Soccer World Cup 2015 / Canada

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2015 Women's World Cup :
Canada
Trainer John Herdman
captain Christine Sinclair
Qualified as host
World rankings
before the tournament
8th
Tournament result Quarter finals
Games won 2
Games tie 2
Games lost 1
Gates 4: 3

This article covers the Canadian national soccer team of women in the soccer World Cup Women 2015 in Canada . Canada took part in the finals for the sixth time - only the first time the team was not qualified. As hosts, Canada did not have to qualify for the finals.

preparation

Canada began preparing for the World Cup in the summer of 2014 with several friendly matches, only one of which was won:

  • May 8, 2014 in Winnipeg against the USA: 1: 1 (1: 0)
  • June 18, 2014 in Vancouver against European champions Germany: 1: 2 (0: 1)
  • October 25 and 28, 2014 in Edmonton and Vancouver against world and Asian champions Japan: 0: 3 (0: 1) and 2: 3 (0: 1)
  • November 24 and 26, 2014 in Los Angeles against Sweden: 1: 0 (1: 0) and 1: 1 (0: 0)

In the test matches, John Herdman used a total of 27 players. Of these, Josée Bélanger , Kadeisha Buchanan , Jonelle Filigno , Jessie Fleming , Sophie Schmidt , Desiree Scott and Christine Sinclair were used in all games, but only Buchanan and Sinclair for the full season. Janine Beckie (November 26, 2014) and Allysha Chapman (October 25, 2014) came to their first international matches in the friendly matches.

In January 2015 Canada won the four-nation tournament with three other World Cup participants in Shenzhen ( People's Republic of China ):

  • January 11 against South Korea 2-1
  • January 13 against Mexico 2-1
  • January 15 against China 2-1

In March 2015, the team took part in the traditional Cyprus Cup , whose record winner it is, and met World Cup participants South Korea (1-0 on March 6) and the teams from Italy who failed in the European play-off games (1: 0 on March 9) and Scotland (2-0 on March 4). As group winners, Canada met England in the final on March 11th and lost 1-0, which means they have both won the Cyprus Cup three times. Despite the hope of an invitation, Canada was not invited to the Algarve Cup 2015 , which was taking place at the same time and had a higher cast. On April 9, a test match against World Cup participants France was lost in Bondoufle with 0: 1 and on May 29 a test match in Hamilton against England was won 1: 0.

The team

Contingent

The team of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), which must be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat at least ten working days before the opening match, was named on April 27, 2015.

No. Player birth
date
society Country
games
Country
goals
World Cup games Last
use
World Cup 2015
Sp. Gates yellow cards Yellow-red cards Red cards
goal
21st Stephanie Labbé 10/10/1986 without a club 020th 000 03/09/2015 0 0 0 0 0
23 Karina LeBlanc 03/30/1980 United StatesUnited States Chicago Red Stars 110 000 7 ( 1999 , 2003, 2007 , 2011) 01/13/2015 0 0 0 0 0
01 Erin McLeod 02/26/1983 United StatesUnited States Houston Dash 110 000 5 ( 2003 , 2007, 2011) 06/27/2015 5 0 0 0 0
Defense
03 Kadeisha Buchanan 05/11/1995 United StatesUnited States West Virginia Mountaineers 040 002 06/27/2015 5 0 1 0 0
15th Allysha Chapman 01/25/1989 United StatesUnited States Houston Dash 017th 001 06/27/2015 5 0 1 0 0
05 Robyn Gayle October 31, 1985 without a club 081 002 1 ( 2007 , 2011) 03/09/2015 0 0 0 0 0
04th Carmelina Moscato 05/02/1984 without a club 094 002 1 (2003, 2011 ) 06/15/2015 2 0 0 0 0
20th Marie-Ève ​​Nault 02/16/1982 without a club 068 000 2 (2011) 06/21/2015 1 0 0 0 0
10 Lauren Stuhlmann 08/14/1983 United StatesUnited States Houston Dash 046 000 06/27/2015 4th 0 2 0 0
07th Rhian Wilkinson 05/12/1982 United StatesUnited States Portland Thorns FC 166 007th 12 (2003, 2007, 2011) 06/27/2015 3 0 0 0 0
02 Emily Zurrer 07/12/1987 SwedenSweden Jitex BK 082 003 3 (2011) 04/09/2015 0 0 0 0 0
midfield
17th Jessie Fleming 03/11/1998 CanadaCanada London NorWest SC 018th 001 06/15/2015 2 0 0 0 0
18th Selenia Iacchelli 06/05/1986 without a club 004th 000 11/26/2014 0 0 0 0 0
06th Kaylyn Kyle 10/06/1988 United StatesUnited States Portland Thorns FC 101 006th 3 (2011) 06/27/2015 5 0 0 0 0
22nd Ashley Lawrence 06/11/1995 United StatesUnited States West Virginia Mountaineers 023 001 06/27/2015 5 1 0 0 0
08th Diana Matheson 04/06/1984 United StatesUnited States Washington Spirit 167 015th 12 (2003, 2007, 2011) 06/27/2015 1 0 0 0 0
13 Sophie Schmidt 06/28/1988 without a club 137 016 6 (2007, 2011) 06/27/2015 5 0 0 0 0
11 Desiree Scott 07/31/1987 EnglandEngland Notts County 095 000 2 (2011) 06/27/2015 5 0 1 0 0
attack
09 Josée Bélanger 05/14/1986 without a club 035 006th 06/27/2015 5 1 1 0 0
16 Jonelle Filigno 09/24/1990 United StatesUnited States Sky Blue FC 071 011 3 (2011) 06/21/2015 3 0 0 0 0
19th Adriana Leon 10/02/1992 United StatesUnited States Chicago Red Stars 038 005 06/27/2015 4th 0 0 0 0
12 Christine Sinclair (C)Captain of the crew 06/12/1983 United StatesUnited States Portland Thorns FC 228 155 12 (2003, 2007, 2011) 06/27/2015 5 2 1 0 0
14th Melissa Tancredi December 27, 1981 United StatesUnited States Chicago Red Stars 105 022nd 5 (2007, 2011) 06/27/2015 5 0 0 0 0
Coaching staff
Head coach EnglandEngland John Herdman 07/19/1975 Canadian Soccer Association 6th 5 0 0 0
  1. Numbers according to the FIFA squad list
  2. As of April 27, 2015
  3. a b Status: June 21, 2015
  4. Status before the World Cup
  5. FIFA only counts 44 games
  6. ^ As coach of New Zealand in 2007 and 2011

