Canada women's national soccer team
The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and competes in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
The team reached international prominence at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing in the bronze medal 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, 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.
History
The Canada women's team played its first international on July 7, 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. Canada hosted the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time, where they reached the quarterfinals.Captain Christine Sinclair has been called the "backbone" of the Canadian national team, earning her 250th cap in 2016, while ranking first 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."
Coaching staff
Players
Current squad
The following 22 players were named to the roster for the 2020 Tournoi de France.Caps and goals are current as of March 11, 2020, after the match against.
Recent call-ups
The following players were named to a squad in the last twelve months.Notes:
- = Preliminary squad
Player records
Most capped
Most goalscorers
Most assists
Most clean sheets (five or more)
Managers
Results and schedules
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.2019
2020
2021
All-time head to head record
;KeyThe following table shows Canada's all-time official international record per opponent:
Opponent | Confederation | ||||||||
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 100.00 | CONMEBOL | |
16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 37.50 | AFC | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 37 | -11 | 36.36 | CONMEBOL | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | CAF | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.00 | CONMEBOL | |
27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 29.63 | AFC | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.00 | AFC | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | CONMEBOL | |
14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6 | +40 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 50.00 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | CONMEBOL | |
13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 46.15 | UEFA | |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 60.00 | UEFA | |
14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 35.71 | UEFA | |
16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 46 | -28 | 6.67 | UEFA | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 50.00 | CAF | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | AFC | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.00 | UEFA | |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 60.00 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 | CAF | |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | +56 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 28.57 | AFC | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 12 | +56 | 88.00 | CONCACAF | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 50.00 | CAF | |
13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 69.23 | UEFA | |
14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 64.29 | OFC | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 33.33 | CAF | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | AFC | |
13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 38 | -27 | 15.38 | UEFA | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 66.67 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 80.00 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 87.50 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 100.00 | AFC | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 | CAF | |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 87.50 | AFC | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.00 | UEFA | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 50.00 | UEFA | |
23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 43 | -19 | 21.74 | UEFA | |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 80.00 | UEFA | |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | +35 | 100.00 | CONCACAF | |
61 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 40 | 182 | -142 | 4.92 | CONCACAF | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00 | CONMEBOL | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | UEFA | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | CAF | |
Total | 395 | 191 | 52 | 152 | 745 | 556 | +189 | – | – |
Competitive records
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
CONCACAF Championship
Pan American Games
Minor tournaments
Cyprus Cup- 2008 Cyprus Cup Champions
- 2009 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
- 2010 Cyprus Cup Champions
- 2011 Cyprus Cup Champions
- 2012 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
- 2013 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
- 2014 Cyprus Cup Fifth place
- 2015 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
- 2000 Algarve Cup Fifth place
- 2001 Algarve Cup Fourth place
- 2002 Algarve Cup Eighth place
- 2003 Algarve Cup Seventh place
- 2016 Algarve Cup Champions
- 2017 Algarve Cup Runners-up
- 2018 Algarve Cup Fifth place
- 2019 Algarve Cup Third place
International Women's Football Tournament
- 2010 Champions
- 2013 Third Place
- 2015 Runners-up
- 2019 Third place