Canada women's national soccer team

Canada
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Head coach	John Herdman
Top scorer	Christine Sinclair (123)
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	7
Highest	6 (March 2011)
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, 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

The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association. The team reached its all-time high of 6th in the March 2011 rankings. The team reached international prominence finishing in 4th place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to their archrival American team in the bronze medal match. The women's game is quite popular in Canada due to the success the team has had internationally.^{[citation needed]} The Under-20 women's team (U-19 prior to 2006) is also very popular, due partly 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.

In the first two women's world youth championships, both with an age limit of 19 as opposed to today's 20, the Golden Boot winner was a Canadian: Christine Sinclair in 2002 and Brittany Timko in 2004. Sinclair also won the 2002 Golden Ball as tournament MVP.

In 2008, Canada qualified for its first ever Olympic women's football tournament, and finished second in their group with a 1–1–1 record. This was good enough to qualify them for the knockout stage, where they lost to the number one team in the world, the United States in the quarterfinals.

In 2010, Canada defeated Mexico for the second time in six days to win the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier on Monday 8 November in Cancún, Mexico. Canadian captain Christine Sinclair’s sixth goal of the tournament in the 54th minute was enough to lead Canada to a 1:0 victory. The win capped an impressive tournament for the Canadian squad who finished undefeated with a 5–0–0 record; tallying 17 goals while conceding zero in the process and booking their place at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. Canada, whose only previous CONCACAF women’s title came in 1998, when the US did not participate, were left to celebrate arguably the greatest achievement of their history. At the Official Draw for the 16-team FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011, Canada was drawn into the proverbial group of death - three of the world's six confederation champions (Germany, Canada and Nigeria) were all drawn into Group A along with a fourth team (France) that had not lost a game all season long. Canada was still more than confident it could advance beyond the group phase, but then lost three consecutive matches to be eliminated from Germany 2011.

In March 2011, Canada was approved as the host of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup after Zimbabwe withdrew their bid leaving Canada as the sole bidder.^[1]

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
Total	1/4	4	1	1	2	5	6

CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifiers record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Runner-up	5	4	1	23	5
1994	Runner-up	4	3	1	18	6
1998	Champions	5	5	0	42	0
2002	Runner-up	5	4	1	25	3
2006	Runner-up	2	1	1	5	2
2010	Champions	5	5	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 PanAm Games.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Karina LeBlanc	(1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 (age 44)	90	0	magicJack
2	3MF	Kelly Parker	(1981-03-08) March 8, 1981 (age 43)	17	1	Atlanta Beat
3	3MF	Melanie Booth	(1983-08-24) August 24, 1983 (age 41)	51	1	Vancouver Whitecaps
4	2DF	Vanessa Legault-Cordisco	(1992-11-05) November 5, 1992 (age 31)	1	0	Marquette University
5	2DF	Robyn Gayle	(1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 (age 38)	47	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
6	3MF	Kaylyn Kyle	(1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 35)	37	2	Vancouver Whitecaps
7	2DF	Rhian Wilkinson	(1982-05-12) May 12, 1982 (age 42)	105	7	Lillestrøm SK
8	3MF	Diana Matheson	(1984-04-06) April 6, 1984 (age 40)	127	10	Lillestrøm SK
9	2DF	Candace Chapman	(1983-04-02) April 2, 1983 (age 41)	91	6	Western New York Flash
10	4FW	Christina Julien	(1988-05-06) May 6, 1988 (age 36)	32	7	Ottawa Fury Women
11	3MF	Desiree Scott	(1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 (age 37)	26	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
12	4FW	Christine Sinclair	(1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 (age 41)	169	124	Western New York Flash
13	3MF	Sophie Schmidt	(1988-06-28) June 28, 1988 (age 36)	68	3	magicJack
14	2DF	Lauren Sesselmann	(1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 41)	2	0	Atlanta Beat
15	3MF	Diamond Simpson	(1993-04-28) April 28, 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Dixi Dragons
16	2DF	Shannon Woeller	(1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 34)	4	0	Rutgers University
17	4FW	Brittany Timko	(1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 38)	103	4	Unattached
18	1GK	Rachelle Beanlands	(1993-11-05) November 5, 1993 (age 30)	0	0	Ottawa Fury Women

