Canada women's national soccer team

Canada
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Head coach	Bev Priestman
Captain	Christine Sinclair
Most caps	Christine Sinclair (296)
Top scorer	Christine Sinclair (186)
FIFA code	CAN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	8 (December 18, 2020)
Highest	4 (August–December 2016, June 2017, March 2018)
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
	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	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	4th place (2003)
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1991)
Best result	Champions, 1998 and 2010
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Bronze: 2 (2012, 2016)
Summer Olympics
Pan American Games

The Canada women's national soccer team (French: Équipe du Canada féminine de soccer) 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 bronze medal 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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

History

The Canada women's team played its first international on July 7, 1986, a 2–0 away loss to the United States.^[7]^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] Canada's best finish in any major global tournament was its third-place finish at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[11] Canada hosted the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time, where they reached the quarterfinals.^[12]

Captain Christine Sinclair has been called the "backbone" of the Canadian national team, earning her 250th cap in 2016, while ranking first worldwide in international goals scored by any player, man or woman.^[13]^[14]^[15] 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.^[16] Despite speculation otherwise, she confirmed in 2016 that she plans to compete in the 2019 Women's World Cup and the 2020 Olympics.^[13] 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."^[17]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Void or postponed Fixtures

2020

March 4, 2020 Tournoi de France	France	1–0	Canada	Calais, France
17:00 CET	Asseyi 54'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Epopee Attendance: 7,054 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

March 7, 2020 Tournoi de France	Canada	0–0	Netherlands	Calais, France
19:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Epopee Attendance: 989 Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

March 10, 2020 Tournoi de France	Brazil	2–2	Canada	Calais, France
19:00 CET	Marta 8' Ludmila 18'	Report	Matheson 74' Beckie 87'	Stadium: Stade de l'Epopee Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

April 14, 2020 Friendly	Canada	Cancelled	Australia	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
23:30 EST				Stadium: BC Place

2021

February 18, 2021 SheBelieves Cup	United States	v	Canada	Orlando, Florida, United States
19:00 ET				Stadium: Exploria Stadium

February 21, 2021 SheBelieves Cup	Argentina	v	Canada	Orlando, Florida, United States
18:00 ET				Stadium: Exploria Stadium

February 24, 2021 SheBelieves Cup	Canada	v	Brazil	Orlando, Florida, United States
16:00 ET				Stadium: Exploria Stadium

April 13, 2021 Friendly	England	v	Canada	England
TBD				Stadium: TBD

TBD Olympics GS	Canada	v	TBD	Japan
				Stadium: TBD

TBD Olympics GS	Canada	v	TBD	Japan
				Stadium: TBD

TBD Olympics GS	Canada	v	TBD	Japan
				Stadium: TBD

Head-to-head record

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Canada's all-time official international record per opponent:

As of February 9, 2020^[18]

