Canada women's national soccer team
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| Association | Canadian Soccer Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) | ||
| Head coach | John Herdman[1] | ||
| Captain | Christine Sinclair | ||
| Most caps | Christine Sinclair (250) | ||
| Top scorer | Christine Sinclair (165) | ||
| FIFA code | CAN | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current |
4  6 (August 26, 2016) | ||
| Highest | 4 (August 2016) | ||
| Lowest | 13 (December 2005) | ||
| First international | |||
 United States 2–0 Canada  (Blaine, United States; July 7, 1986) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Canada 21–0 Puerto Rico  (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; August 28, 1998) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
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United States 9–1 Canada (Dallas, United States; May 19, 1995) United States 9–1 Canada (Sydney, Australia; June 2, 2000)  Norway 9–1 Canada (Honefoss, Norway; June 19, 2001) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1995) | ||
| Best result | 4th place (2003) | ||
| CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result |
 Winners: 2 (1998, 2010) | ||
| Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2008) | ||
| Best result |
 Bronze: 2 (2012, 2016) | ||
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The Canada women's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior women's level. The team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and competes in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
The team reached international prominence at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing in the third place match to the United States.[2] Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament in 2008, making it to the quarterfinals.[3] Canada are two-time CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup champions, and two-time Olympic bronze medalists from London 2012 where they defeated France 1–0 in Coventry and from Rio de Janeiro 2016, after defeating hosts Brazil 2–1 in São Paulo.
A certain segment of the Canadian women's soccer fans are closely linked to the U-20 team (U-19 prior to 2006), partly due to Canada hosting the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002, a tournament in which the team won silver in front of 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. Canada also hosted the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by England. Canada set the tournament and team record for attendance in the process, with 1,353,506 and 54,027 respectively.[4]
History
The Canada women's team played its first international in 1986, a 2–0 away loss to the United States.[5][6] The team's first major tournament was the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, where the team achieved one draw and two losses in group play and failed to advance.[7] Its first success in a major tournament was the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, where Canada finished in fourth place, their first time reaching the semifinals of a major global tournament.[8] Canada's best finish in any major global tournament was its third-place finish at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[9]
Captain Christine Sinclair has been called the "backbone" of the Canadian national team, achieving her 250th cap in 16 years with the team in 2016.[10][11] She was named Canada Soccer's female player of the year every year from 2004 to 2014, and has been nominated for FIFA's Women's World Player of the Year.[12] Despite speculation otherwise, she confirmed in 2016 that she plans to compete in the 2019 Women's World Cup and the 2020 Olympics.[10] She also added prior to the 2016 Olympics that "The young players coming into this Olympic squad have brought an energy and passion to our team and they have risen the bar."[13]
Record
World Cup
| Year | Result | Rank | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1991 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 1995 | Group stage | 10/12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 1999 | Group stage | 12/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2003 | Fourth place | 4/16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
| 2007 | Group stage | 9/16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
 2011 | Group stage | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | Quarterfinals | 6/24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 6/7 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 49 | |
Olympic Games
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 2000 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 2004 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008 | Eighth place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
 2012 | Third Place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
 2016 | Third Place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Total | 3/6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 |
CONCACAF Championship
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1991 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
| 1994 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 |