Games at the World Cup

Football Women's World Cup 2015 / Canada (Canada)
Edmonton
Edmonton
Montreal
Montreal
Vancouver (AF / VF)
Vancouver (AF / VF)
Venues

When determining the venues and days of the match, Canada was identified as the group head of Group A. In the draw on December 6, 2014, China, New Zealand and the Netherlands, newcomers to the World Cup, were drawn. According to the positions in the FIFA world rankings before the World Cup, this is the most balanced group: The Canadians are in 8th place, the Netherlands in 12th, China in 16th and New Zealand in 17th; Group cut = 13.25.

There have been 25 games against China, six of which were won, five ended in a draw (with a win on penalties ) and 14 lost. New Zealand, which was coached by the current Canadian coach for a long time, had previously been opponents of the Canadians ten times and won eight times, and drawn twice. The Dutch had also played ten times against Canada. Canada won six games, three ended in a draw and one was lost. Canada and the Netherlands had to cover the greatest distance between the second and third group venue, almost 3,600 km overland or around four hours by flight.

In the opening game it looked like a goalless draw for a long time, then substitute Adriana Leon was fouled in stoppage time in the Chinese penalty area. Team captain Christine Sinclair converted the penalty kick to the 1-0 winner. Against New Zealand that was missing and the game ended goalless. On the other hand, Canada took the lead against the Dutch with Ashley Lawrence's first international goal after 10 minutes and looked like the sure winner for a long time, then the Dutch equalized three minutes before the end of the game to make it 1-1. Since the other teams took points from each other, Canada came first in the group games with the fewest goals by a host. Only the eliminated Ecuadorians scored fewer goals.

Canada met Switzerland in the round of 16 . Both had met four times since 2010, two of them at the Cyprus Cup . Canada won three games, one was a draw. Again, Canada kept the upper hand, but largely thanks to a strong defensive performance and goalkeeper Erin McLeod named Player of the Game. In the attack, Christine Sinclair in particular could not set any accents. Only a good combination succeeded and this led to the winning goal.

Canada faced England in the quarter-finals on June 27, 2015 in Vancouver , who had won a World Cup knockout match against Norway for the first time in the round of 16 . Both met eleven times before, including one in the first World Cup game of both teams and six times in the Cyprus Cup , both of which are joint record winners. With five wins for Canada - most recently in preparation for the World Cup - and six defeats, four of them in the last five games, the record was slightly negative for the Canadians. Canada started briskly, but fell behind due to a defensive error and then had bad luck that the goalkeeper was blinded by the sun with a header and the English scored the second goal. Record national player Sinclair was able to score the next goal before the break, but hardly any scoring opportunities could be created in the second half, so that the English women survived the quarter-finals for the first time and Canada joined the ranks of the hosts who failed in the quarter-finals.

Group games

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CanadaCanada Canada  3  1  2  0 002: 100  +1 05
 2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 04th
 4th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand  3  0  2  1 002: 300  −1 02
Sat June 6, 2015 in Edmonton
Canada - China 1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday June 11, 2015 in Edmonton
Canada - New Zealand 0-0
Mon., June 15, 2015, in Montreal
Netherlands - Canada 1: 1 (0: 1)

Knockout round

Round of 16, Sun., June 21, 2015, in Vancouver
Canada - Switzerland 1: 0 (0: 0)
Quarterfinals, Sat. June 27, 2015, in Vancouver
England - Canada 2: 1 (2: 1)

Awards

Kadeisha Buchanan was nominated for Best Young Player Award and also for the All-Star Team .

Individual evidence

  1. womens.soccerly.com: "FIFA not flinching on turf following inspections"
  2. Canada vs England - 2015-05-29
  3. fifa.com: "Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
  4. canadasoccer.com: "Canada names 23-player selection to compete at FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
  5. framba.de: "Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce" ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / framba.de
  6. fifa.com: "Three finalists, one great future"