Soccer World Cup 2011 / Canada

This article covers the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany . Before the World Cup, Canada was in sixth place in the FIFA world rankings , which is their best result so far. Canada has taken part in all World Championships since 1995, and in 2003 the best place was 4th. Canada is the largest country of all participants (approx. 10 million km²) but has the lowest population density after Australia (3.4 inhabitants / km²). Canada had also applied to host the World Cup, but Germany was awarded the contract. The next women's world championship was then allowed2015 Canada host.

qualification

Canada qualified for the finals as winners of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 , leaving the USA behind. The qualification was already secured by winning the semi-finals. The final was won 1-0 against Mexico. Canada thus qualified for the World Cup with 17-0 goals without losing points. The most successful goalscorers for Canada were Christine Sinclair (6 goals, four of them - three as a "flawless" hat trick - in the game against Guyana) and Jonelle Filigno (4).

The way to the World Cup

The championship took place in October and November 2010 in the Mexican city of Cancún . Canada was one of the three strongest national teams for the finals and thus automatically qualified. The preliminary round was played in the league system.

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Canada Canada	12: 0	9
2	Mexico Mexico	9: 5	6th
3	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	4: 4	3
4th	Guyana Guyana	3:19	0

October 29, 2010
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	-	Canada Canada	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 31, 2010
Canada Canada	-	Guyana Guyana	8: 0 (2: 0)
November 2, 2010
Mexico Mexico	-	Canada Canada	0: 3 (0: 2)

Semifinals

5th November 2010
Costa Rica Costa Rica	-	Canada Canada	0: 4 (0: 0)

Squad for the World Cup

The squad for the World Cup was named on June 16. The most experienced players are the record national player and goal scorer Christine Sinclair as well as Diana Matheson , Brittany Timko and Rhian Wilkinson , who have already played at least 100 international matches and were also used in the last World Cup tournaments. The players have an average height of 1.69 m, with Diana Matheson being the smallest at 1.54 m and Kaylyn Kyle and the third goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé being the tallest at 1.78 m.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Karina LeBlanc	03/30/1980		089	000	1 (2003, 2007 )	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Erin McLeod	02/26/1983	United States magicJack	064	000	3 ( 2003 , 2007)	2	0	0	0	0
21st	Stephanie Labbé	10/10/1986	Sweden Piteå IF	008th	000		0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Emily Zurrer	07/12/1987	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	048	002		3	0	0	0	0
4th	Carmelina Moscato	05/02/1984		052	002	1 (2003)	0	0	0	0	0
5	Robyn Gayle	October 31, 1985	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	045	000	0 (2007)	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Rhian Wilkinson	05/12/1982	Norway Team Strømmen FK	103	007th	9 (2003, 2007)	3	0	0	0	0
9	Candace Chapman	04/02/1983	United States Western New York Flash	091	006th	2 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Brittany Timko	05.09.1985		103	004th	7 (2003, 2007)	2	0	0	0	0
20th	Marie-Ève Nault	02/16/1982	Canada Ottawa Fury	045	000		2	0	0	0	0
midfield
3	Kelly Parker	03/08/1981	United States Atlanta beat	015th	001		1	0	0	0	0
6th	Kaylyn Kyle	10/06/1988	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	034	002		3	0	0	0	0
8th	Diana Matheson	04/06/1984	Norway Team Strømmen FK	125	009	9 (2003, 2007)	3	0	1	0	0
11	Desiree Scott	07/31/1987	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	024	000		2	0	0	0	0
13	Sophie Schmidt	06/28/1988	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	066	003	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Chelsea Stewart	April 28, 1990	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	024	000		1	0	0	0	0
attack
10	Jodi-Ann Robinson	04/17/1989	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	051	007th	3 (2007)	1	0	0	0	0
12	Christine Sinclair	06/12/1983	United States Western New York Flash	162	117	9 (2003, 2007)	3	1	0	0	0
14th	Melissa Tancredi	December 27, 1981	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	064	013	2 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Christina Julien	05/06/1988	Canada Ottawa Fury	030th	007th		2	0	0	0	0
16	Jonelle Filigno	09/24/1990	United States Rutgers University	042	008th		3	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Head coach	Italy Carolina Morace	02/05/1964	Canadian Soccer Association	150	105	4 (1991)	3	0	0	0	0
Co-trainer	Italy Elisabetta Bavagnoli	09/03/1963		073	001	3 (1991)	3	0	0	0	0
Co-trainer	Andrea Neil	10/26/1971		132	025th	10 (1995, 1999, 2003)	3	0	0	0	0
Goalkeeping coach	Italy Max Colucci	04/23/1971					3	0	0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list [1] ↑ Information according to the association website ↑ ^a ^b As of July 5, 2011 after the game against Nigeria ↑ Status before the World Cup (italics = no use) ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f As a player for Italy ↑ ^a ^b ^c As a player