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Stephanie Labbé	(1986-10-10) October 10, 1986 (age 37)	8	0	Piteå IF
1GK	Erin McLeod	(1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 (age 41)	62	0	Dalsjöfors GOiF
2DF	Marie-Eve Nault	(1982-02-16) February 16, 1982 (age 42)	43	0	Ottawa Fury Women
2DF	Emily Zurrer	(1987-07-12) July 12, 1987 (age 37)	45	2	Dalsjöfors GoIF
3MF	Carmelina Moscato	(1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 (age 40)	52	2	Piteå IF
3MF	Chelsea Stewart	(1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 (age 34)	50	7	Vancouver Whitecaps
4FW	Jonelle Filigno	(1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 (age 33)	39	8	Rutgers University
4FW	Jodi-Ann Robinson	(1989-04-17) April 17, 1989 (age 35)			Vancouver Whitecaps
4FW	Melissa Tancredi	(1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 (age 42)	61	13	Piteå IF

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut	Most recent callup
DF Lexi Marton	(1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 (age 34)	Penn State Nittany Lions	8 (0)	v Japan 7 March 2008	v USA 23 September 2011
MF Amy Vermeulen	(1983-11-23) November 23, 1983 (age 40)	Vancouver Whitecaps	12 (1)	v France 25 August 2006	v England 12 March 2009
FW Josée Bélanger	(1986-05-14) May 14, 1986 (age 38)	Quebec City Amiral SC	11 (5)	v Japan 30 July 2004	v Brazil 19 December 2010
FW Brooke McCalla	(1987-09-07) September 7, 1987 (age 36)	Master’s Futbol Academy	7 (0)	v China 30 July 2004	v Brazil 15 December 2010

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Christine Sinclair	2000–	169	124
2	Charmaine Hooper	1986–2004	130	71
3	Silvana Burtini	1987–2003	78	38
4	Kara Lang	2002–2010	92	34
5	Andrea Neil	1991–2007	132	25
6	Christine Latham	2000–2006	49	15
7	Melissa Tancredi	2004–	68	14
8	Randee Hermus	2000–2009	113	12
9	Shannon Rosenow	1996–1999	27	11
10	Diana Matheson	2003–	132	10

Bold notes player is still active.

All-time record against other nations

As of Nov 24, 2011

Team	W	D	L	Pts
Mexico	16	1	1	49
Netherlands	8	1	0	25
Costa Rica	8	0	0	24
Australia	5	4	7	19
Jamaica	6	0	0	18
Trinidad and Tobago	6	0	0	18
New Zealand	5	3	1	18
Brazil	4	6	3	18
China	4	5	15	17
United States	4	5	44	17
Russia	4	1	1	13
Italy	4	1	3	13
Argentina	4	0	0	12
England	4	0	2	12
Japan	3	3	3	12
France	3	1	3	10
Sweden	3	1	11	10
South Korea	3	0	0	9
Scotland	3	0	1	9
Switzerland	2	1	0	7
Guatemala	2	0	0	6
Haiti	2	0	0	6
Hungary	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
Finland	1	1	1	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
South Africa	1	0	0	3
Guyana	1	0	0	3
North Korea	1	0	0	3
Colombia	1	0	0	3
Portugal	1	0	1	3
Norway	0	2	8	2
Nigeria	0	1	0	1
Germany	0	0	12	0

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)

References

^ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2011/03/03/sp-womens-world-cup.html
^ Canada roster against Costa Rica, http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_WWC/game_profile.asp?gameId=1964&tab=roster , June 16, 2011

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 Incumbent

Official website

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[1] ttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2011/03/03/sp-womens-world-cup.html

[2] Canada roster against Costa Rica, http://www.canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_WWC/game_profile.asp?gameId=1964&tab=roster , June 16, 2011

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v t e International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Ranking Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF, CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
Africa	CAF Women's Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC Intercontinental (Arab)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 W Gold Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Women's Nations League
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup CONIFA CONIFA Women's World Football Cup
Games	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Goodwill Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Island Games
Invitationals	Aisha Buhari Cup Albena Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Arnold Clark Cup Australia Cup Balaton Cup Baltic Cup Brazil Cup Chungua Cup Cyprus Women's Cup European Competition ('69,'79) Cup of Nations Finalissima Four Nations Tournament FIFA Invitation Tournament Gold Cup Istria Cup Women's Kirin Challenge Cup Malta International Matchworld Cup MS&AD Cup Mundialito Nordic Championship Our Game Tournament Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup Revelations Cup SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament SheBelieves Cup Sud Ladies Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Valais Cup Women's World Cup ('70,'71) Yongchuan International Tournament
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

v t e National women's football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.