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	% W	Confederation
Argentina	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	100.00	CONMEBOL
Australia	16	6	3	7	22	20	+2	37.50	AFC
Belgium	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	UEFA
Brazil	22	8	6	8	26	37	-11	36.36	CONMEBOL
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	CAF
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00	CONMEBOL
China PR	27	8	5	14	26	50	-24	29.63	AFC
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0.00	AFC
Colombia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	14	14	0	0	46	6	+40	100.00	CONCACAF
Cuba	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14	100.00	CONCACAF
Denmark	6	3	0	3	8	13	-5	50.00	UEFA
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	CONMEBOL
England	13	6	0	7	17	13	+4	46.15	UEFA
Finland	5	3	1	1	7	7	0	60.00	UEFA
France	14	5	3	6	10	13	-3	35.71	UEFA
Germany	16	1	0	15	18	46	-28	6.67	UEFA
Ghana	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	50.00	CAF
Great Britain	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	UEFA
Greece	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00	UEFA
Guatemala	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	100.00	CONCACAF
Guyana	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00	CONCACAF
Haiti	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	100.00	CONCACAF
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	AFC
Hungary	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	UEFA
Iceland	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50.00	UEFA
Italy	10	6	1	3	14	13	+1	60.00	UEFA
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00	CAF
Jamaica	8	8	0	0	57	1	+56	100.00	CONCACAF
Japan	14	4	3	7	19	22	-3	28.57	AFC
Martinique	1	1	0	0	14	0	+14	100.00	CONCACAF
Mexico	25	22	2	1	68	12	+56	88.00	CONCACAF
Morocco	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	50.00	CAF
Netherlands	13	9	3	1	23	9	+14	69.23	UEFA
New Zealand	14	9	4	1	25	4	+21	64.29	OFC
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	33.33	CAF
North Korea	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	AFC
Norway	13	2	3	8	11	38	-27	15.38	UEFA
Panama	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00	CONCACAF
Poland	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	UEFA
Portugal	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	66.67	UEFA
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	21	0	+21	100.00	CONCACAF
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	UEFA
Russia	5	4	0	1	8	6	+2	80.00	UEFA
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00	CONCACAF
Scotland	8	7	0	1	15	3	+12	87.50	UEFA
Singapore	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00	AFC
South Africa	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00	CAF
South Korea	8	7	0	1	19	6	+13	87.50	AFC
Spain	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	0.00	UEFA
Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	50.00	UEFA
Sweden	23	5	4	14	24	43	-19	21.74	UEFA
Switzerland	5	4	1	0	8	3	+5	80.00	UEFA
Trinidad and Tobago	8	8	0	0	35	0	+35	100.00	CONCACAF
United States	61	3	7	51	40	182	-142	4.92	CONCACAF
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00	CONMEBOL
Wales	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	UEFA
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	CAF
Total	395	191	52	152	745	556	+189	–	–

Staff

Current staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Bev Priestman
Assistant coach	Andrée Jeglertz
Goalkeeper coach	Michael Norris
Performance analyst	Jasmine Mander

Last updated: February 1, 2021
Source: Source

Head coaches


Name	Nation	From	To
Neil Turnbull	Canada	1986	1991
Sylvie Béliveau	Canada	1993	1995
Neil Turnbull	Canada	1996	1999
Even Pellerud	Norway	2000	2008
Carolina Morace	Italy	2009	2011
John Herdman	England	2011	2018
Kenneth Heiner-Møller	Denmark	2018	2020
Bev Priestman	England	2020	present

Players

Current squad

The following 31 players were named to the preliminary squad for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup.^[19]^[20]

Caps and goals are current as of March 11, 2020, after the match against Brazil.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Rylee Foster	August 13, 1998			Liverpool
GK	Stephanie Labbé	October 10, 1986	72	0	FC Rosengård
GK	Erin McLeod	February 26, 1983	118	0	Orlando Pride
GK	Kailen Sheridan	July 16, 1995	9	0	Sky Blue FC

DF	Kadeisha Buchanan	November 5, 1995	101	4	Lyon
DF	Vanessa Gilles	March 11, 1996	2	0	Bordeaux
DF	Jade Rose	February 12, 2003			Super REX Ontario
DF	Shelina Zadorsky	October 24, 1992	66	2	Tottenham Hotspur
DF	Gabrielle Carle	October 12, 1998	20	1	Florida State Seminoles
DF	Allysha Chapman	January 25, 1989	75	1	Houston Dash
DF	Ashley Lawrence	June 11, 1995	91	7	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Bianca St. Georges	July 28, 1997			Chicago Red Stars
DF	Jayde Riviere	January 22, 2001	15	1	Michigan Wolverines

MF	Samantha Chang	July 13, 2000			South Carolina Gamecocks
MF	Jessie Fleming	March 11, 1998	77	10	Chelsea
MF	Julia Grosso	August 29, 2000	21	0	Texas Longhorns
MF	Jordyn Listro	August 10, 1995			Orlando Pride
MF	Diana Matheson	April 6, 1984	206	19	Kansas City
MF	Quinn	August 11, 1995	59	5	OL Reign
MF	Sophie Schmidt	June 28, 1988	199	19	Houston Dash
MF	Desiree Scott	July 31, 1987	156	0	Kansas City
MF	Sarah Stratigakis	March 7, 1999			Michigan Wolverines

