Canadian women's national soccer team

Canada
Canada

Nickname (s)	Big red
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
confederacy	CONCACAF
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Kenneth Heiner-Møller
captain	Christine Sinclair
Record scorer	Christine Sinclair (186)
Record player	Christine Sinclair (293)
Home stadium	BMO Field
FIFA code	CAN
FIFA rank	8. (1958 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
404 games 198 wins 52 draws 154 defeats
statistics
First international USA 1-0 Canada ( Minneapolis , USA ; 7 July 1986)
Biggest win Canada 21-0 Puerto Rico ( Etobicoke , Canada ; August 28, 1998)
Biggest losses USA 9: 1 Canada ( Dallas , USA ; May 19, 1995 ) USA 9: 1 Canada ( Sydney , Australia ; June 2, 2000) Norway 9: 1 Canada ( Hønefoss , Norway ; June 19, 2001)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1995 )
Best results	4th place 2003
North and Central American Championship
Participation in the finals	9 ( first : 1991 )
Best results	Winner 1998 and 2010
Olympic games Quarter finals 2008 bronze 2012 bronze 2016
(As of February 9, 2020 )

The Canadian Women's National Football Team represents Canada in international women's football . The national team is subordinate to the Canadian Football Association and was coached by the Italian Carolina Morace from early 2009 to mid-2011 . On September 2, 2011, the Canadian Association named John Herdman , who had previously coached the New Zealand women's national soccer team, as his successor . The first success under his leadership is winning the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 2011 , when Brazil was defeated in the final on penalties. After Herdman became the coach of the Canadian men's national team in January 2018 , his assistant coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller moved to the post of head coach.

The greatest success at a world championship was fourth place in the 2003 Women's World Cup . Also because of this success, the women's pick in Canada is more popular than the men's pick . In March 2010, the Canadian team won the Cyprus Cup and returned to the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings . In 2010, the team won the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup for the second time, placing for the first time ahead of the Americans who did not take part in the first title win. By winning the Gold Cup, Canada qualified for the World Cup in Germany and met the hosts in the opening game. After three defeats, the World Cup was over for the Canadian team after the preliminary round. Canada hosted the World Cup in 2015 .

In August 2016, after winning the Olympic bronze medal again and winning the preliminary round against eventual Olympic champion Germany, they achieved fourth place in the FIFA world rankings.

The Canadian team have played 61 times against the USA , which is the most common international pairing in women's football. The Canadians lost 51 games.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

→ Main article : Canada Women's National Football Team / World Cups

Canada has been participating in all world championships since 1995 - when two teams from North and Central America were admitted for the first time - but was only able to survive the preliminary round in 2003 and advance to the semi-finals. There they were defeated by the later vice world champions Sweden with 1: 2 and in the subsequent game for third place to the neighboring USA with 1: 3. At the 2011 World Cup, Canada lost all three games and was eliminated after the preliminary round with the worst goal difference of all participants. On July 20, Carolina Morace resigned as a coach. At the home World Cup in 2015, the preliminary round was survived again. The end came in the quarterfinals against England, who would later be third.

year	Result	Trainer	Most games	Most goals
1991	not qualified
1995	Preliminary round	Sylvie Béliveau	09 players with 3 games	Silvana Burtini and Geri Donnelly (2 each)
1999	Preliminary round	Neil Turnbull	10 players with 3 games	Charmaine Hooper (2)
2003	Fourth	Even Pellerud	09 players with 6 games	Christine Sinclair and Christine Latham (3 each)
2007	Preliminary round	Even Pellerud	09 players with 3 games	Christine Sinclair (3)
2011	Preliminary round	Carolina Morace	09 players with 3 games	Christine Sinclair (1)
2015	Quarter finals	John Herdman	10 players with 5 games	Christine Sinclair (2)
2019	Round of 16	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	10 players with 4 games	Christine Sinclair, Jessie Fleming , Kadeisha Buchanan and Nichelle Prince (1 each)
All			Christine Sinclair (21)	Christine Sinclair (10)

North American Championship

1991 : second 1993 : semi-finals 1994 : second 1998 : winner 2000 : fourth

2002 : second 2006 : second 2010 : winner 2014 : withdrawn, qualifying as World Cup host for the World Cup 2018 : second

