The Canada women's national soccer team (French: Équipe nationale féminine de soccer du Canada) 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. Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament in 2008, making it to the quarterfinals. 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.
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History
The Canada women's team played its first international in 1986, a 2-0 away loss to the United States. 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. 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. Canada's best finish in any major global tournament was its third-place finish at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Captain Christine Sinclair has been called the "backbone" of the Canadian national team, earning her 250th cap in 2016, while ranking second worldwide in international goals scored by any player, man or woman. 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. Despite speculation otherwise, she confirmed in 2016 that she plans to compete in the 2019 Women's World Cup and the 2020 Olympics. 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."
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Record
World Cup
Olympic Games
CONCACAF Championship
Minor tournaments
Recent schedule and results
2017
Players
Current squad
The following players have been named to the squad for the friendly against Norway on November 28, 2017.
Head coach: John Herdman
- Caps and goals are current as of November 28, 2017 after match against Norway.
Recent call-ups
The following players were named to a squad in the last twelve months.
Notes:
- PRE = Preliminary squad
Player records
Bold players are still active
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)
- Carolina Morace, 2009-2011 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
All-time record against other nations
- As of November 28, 2017
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
External links
- Official website
- FIFA profile
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