| 1998 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2002 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| 2006 | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
 2010 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2014 | Did not participate | ||||||
| Total | 6/7 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 16 |
Minor tournaments
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Pan-American Games Cyprus Cup
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Algarve Cup
Four Nations Tournament International Women's Football Tournament |
Recent schedule and results
2016
| February 11, 2016 Olympic qualifier: Group B | Canada |
5–0 |  Guyana |
Houston, Texas, United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Rose  25' 40' Lawrence 29' 46' 48' |
Report | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Referee: Marianela Arya (Costa Rica) |
| February 14, 2016 Olympic qualifier: Group B | Trinidad and Tobago  |
0–6 | Canada |
Houston, Texas, United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Report | Matheson 24' Tancredi 44' Sinclair 63' Buchanan 66' Beckie 75' Fleming 79' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico) |
| February 16, 2016 Olympic qualifier: Group B | Canada |
10–0 |  Guatemala |
Houston, Texas, United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | Tancredi 4 ', 86' Carle 27'Beckie 35'Prince 43 ', 84 ', 88'Quinn 45+1' (pen.), 49 ', 52' |
Report | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 859 |
| February 19, 2016 Olympic qualifier: SF | Canada |
3–1 |  Costa Rica |
Houston, Texas, United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:30 | Sinclair 17 ', 51' Rose 86' |
Report | Rodríguez 71' (pen.) |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium |
| February 21, 2016 Olympic qualifier: Final | United States |
2–0 | Canada |
Houston, Texas, United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Horan 53' Heath 61' |
Report | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium |
| March 2, 2016 Algarve Cup: Group A | Canada |
0–1 |  Denmark |
Albufeira, Portugal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Report | Nadim 55' |
| March 4, 2016 Algarve Cup: Group A | Canada |
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Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Clarke 87' |
Report |
| March 7, 2016 Algarve Cup: Group A | Canada |
1–0 |  Iceland |
Lagos, Portugal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:30 | Beckie 41' |
Report |
| March 9, 2016 Algarve Cup: Final | Canada |
2–1 | Brazil |
Parchal, Portugal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 | Zadorsky 60' Beckie 67' |
Report | Andressa Alves 90' |
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden) |
| April 10, 2016 Friendly | Netherlands  |
1–2 | Canada |
Eindhoven, Netherlands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| van der Gragt 58' |
Report | Sinclair 34' Beckie 57' |
Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion Attendance: 2,122 |
| June 4, 2016 Friendly | Canada |
0–2 | Brazil |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Report | Marta 11 ', 41' |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 28,604 |
| June 7, 2016 Friendly | Canada |
1–0 | Brazil |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckie 90+' |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium |
| July 20, 2016 Friendly | China PR |
0–1 | Canada |
Paris, France |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Fleming 6' |
Stadium: Stade Charléty |
| August 3, 2016 Summer Olympics | Canada |
2–0 | Australia |
São Paulo, Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 BRT | Beckie 1' Sinclair 80' |
Report | Stadium: Arena Corinthians Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
| August 6, 2016 Summer Olympics | Canada |
3–1 |  Zimbabwe |
São Paulo, Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Beckie 7 ', 35' Sinclair 19' (pen.) |
Report | Chirandu 86' |
Stadium: Arena Corinthians Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay) |
| August 9, 2016 Summer Olympics | Germany |
1–2 | Canada |
Brasília, Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Behringer 13' (pen.) |
Report | Tancredi 26 ', 60' |
Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) |
| August 12, 2016 Summer Olympics: QF | Canada |
1–0 |  France |
São Paulo, Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Schmidt 56' |
Report | Stadium: Arena Corinthians Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay) |
| August 16, 2016 Summer Olympics: SF | Canada |
0–2 | Germany |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 5,641 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) |
| August 19, 2016 Summer Olympics: Bronze | Brazil |
1–2 | Canada |
São Paulo, Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Beatriz 79' |
Report | Rose 25' Sinclair 52' |
Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 39,718 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania) |
Players
Current squad
Coach John Herdman announced his 18-player squad for the 2016 Olympic Games.
- Caps and goals through August 19, 2016 match against Brazil.
Head coach: John Herdman
Recent call-ups
The following players have earned at least one cap since 2015. Stats are accurate through August 19 game against Brazil.
