Soccer World Cup 2019 / Canada

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : Canada
Trainer	Kenneth Heiner-Møller
captain	Christine Sinclair
Qualified as	Second in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018
World rankings before the tournament	5
Tournament result	Round of 16
Games won	2
Games lost	2
Gates	4: 3

This article covers the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2019 women's soccer World Cup in France . Canada took part in the finals for the seventh time - only in the first event the team was not qualified. Canada qualified by reaching the final of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup .

qualification

The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 served as a qualification for the CONCACAF teams , in which the two finalists and the third placed could qualify directly for the World Cup and the fourth placed could reach the Pan-American playoffs against the third of the South American Women's Football Championship 2018 . Canada was automatically qualified for the Gold Cup and met Costa Rica, Jamaica and Cuba at the tournament in the USA . In the first game Jamaica was defeated 2-0. The subsequent 12: 0 against Cuba was their biggest international defeat for the Cubans. With a 3-1 win against Costa Rica, Canada secured group victory and met Panama in the semi-finals. The Canadians qualified 7-0 for the final and the World Cup in France. In the final they were defeated by the USA 2-0 - for the Canadians the 50th loss in their 60th game against the USA.

Overall, national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller , who took over the post in January 2018, deployed 20 players, only nine of whom were already in the squad for the 2015 World Cup. Six players appeared in all five games, including Diana Matheson , who made her 200th international match in the semifinals. The best goalscorers were Adriana Leon with 6 goals as well as Jordyn Huitema and record scorer Christine Sinclair with four goals each. A total of nine players contributed at least one goal to a total of 24 goals.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Canada	17: 1	9
2	Jamaica	10: 2	6th
3	Costa Rica	9: 4	3
4th	Cuba	0:29	0

October 5, 2018 at HEB Park in Edinburgh
Canada	-	Jamaica	2: 0 (1: 0)	Prince (2)
October 8, 2018 at HEB Park in Edinburgh
Cuba	-	Canada	0:12 (0: 5)	Leon (4), Huitema (4), Matheson , Quinn , Rose , Sinclair
October 11, 2018 at HEB Park in Edinburgh
Costa Rica	-	Canada	1: 3 (0: 2)	Beckie , Prince, Sinclair; Villalobos

Semifinals

October 14, 2018 in Frisco , Toyota Stadium
Canada	-	Panama	7: 0 (1: 0)	Leon (2), Sinclair (2), Beckie , Fleming , Quinn

final

October 17, 2018 in Frisco , Toyota Stadium
United States	-	Canada	2: 0 (1: 0)	Lavelle , Morgan

preparation

In January the Canadians travel to Spain, where they first met Switzerland in a training match and then beat Norway 1-0. At the end of February / beginning of March Canada will again take part in the Algarve Cup , which the Canadians won in 2016, and meet Iceland (0-0) and World Cup newcomers Scotland . On April 5, the team won 1-0 against England in Manchester with Christine Sinclair's 180th international goal . On April 8, they won 2-1 for the first time against Nigeria in Murcia . The last test match opponent before the trip to Europe were the Mexicans in Toronto on May 18, who were defeated 3-0. In Europe, the Canadians drew a goalless draw against Spain in Logroño on May 24th .

