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MONTPELLIER — Rebecca Quinn is a member of a Canadian golden generation playing on likely the best national team ever produced.

The 23-year-old defender is one of seven players born in 1995 currently on the Canadian women’s national team, who open the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup here Monday against Cameroon.

The class of ’95 also includes goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, 23, defenders Kadeisha Buchanan, 23, Ashley Lawrence, 23, Lindsay Agnew, 24, Jenna Hellstrom, 24, and forward Nichelle Prince, 24. Forward Janine Beckie, 24, can also be included in the generation, born in August 1994.

“We were actually looking at our old U-17 national team photos (Wednesday) night and we were cackling over that and then we realized that six of our starters back then are still on the team, which is pretty amazing,” Quinn said following a training session in Laverune, a suburb of Montpellier, on Thursday. “I think it’s really fun for us having the same people and growing up with them and just going through the whole process together. It’s fantastic that we can have people on the team that can have such a connection at such a young age.”