Four players were named who would move up if a player were injured before the opening game:

player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals
Rachelle Beanlands	1993	Canada Ottawa Fury	000	000
Melanie Booth	08/24/1984	Canada Vancouver Whitecaps	049	001
Chelsea Buckland	01/20/1990	United States Oregon State University	003	000
Brooke McCalla	07/09/1987	Canada Master's Futbol Academy	007th	000
Remarks: ↑ ^a ^b Status: June 14, 2011 after the game against North Korea ↑ Status before the World Cup

preparation

The Canadian team has been preparing for the World Cup near Rome since March 2011 and played five friendly matches during that time :

date	place	opponent	Result	Goal scorers	particularities
May 15, 2011	Rome ( Italy )	Switzerland Switzerland	1: 1 (0: 1)	Kaylyn Kyle ; Caroline Abbé
May 18, 2011	Niederhasli ( Switzerland )	Switzerland Switzerland	2: 1 (1: 1)	Caroline Abbé (ET), Christina Julien ; Ana Maria Crnogorčević
May 28, 2011	Rome ( Italy )	Netherlands Netherlands	2: 0 (0: 0)	Jodi-Ann Robinson , Christina Julien
June 7, 2011	Telki ( Hungary )	Hungary Hungary	0-0		1st game against Hungary
June 14, 2011	Rome ( Italy )	Korea North North Korea	2: 0 (2: 0)	Kaylyn Kyle , Jonelle Filigno	1st game against North Korea

The team arrived in Berlin on June 19 .

Group games

In Group A, Canada met hosts and defending champions Germany in the opening game . Germany took the lead after 10 minutes with a goal from Kerstin Garefrekes , and Célia Okoyino da Mbabi increased it to 2-0 in the 42nd minute when the Canadian defense played offside. In the second half, the Canadians were able to survive several good opportunities for the German team without damage. In the 82nd minute, Christine Sinclair converted a free kick to make it 1: 2. It was the Canadians' 10th defeat in their 10th game against Germany.

In the following game Canada faced France . The Canadians, for whom captain Christine Sinclair played with a face mask because of the broken nose in the game against Germany, went down to business, but were unsuccessful in their attacking efforts. On the other hand, the French women immediately used their great scoring chance in the 24th minute. As a result, the French became more and more dominant, but were initially unable to take advantage of other opportunities. Only in the second half did they score more goals in the 60th, 67th and 83rd minutes. Canada kept trying to get at least one consolation goal, but failed again and again. It was only the second defeat in the seventh game against France, Canada won three times before, two games ended in a draw. Since Nigeria also lost to Germany, the defeat means the premature end for Canada in the preliminary round.

In the last game of the group stage against African champions Nigeria it was no longer about nothing for either of them, as Nigeria had also been eliminated early. Before that, there was only one game against Nigeria that ended 3-3 in the group stage of the 1995 World Cup. Canada started with LeBlanc in goal and Marie-Ève Nault , who was substituted at half-time in the first game against Germany, was back in the starting line-up. Even though it was all about nothing for both of them, both teams were committed, with Canada having the better start. But even in this last group game, the Canadians failed to win a point. In the 73rd minute, Perpetua Nkwocha scored the 1-0 winning goal for Nigeria, and the Canadians' last attacking efforts could not change that. Thus, Canada was eliminated from the tournament without winning points, but is already qualified as host for the 2015 World Cup.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany Germany	7: 3	9
2	France France	7: 4	6th
3	Nigeria Nigeria	1: 2	2
4th	Canada Canada	1: 7	0

Sunday, June 26, 2011, 6 p.m. in Berlin
Germany Germany	-	Canada Canada	2: 1 (2: 0)
Thursday, June 30, 2011, 6 p.m. in Bochum
Canada Canada	-	France France	0: 4 (0: 1)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 8:45 p.m. in Dresden
Canada Canada	-	Nigeria Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0)

With three defeats, Canada fell to eighth place in the FIFA world rankings . On July 20, Carolina Morace resigned as a coach.

Awards

Christine Sinclair's goal against Germany was nominated for the best goal of the tournament.

Individual evidence

↑ Match Report Canada - Guyana. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010 ; accessed on August 26, 2014 (English).
↑ Canada announces roster for Germany 2011
↑ FIFA.com: First opponent Canada landed in Berlin
↑ As the light in the stadium went out shortly before after a power failure and the game had to be interrupted for about ten minutes, the 84th minute for the goal is also mentioned in some match reports. [2]
↑ womensoccer.de: Carolina Morace declares resignation
↑ FIFA.com: Goal of the Tournament

[3] Numbers according to the FIFA squad list [1]

[4] Information according to the association website

[Stand-5] As of July 5, 2011 after the game against Nigeria

[6] Status before the World Cup (italics = no use)

[Sp-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f As a player for Italy

[SpCan-8] As a player

[Stand-9] Status: June 14, 2011 after the game against North Korea

[10] Status before the World Cup

[1] Match Report Canada - Guyana. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010 ; accessed on August 26, 2014 (English).

[2] Canada announces roster for Germany 2011

[11] FIFA.com: First opponent Canada landed in Berlin

[12] As the light in the stadium went out shortly before after a power failure and the game had to be interrupted for about ten minutes, the 84th minute for the goal is also mentioned in some match reports. [2]

[13] womensoccer.de: Carolina Morace declares resignation

[14] FIFA.com: Goal of the Tournament