Canada women's national soccer team

Canada

Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Head coach	John Herdman
Top scorer	Christine Sinclair (145)
FIFA ranking	7
Highest FIFA ranking	6 (March 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking	13 (December 2005)
First colours Second colours
First international
United States 2 – 0 Canada (Blaine, United States; July 7, 1986)
Biggest win
Canada 21 – 0 Puerto Rico (Etobicoke, 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	4 (First in 1995)
Best result	4th place, 2003
CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifiers
Appearances	6 (First in 1991)
Best result	Winners, 1998, 2010
Honours Women's soccer Summer Olympics Bronze 2012 London Team Pan American Games Silver 2003 Santo Domingo Team Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team

The Canada women's national soccer team represents Canada in international Women's soccer, and is directed by the Canadian Soccer Association. Canada will host the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The team reached international prominence at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing in the Third Place match to the United States. In 2008, Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament, making it to the quarterfinals.

In November 2010, Canada defeated the Mexican team to win the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier. The team finished the tournament with a 5–0–0 record and did not concede a goal, earning a spot at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany. The team was drawn into the proverbial group of death, consisting of three of the world's six confederation champions (Canada, Germany, and Nigeria) which were drawn into Group A with France. Canada lost three consecutive matches and was eliminated from the competition.

The Women gained a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics, defeating France 1-0.

Canadian women’s soccer fans are also 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 and winning silver in front of 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

Recent matches

2012 Olympics

• Canada 1-2 Japan

at Coventry, England, July 25, 2012

• Canada 3-0 South Africa

at Coventry, England, July 29, 2012

• Canada 2-2 Sweden

at St James' Park, England, July 31, 2012

• Canada 2-0 Great Britain

at Coventry, England, August 2, 2012

• Canada 3-4 United States

at Manchester, England, August 6, 2012

• Canada 1-0 France

at Coventry, England, August 9, 2012

Four Nation's Tournament

• Canada 1-0 China

at Yongchuan, Chongqing, China, January 12, 2013

• Canada 1-3 South Korea

at Yongchuan, Chongqing, China, January 14, 2013

• Canada 0-0 Norway

at Yongchuan, Chongqing, China, January 16, 2013

2013 Cyprus Cup

• Canada 2-0 Switzerland

at Larnaca, Cyprus March 6, 2013

• Canada 2-1 Finland

at Nicosia, Cyprus March 8, 2013

• Canada 1-0 Netherlands

at Nicosia, Cyprus March 11, 2013

• Canada 0-1 England

at Nicosia, Cyprus March 13, 2013

2013 Friendlies

• Canada 1-1 France

at Nice, France April 4, 2013

• Canada 0-1 England

at Rotherham, England April 7, 2013

World Cup record

Year	Result	Rank	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Group stage	12/12	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	Qualified as Hosts	/24
Total	6/7		18	4	3	11	26	47

Olympic record

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
Total	2/5	10	4	2	4	17	14

CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifiers record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Runner-up	5	4	0	1	23	5
1994	Runner-up	4	3	0	1	18	6
1998	Champions	5	5	0	0	42	0
2002	Runner-up	5	4	0	1	25	3
2006	Runner-up	2	1	0	1	5	2
2010	Champions	5	5	0	0	17	0

Pan Am Games record

• 1999 – 4th Place
• 2003 – Silver Medal
• 2007 – Bronze Medal
• 2011 - Gold Medal

Current team

This is the squad that was selected for the 2013 Cyprus Cup Stats are accurate through the April 4, 2013 game against France.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 33 1GK Karina LeBlanc (1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 105 0 Portland Thorns FC 1 1GK Erin McLeod (1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 86 0 Chicago Red Stars 21 1GK Stephanie Labbé (1986-10-10) October 10, 1986 11 0 KIF Örebro 19 2DF Chelsea Stewart (1990-04-28)April 28, 1990 (aged 21) 43 0 UCLA Bruins 5 2DF Robyn Gayle (1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 71 2 Washington Spirit 7 2DF Rhian Wilkinson (1982-05-12) May 12, 1982 138 7 Boston Breakers 22 2DF Ashley Lawrence (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 7 0 Erin Mills Soccer Club 19 2DF Melanie Booth (1983-08-24) August 24, 1983 65 1 Sky Blue FC 20 2DF Lauren Sesselmann (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 31 0 FC Kansas City 2 2DF Emily Zurrer (1987-07-12) July 12, 1987 62 3 Seattle Reign FC 4 2DF Carmelina Moscato (1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 75 2 Chicago Red Stars 14 2DF Kadeisha Buchanan (1995-11-05) November 5, 1995 8 0 Erin Mills Soccer Club 6 3MF Kaylyn Kyle (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 73 5 Seattle Reign FC 8 3MF Diana Matheson (1984-04-06) April 6, 1984 150 14 Washington Spirit 11 3MF Desiree Scott (1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 61 0 FC Kansas City 13 3MF Sophie Schmidt (1988-06-28) June 28, 1988 104 8 Sky Blue FC 9 3MF Christabel Oduro (1992-11-01) November 1, 1992 5 0 Hamilton FC 10 3MF Christina Julien (1988-05-06) May 6, 1988 52 10 Rossiyanka 17 3MF Brittany Timko (1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 119 4 unattached 12 4FW Christine Sinclair (1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 194 145 Portland Thorns FC 16 4FW Jonelle Filigno (1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 55 10 Rutgers University 15 4FW Adriana Leon (1992-10-02) October 2, 1992 8 1 Boston Breakers

2012 Olympic team

This is the squad that was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bronze Medal Winners listed.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Karina LeBlanc (1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 104 0 Portland Thorns FC 18 1GK Erin McLeod (1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 82 0 Chicago Red Stars 2 2DF Emily Zurrer (1987-07-12) July 12, 1987 57 3 Seattle Reign FC 3 2DF Chelsea Stewart (1990-04-28)April 28, 1990 (aged 21) 41 0 UCLA Bruins 4 2DF Carmelina Moscato (1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 70 2 Chicago Red Stars 5 2DF Robyn Gayle (1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 67 2 Washington Spirit 7 2DF Rhian Wilkinson (1982-05-12) May 12, 1982 134 7 Boston Breakers 9 2DF Candace Chapman (1983-04-02) April 2, 1983 114 6 Washington Spirit 10 2DF Lauren Sesselmann (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 28 0 FC Kansas City 19 2DF Melanie Booth (1983-08-24) August 24, 1983 63 1 Sky Blue FC 20 2DF Marie-Eve Nault (1982-02-16) February 16, 1982 53 0 KIF Örebro 6 3MF Kaylyn Kyle (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 68 4 Seattle Reign FC 8 3MF Diana Matheson (1984-04-06) April 6, 1984 143 13 Washington Spirit 11 3MF Desiree Scott (1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 56 0 FC Kansas City 13 3MF Sophie Schmidt (1988-06-28) June 28, 1988 99 7 Sky Blue FC 15 3MF Kelly Parker (1981-03-08) March 8, 1981 40 3 Retired 12 4FW Christine Sinclair (1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 190 143 Portland Thorns FC 14 4FW Melissa Tancredi (1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 88 22 unattached 16 4FW Jonelle Filigno (1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 50 9 Rutgers University 17 4FW Brittany Timko (1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 118 4 unattached

Recent call-ups

The following players (called 'alternates') have also been called up to the Canadian squad within the last year.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2DF Bryanna McCarthy (1991-10-13) October 13, 1991 6 0 Western New York Flash 2DF Shelina Zadorsky (1992-10-24) October 24, 1992 1 0 Toronto Lynx 4FW Nichelle Prince 3 1 Pickering Soccer Club 4FW Tiffany Cameron (1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 4 0 Seattle Reign 4FW Jodi-Ann Robinson (1989-04-17) April 17, 1989 54 5 Western New York Flash

Top goalscorers

  Still active national team players are highlighted

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Christine Sinclair	2000–	194	145
2	Charmaine Hooper	1986–2004	129	71
3	Silvana Burtini	1987–2003	77	38
4	Kara Lang	2002–2010	92	34
5	Andrea Neil	1991–2007	132	24
6	Melissa Tancredi	2004–	88	22
7	Christine Latham	2000–2006	49	15
8	Diana Matheson	2003–	148	14
9	Randee Hermus	2000–2009	113	12
10	Shannon Rosenow	1996–1999	27	11

All-time record against other nations

As of Apr 8, 2013

Team	W	D	L	Pts
Mexico	17	1	1	52
Netherlands	10	1	0	31
Costa Rica	9	0	0	27
China PR	6	5	15	23
New Zealand	6	3	1	21
Australia	5	4	7	19
Jamaica	6	0	0	18
Trinidad and Tobago	6	0	0	18
Brazil	4	6	4	18
Italy	5	1	3	16
United States	3	5	44	14
France	4	2	4	14
Russia	4	1	1	13
Argentina	4	0	0	12
Scotland	4	0	1	12
England	4	0	3	12
Japan	3	3	4	12
Sweden	3	2	11	11
Switzerland	3	1	0	10
South Korea	3	0	1	9
Haiti	3	0	0	9
Finland	2	1	1	7
Guatemala	2	0	0	6
Hungary	2	0	0	6
Colombia	2	0	0	6
South Africa	2	0	0	6
Morocco	2	0	1	6
Chinese Taipei	2	0	1	6
Denmark	2	0	2	6
Ghana	1	1	0	4
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	3
Uruguay	1	0	0	3
Ecuador	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
Guyana	1	0	0	3
North Korea	1	0	0	3
Cuba	1	0	0	3
Great Britain	1	0	0	3
Portugal	1	0	1	3
Norway	0	3	8	3
Nigeria	0	1	0	1
Germany	0	0	12	0

See also

• Soccer in Canada
• National Women's Soccer League
• USL W-League
• Canada men's national soccer team

Former coaches

• Carolina Morace, 2009–2011 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
• Even Pellerud, 2000–2008 (including two FIFA Women's World Cups)
• Ian Bridge, two matches in 2007 (with Even Pellerud at one FIFA Women's World Cup)
• 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)

External links

• Official website

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 Incumbent