FW	Lindsay Agnew	March 31, 1995			North Carolina Courage
FW	Janine Beckie	August 20, 1994	70	31	Manchester City
FW	Jordyn Huitema	May 8, 2001	33	13	Paris Saint-Germain
FW	Adriana Leon	October 2, 1992	66	19	West Ham United
FW	Nichelle Prince	February 19, 1995	59	11	Houston Dash
FW	Deanne Rose	March 3, 1999	48	9	Florida Gators
FW	Christine Sinclair (captain)	June 12, 1983	296	186	Portland Thorns FC
FW	Olivia Smith	August 5, 2004	2	0	Super REX Ontario
FW	Evelyne Viens	February 6, 1997			Paris FC

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to the squad in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Sabrina D'Angelo	May 11, 1993	8	0	Vittsjö	2020 Tournoi de France

Notes:

PRE = Preliminary squad

Records

Bold players are still active.

As of March 10, 2020^[21]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
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	Quarter-finals	6/24	5	2	2	1	4	3
2019	Round of 16	11/24	4	2	0	2	4	3
2023	To be determined
Total	7/9		27	8	5	14	34	52

The team defeated Brazil for the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1995	Group stage	June 6	England	L 2–3	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
		June 8	Nigeria	D 3–3	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
		June 10	Norway	L 0–7	Strömvallen, Gävle
1999	Group stage	June 19	Japan	D 1–1	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
		June 23	Norway	L 1–7	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
		June 26	Russia	L 1–4	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
2003	Group stage	September 20	Germany	L 1–4	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		September 24	Argentina	W 3–0	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		September 27	Japan	W 3–1	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
	Quarter-finals	October 2	China PR	W 1–0	Civic Stadium, Portland
	Semi-finals	October 5	Sweden	L 1–2	Civic Stadium, Portland
	Third place play-off	October 11	United States	L 1–3	The Home Depot Center, Carson
2007	Group stage	September 12	Norway	L 1–2	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
		September 15	Ghana	W 4–0	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
		September 20	Australia	D 2–2	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
2011	Group stage	June 26	Germany	L 1–2	Olympiastadion, Berlin
		June 30	France	L 0–4	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
		July 5	Nigeria	L 0–1	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
2015	Group stage	June 6	China PR	W 1–0	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
		June 11	New Zealand	D 0–0	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
		June 15	Netherlands	D 1–1	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
	Round of 16	June 21	Switzerland	W 1–0	BC Place, Vancouver
	Quarter-finals	June 27	England	L 1–2	BC Place, Vancouver
2019	Group stage	June 10	Cameroon	W 1–0	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
		June 15	New Zealand	W 2–0	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
		June 20	Netherlands	L 1–2	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
	Round of 16	June 24	Sweden	L 0–1	Parc des Princes, Paris

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
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
2020	Qualified
Total	4/7	16	9	2	5	27	19

CONCACAF Women's Championship

CONCACAF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	23	5
1993	Third place	3	1	1	1	4	1
1994	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	18	6
1998	Champions	5	5	0	0	42	0
2000	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	20	12
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
2018	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	24	3
Total	9/10	39	29	1	9	179	32

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1999	Fourth place	6	3	2	1	16	9
2003	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	8	10
2007	Third Place	6	4	0	2	25	11
2011	Champions	5	3	2	0	7	3
2015	Fourth place	5	1	0	4	6	9
2019	Withdrew
Total	5/5	26	13	4	9	62	42

Minor tournaments

SheBelieves Cup

The SheBelieves Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football hosted in the United States.

SheBelieves Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	Coach
2021		3						Bev Priestman
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

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External links

Sporting positions
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

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

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[2005-2008_timeline-3] "Canadian soccer timeline from 2005 to 2008". Canada Soccer. May 27, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2016.

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[cbc_060615-7] Larsen, Karin (June 6, 2015). "FIFA Women's World Cup brings back bittersweet memories for Canada's 1st national female soccer players". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 11, 2016.

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[10] FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Matches - FIFA". FIFA. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

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[12] "Canada gets 2015 Women's World Cup of soccer". cbc.ca. March 3, 2011.

[:0-13] "Christine Sinclair says Rio Olympics won't be her last tournament – Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

[14] "Christine Sinclair gets heartfelt praise from Canadian soccer boss". Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

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