Squad

The squad was named on May 25th.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup games, goals	World Cup 2019
									Sp.
goal
21st	Sabrina D'Angelo	05/11/1993	2016	Vittsjö GIK	006th	000	04/08/2019
1	Stephanie Labbé	10/10/1986	2008	North Carolina Courage	061	000	05/24/2019	0 (2015)	4th
18th	Kailen Sheridan	07/16/1995	2016	Sky Blue FC	007th	000	02/27/2019
Defense
22nd	Lindsay Agnew	March 31, 1995	2017	Houston Dash	011	000	03/06/2019
03	Kadeisha Buchanan	05/11/1995	2013	Olympique Lyon	088	003	05/24/2019	5 (2015)	4th	1	2
02	Allysha Chapman	01/25/1989	2014	Houston Dash	064	001	05/24/2019	5 (2015)	4th
23	Jenna Hellstrom	04/02/1995	2018	KIF Örebro	004th	000	04/08/2019
10	Ashley Lawrence	06/11/1995	2013	Paris Saint-Germain	076	005	05/24/2019	5.1 (2015)	4th
05	Rebecca Quinn	08/11/1995	2014	Paris FC	048	005	05/24/2019		3		1
08th	Jayde Riviere	01/22/2001	2017	Markham SC / Ontario Super REX	005	000	05/24/2019		3
20th	Shannon Woeller	January 31, 1990	2010	Eskilstuna United	020th	000	04/05/2019
04th	Shelina Zadorsky	October 24, 1992	2013	Orlando Pride	052	001	05/24/2019		4th
midfield
14th	Gabrielle Carle	10/12/1998	2015	Florida State University	012	001	May 18, 2019
17th	Jessie Fleming	03/11/1998	2013	UCLA Bruins	065	008th	05/24/2019	2 (2015)	4th	1
07th	Julia Grosso	08/29/2000	2017	The University of Texas at Austin	016	000	May 18, 2019
13	Sophie Schmidt	06/28/1988	2005	Houston Dash	184	018th	05/24/2019	11.1 (2007, 2011, 2015)	4th
11	Desiree Scott	07/31/1987	2010	Utah Royals FC	143	000	05/24/2019	7 (2011, 2015)	4th
attack
16	Janine Beckie	08/20/1994	2014	Manchester City	056	025th	05/24/2019		4th
09	Jordyn Huitema	05/08/2001	2017	Paris Saint-Germain	021st	006th	05/24/2019		1
19th	Adriana Leon	10/02/1992	2013	West Ham United	057	015th	05/24/2019	4 (2015)	3
15th	Nichelle Prince	02/19/1995	2013	Houston Dash	050	010	05/24/2019		3	1
06th	Deanne Rose	03/03/1999	2015	Florida Gators	040	008th	May 18, 2019		1
12	Christine Sinclair	06/12/1983	2000	Portland Thorns FC	282	181	05/24/2019	17.9 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)	4th	1
Coaching staff
Coach	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	January 17, 1971	2018	CSA				3 (2007)	4th
Remarks: ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list ↑ As of May 2019 ↑ a b Status: May 25, 2019 ↑ With Denmark

draw

Grenoble (VR) Montpellier (VR) Reims (VR) Paris (VF)

The Canadian team's venues

For the World Cup group draw that took place on December 8, 2018, Canada was allocated Pot 1 based on its placement in the FIFA World Ranking on December 7, 2018. The team could not meet world champions USA, Germany or hosts France. Because of the mode, she was also unable to meet Jamaica. Canada was drawn as the group head of Group E. Like four years before, the draw was drawn for Oceania champions New Zealand and European champions Netherlands, making this the only group with two continental champions. The third group opponent is Cameroon.

There were eleven games against New Zealand before the World Cup, with six wins, four draws and one defeat in the first game in 1987. The last time they met in the group stage of the last World Cup was goalless. There was one more game against the Netherlands with nine wins and three draws. The last time there was a 2-1 win in Eindhoven in April 2016. The only World Cup match between the two of them at the last World Cup ended 1-1. The Canadians had never played against Cameroon. In the junior women's division there was a game at the U17 World Cup in 2016 , which the Canadians won 3-2. With Julia Grosso , Jordyn Huitema , Emma Regan and Deanne Rose , four players from the Gold Cup squad were used, as well as a Cameroonian player from the squad of the last African Cup, where Cameroon qualified for the World Cup. Canada reached the second round with two wins, missed group victory with their first defeat against the Netherlands and lost in the second round in the 23rd game for the 14th time against the Swedes.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Canada	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

Mon 10 June 2019 in Montpellier
Canada	-	Cameroon	1: 0 (1: 0)
Saturday, June 15, 2019 in Grenoble
Canada	-	New Zealand	2: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 20, 2019 in Reims
Netherlands	-	Canada	2: 1 (0: 0)

Knockout round

Mon., June 24, 2019 in Paris
Sweden	-	Canada	1: 0 (0: 0)

Awards

• Kadeisha Buchanan : Player of the game against Cameroon
• Jessie Fleming : Player of the game against New Zealand
• Christine Sinclair : Player of the game against the Netherlands

Individual evidence

1. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada begins FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 ™ campaign with two matches in Europe followed by the Algarve Cup
2. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada to face England in preparation for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 ™
3. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada to face Spain in preparation for the FIFA Women's World Cup ™
4. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019"
5. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings