Canada men's national under-20 soccer team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | The Canucks, The Maple Leafs, Les Rouges (The Reds) | ||
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Association | Canadian Soccer Association | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
Head coach | Dale Mitchell | ||
Captain | David Edgar | ||
Most caps | - | ||
Top scorer | - | ||
FIFA code | CAN | ||
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First international | |||
Canada 3-1 Portugal (Tokyo, Japan; August 25, 1979) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Canada 4-0 U.S.A. (Toronto, Canada; July 7, 1991) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Germany 4-0 Canada (Córdoba, Argentina; June 20, 2001) |
Canada U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s, is the youth club for national soccer in Canada. It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team. The team has Qualified for 8 out of 16 FIFA U-20 World Cups, and their best result came in 2003 where they reached the Quarter-finals.
The team also competes in the CONCACAF U20 Tournament,
Team History
1976-1996
Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in 1976 as Canada's response to the newly created World youth Championship. The team failed to quailify for the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia, but they qualified for the following tournament two years later in Japan. They finished last in their group with two points, but they did manage to defeat Portugal 3-1. The next time the team qualified for a World youth Championship was in 1985, in the USSR, again they came last in their group with only one point. In the 1987 WYC in Chile, Canada's Under-20 soccer team put up a good effort scoring four goals, and tying Italy, however they still did not manage to get out of the group stage.
1997-2004
In 1997, after failing to qualifie for four World youth Championship's in a row, Canada made it past the group stage for the first time, after an incredible 2-1 win against Hungary, in which a young Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal. Their luck would not continue, however, and they lost the round of 16 game against Spain 2-0. After missing the previous tournament in 1999, Canada once again did not compete well in Argentine 2001.
The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates was Canada's best effort yet. they qualified to the round of 16, then blanked Burkina Faso 1-0, before losing once again to Spain in the Quarter-Finals. It was very a very good tournament for Canada's U-20 team, and Iain Hume scored an impressive three goals for Canada.
2005-Present
The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in The Netherlands was a repeat of previous years, as they did not fare well, tying once and loosing twice. The only bright side of the tournament was Jaime Peters', and Marcel De Jong's goals.
Canada's Under-20 team continued their success by defeating Brazil in the first game of a three game series, winning 2-1 in front of 14,000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. David Edgar and Will Johnson scored goals and Stephen Lumley made an amazing slide to kick the ball off the goal line to preserve Canada's first win over Brazil at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3-1. The team's high expectations were not met on the pitch during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while on home turf. They lost all of their games, and did not score a single goal.
Current U-20 National Team Members
Head coach: Dale Mitchell
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
- 1977 - Did not Qualify
- 1979 - Round 1
- 1981 - Did not Qualify
- 1983 - Did not Qualify
- 1985 - Round 1
- 1987 - Round 1
- 1989 - Did not Qualify
- 1991 - Did not Qualify
- 1993 - Did not Qualify
- 1995 - Did not Qualify
- 1997 - Round of 16
- 1999 - Did not Qualify
- 2001 - Round 1
- 2003 - Quarter-finals
- 2005 - Round 1
- 2007 - Round 1
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