Canada women's national soccer team

Canada
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Head coach	John Herdman
Top scorer	Christine Sinclair (139)
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 represents Canada in international Women's association football, and is directed by the Canadian Soccer Association. In March 2011, the team peaked at sixth place on the FIFA Women's World Rankings, and is currently seventh.

The team reached international prominence finishing in fourth place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to the American team in the bronze medal match. In 2008, Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament, finishing third in its group and advancing to the knockout stage, where it lost to the United States in 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. It was arguably the greatest achievement of the team's history. 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 tournament.

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 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]

Recent Matches

Canada 6-0 Haiti

at Vancouver, Canada, January 19, 2012

Canada 2-0 Cuba

at Vancouver, Canada, January 21, 2012

Canada 3-1 Mexico

at Vancouver, Canada, January 23, 2012

Canada 0-4 USA

at Vancouver, Canada, January 29, 2012

Canada 5-1 Scotland

at Larnaca, Cyprus, February 28, 2012

Italy 1-2 Canada

at Nicosia, Cyprus, March 1, 2012

Netherlands 0-1 Canada

at Nicosia, Cyprus, March 4, 2012

France 2-0 Canada

at Larnaca, Cyprus, March 6, 2012

Brazill 1-2 Canada

at Foxborough, USA, March 24, 2012

Sweden 3-1 Canada

at Malmo, Sweden, March 31, 2012

Canada 1-0 PRC

at Moncton, Canada, May 3, 2012

United States 2-1 Canada

at Sandy, USA, June 30, 2012

COL 0-1 Canada

at Vevey, Switzerland, July 9, 2012

NZL 0-2 Canada

at Vevey, Switzerland, July 12, 2012

BRA 2-1 Canada

at Vevey, Switzerland, July 17, 2012

JPN 2-1 Canada

at Coventry, England, July 25, 2012

Canada 3-0 RSA

at Coventry, England, July 29, 2012

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	Qualified	3	1	1	1	6	4
Total	2/5	7	2	2	3	11	10

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 2012 Summer Olympics.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Karina LeBlanc	(1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 (age 44)	103	0	Unattached
1GK	Erin McLeod	(1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 (age 41)	77	0	[Dalsjöfors GoIF]]

2DF	Emily Zurrer	(1987-07-12) July 12, 1987 (age 36)	55	3	Dalsjöfors GoIF
2DF	Carmelina Moscato	(1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 (age 40)	67	2	Piteå IF
2DF	Robyn Gayle	(1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 (age 38)	64	2	Vancouver Whitecaps
2DF	Lauren Sesselmann	(1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 40)	23	0	Unattached
2DF	Rhian Wilkinson	(1982-05-12) May 12, 1982 (age 42)	128	7	Lillestrøm SK
2DF	Candace Chapman	(1983-04-02) April 2, 1983 (age 41)	113	6	Unattached
2DF	Chelsea Stewart	(1990-04-28)28 April 1990 (aged 21)	37	0	UCLA Bruins
2DF	Marie-Eve Nault	(1982-02-16) February 16, 1982 (age 42)	49	0	Ottawa Fury Women

3MF	Kaylyn Kyle	(1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 35)	62	4	Vancouver Whitecaps
3MF	Diana Matheson	(1984-04-06) April 6, 1984 (age 40)	139	12	Unattached
3MF	Desiree Scott	(1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 (age 36)	50	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
3MF	Sophie Schmidt	(1988-06-28) June 28, 1988 (age 35)	93	7	magicJack
3MF	Kelly Parker	(1981-03-08) March 8, 1981 (age 43)	39	3	Unattached

4FW	Jonelle Filigno	(1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 (age 33)	47	8	Rutgers University
4FW	Christine Sinclair	(1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 (age 40)	188	139	Western New York Flash
4FW	Melissa Tancredi	(1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 (age 42)	85	22	Dalsjöfors GOiF
4FW	Brittany Timko	(1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 38)	116	4	Unattached

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	Rachelle Beanlands	(1993-11-05) November 5, 1993 (age 30)	1	0	Ottawa Fury Women
1GK	Stephanie Labbé	(1986-10-10) October 10, 1986 (age 37)	10	0	Piteå IF
2DF	Shannon Woeller	(1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 34)	16	0	Rutgers University
2DF	Vanessa Legault-Cordisco	(1992-11-05) November 5, 1992 (age 31)	2	0	Marquette University
2DF	Melanie Booth	(1983-08-24) August 24, 1983 (age 40)	63	1	Vancouver Whitecaps
3MF	Alyscha Mottershead	(1991-05-25) May 25, 1991 (age 33)	2	0	Syracuse University
3MF	Diamond Simpson	(1993-04-28) April 28, 1993 (age 31)	4	0	Dixi Dragons
4FW	Chelsea Buckland	(1990-01-20) January 20, 1990 (age 34)	13	1	Oregon State
4FW	Christina Julien	(1988-05-06) May 6, 1988 (age 36)	48	10	Ottawa Fury Women
4FW	Jodi-Ann Robinson	(1989-04-17) April 17, 1989 (age 35)	51	7	Vancouver Whitecaps

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Christine Sinclair	2000–	188	139
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–	85	22
7	Christine Latham	2000–2006	49	15
8	Randee Hermus	2000–2009	113	12
	Diana Matheson	2003–	139	12
10	Shannon Rosenow	1996–1999	27	11

Bold notes player is still active.

All-time record against other nations

As of Aug 1, 2012

Team	W	D	L	Pts
Mexico	17	1	1	52
Netherlands	9	1	0	28
Costa Rica	9	0	0	27
New Zealand	6	3	1	21
China	5	5	15	20
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	43	14
Russia	4	1	1	13
Argentina	4	0	0	12
Scotland	4	0	1	12
England	4	0	2	12
Japan	3	3	4	12
Sweden	3	2	11	11
France	3	1	4	10
South Korea	3	0	0	9
Haiti	3	0	0	9
Switzerland	2	1	0	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
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
Guyana	1	0	0	3
North Korea	1	0	0	3
Cuba	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

^ Molinaro, John F. (March 3, 2011). "Canada gets 2015 Women's World Cup of soccer". Cbc.ca. Retrieved June 12, 2012.

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] Molinaro, John F. (March 3, 2011). "Canada gets 2015 Women's World Cup of soccer". Cbc.ca. Retrieved June 12, 2012.

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