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Erin McLeod | February 26, 1983 | 115 | 0 | FC Rosengård
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| 18 | GK | Kailen Sheridan | July 16, 1995 | 2 | 0 | Clemson University
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| 23 | GK | Karina LeBlanc | March 30, 1980 | 110 | 0 | Retired |
| 2 | DF | Emily Zurrer | July 12, 1987 | 82 | 3 | Unattached |
| 4 | DF | Carmelina Moscato | May 2, 1984 | 94 | 2 | Retired |
| 5 | DF | Robyn Gayle | October 31, 1985 | 81 | 2 | Unattached |
| 10 | DF | Lauren Sesselmann | August 14, 1983 | 46 | 1 | Unattached |
| 16 | DF | Chelsea Stewart | April 28, 1990 | 48 | 0 | SC Freiburg
|
| 20 | DF | Marie-Ève Nault | February 16, 1982 | 70 | 1 | KIF Örebro DFF
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| DF | Kennedy Faulknor | June 30, 1999 | 4 | 0 | Unionville-Milliken SC | |
| 6 | MF | Kaylyn Kyle | October 6, 1988 | 101 | 6 | Orlando Pride
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| 7 | MF | Danica Wu | August 13, 1992 | 2 | 0 | Herforder SV
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| 18 | MF | Selenia Iacchelli | June 5, 1986 | 4 | 0 | Unattached |
| 12 | FW | Nkem Ezurike | March 19, 1992 | 5 | 0 | Vittsjö GIK
|
| 15 | FW | Marie Lavasseur | May 18, 1997 | 2 | 0 | Dynamo de Quebec
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| 16 | FW | Jonelle Filigno | September 24, 1990 | 71 | 11 | Sky Blue
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| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | October 2, 1992 | 38 | 5 |  FC Zürich Frauen
|
| FW | Summer Clarke | September 15, 1995 | 1 | 1 | Louisiana State University | |
Player records
Bold players are still active
Most caps
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Most goals
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Most assists
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Most clean sheets (five or more)
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Former coaches
- Neil Turnbull, 1986–1991 and 1996–1999 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
- Sylvie Béliveau, 1993–1995 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
- Ian Bridge, two matches in 2007 (with Even Pellerud at one FIFA Women's World Cup)
- Even Pellerud, 2000–2008 (including two FIFA Women's World Cups)
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Carolina Morace, 2009–2011 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
All-time record against other nations
As of August 19, 2016
| Team | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Brazil | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| China PR | 7 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Italy | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
 New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| Australia | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
 Jamaica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
 South Korea | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
 Scotland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| France | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
 England | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| Sweden | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| United States | 3 | 6 | 47 | 15 |
 Argentina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
 Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
 Japan | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
 Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Haiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
 South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Guyana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
 Colombia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
 Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Martinique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Republic of Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Morocco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Norway | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
 Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
See also
- Canada women's national under-17 soccer team
- Canada women's national under-20 soccer team
- National Women's Soccer League
- Soccer in Canada
References
- ↑ "Canada vs. France: Olympic soccer bronze medal made out of heart". National Post. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Canadian soccer timeline from 2001 to 2004". Canada Soccer. May 27, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Canadian soccer timeline from 2005 to 2008". Canada Soccer. May 27, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Key figures from the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015". FIFA. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ↑ Larsen, Karin (June 6, 2015). "FIFA Women's World Cup brings back bittersweet memories for Canada's 1st national female soccer players". CBC. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ Lisi, Clemente A. (2010). "The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story". Scarecrow Press. p. 131. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 - Matches - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Matches - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Canadian women repeat as Olympic soccer bronze medallists". Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- 1 2 "Christine Sinclair says Rio Olympics won't be her last tournament - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Christine Sinclair gets heartfelt praise from Canadian soccer boss". Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Christine Sinclair". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. September 19, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Christine Sinclair headlines Canada's Olympic soccer team". Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
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| Preceded by 1994 United States |
CONCACAF Champions 1998 (First title) |
Succeeded by 2002 United States |
| Preceded by 2006 United States |
CONCACAF Champions 2010 (Second title) |
Succeeded by 2014 United States |
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