and midfielder Ashley Lawrence aren’t on the list, with both set to start their professional careers in France. Lawrence officially signed with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, while reports have linked Buchanan with Lyon.

The first Canuck chosen on Thursday will be the sixth since the league’s inception in 2013. Last year, striker Janine Beckie was the only Canadian international selected — eighth, by the Houston Dash.

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Sheridan has also put out feelers in Europe, but is focused on the NWSL for now and happy to see her country making a bigger impact on the American league.

The fact that Canada’s world ranking hit an all-time high in 2016 doesn’t hurt, either: “If you say you’re from Canada, people know that we’re No. 4 in the world, that we just got a bronze medal twice in a row now, and you’re going to be look upon a little bit higher.”