Olympic games

→ Main article : Canada Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

The Canadian selection was able to qualify for the Olympic football tournament for the first time in 2008 and reached the quarter-finals there as one of the two best thirds in the group, where they were eliminated with a 1: 2 nV against the later gold medalist USA. Participation in 2012 was achieved at a tournament in January 2012 in Vancouver . In the group stage in London , the team faced world champions Japan , Sweden and South Africa . After a defeat against Japan, the game against South Africa could be won 3-0. A 2-2 draw against Sweden, in which Melissa Tancredi scored both goals, brought Canada to the quarter-finals as one of the two best thirds in the group. With a 2-0 win in the quarter-finals against Great Britain, the Canadian team advanced to the semi-finals, where they met the USA . Despite leading three times, the team had to admit defeat 3: 4 after extra time and met France in the game for third place . Diana Matheson scored the 1-0 winner in the 4th minute of stoppage time . With a new record of 6 goals, Christine Sinclair became the tournament's top scorer.

Algarve Cup

The national team took part in the Algarve Cup five times .

1994 to 1999 : did not participate 2000 : 5th place 2001 : 4th place 2002 : 8th place 2003 : 7th place 2004 to 2015 : did not participate 2016 : 1st place 2017 : 2nd place 2018 : 5th place 2019 : 3rd place

Cyprus Cup

The national team took part in all events of the Cyprus Cup from 2008 to 2015, the record winner of which it is together with England and reached the final seven times. In addition, with Christine Sinclair , she provides the tournament's record scorer.

• 2008: 1st place
• 2009: 2nd place
• 2010: 1st place
• 2011: 1st place
• 2012: 2nd place
• 2013 : 2nd place
• 2014 : 5th place
• 2015 : 2nd place
• 2016 to 2019 : not participated (instead participation in the Algarve Cup)

Pan American Games

• 1999 : third (age restricted team)
• 2003 : Second (U-23 team)
• 2007 : third
• 2011 : winner
• 2015 : fourth (U-23 team)
• 2019 : withdrawn

Four Nations Tournaments

• In China:
  • 1998 , 2002 and 2003 : not invited
  • 2004 : 4th place
  • 2005 to 2007 : not invited
  • 2008 : 3rd place
  • 2009 : not invited
  • 2011 : 2nd place
  • 2012 : not invited
  • 2013 : 2nd place
  • 2014 : not invited
  • 2015 : winner
  • 2016 : not invited
  • 2017 : not invited
  • 2018 : not invited

• In Brazil :
  • 2009: did not participate
  • 2010: winner
  • 2011 and 2012: not participated / invited
  • 2013: third
  • 2014: not participated / invited
  • 2015: second
  • 2016: not participated / invited

Squad

• Squad for the Algarve Cup 2019
• Squad for the friendly matches against England and Nigeria in April 2019
• Squad for the friendly against Mexico on May 18, 2019
• Squad for the test match against Spain on May 24, 2019 and the 2019 World Cup
• Squad for the game against Japan on October 6, 2019
• Squad for the Four Nations Tournament in China in November 2019.
• Squad for Olympic qualification
• Squad for the Tournoi de France

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
goal
20th	Sabrina D'Angelo	05/11/1993	Vittsjö GIK	008th	000	07.03.2020		EN		S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
1	Stephanie Labbé	10/10/1986	North Carolina Courage	072	000	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
	Erin McLeod	02/26/1983	Växjö DFF	118	000	04/08/2019	A19	EN
18th	Kailen Sheridan	07/16/1995	Sky Blue FC	009	000	March 4th, 2020	A19		M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
Defense
	Lindsay Agnew	March 31, 1995	Houston Dash	014th	000	11/10/2019	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ
03	Kadeisha Buchanan	05/11/1995	Olympique Lyon	101	004th	March 4th, 2020	A19	EN		S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
02	Allysha Chapman	01/25/1989	Houston Dash	075	001	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
24	Vanessa Gilles	03/11/1996	Girondins Bordeaux	002	000	07.03.2020		EN	M.	S.		4NT		TdF
	Jenna Hellstrom	04/02/1995	KIF Örebro	004th	000	04/08/2019	A19	EN
10	Ashley Lawrence	06/11/1995	Houston Dash	091	007th	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
05	Rebecca Quinn	08/11/1995	Reign FC	059	005	03/10/2020	A19		M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
23	Jayde Riviere	01/22/2001	University of Michigan	015th	001	03/10/2020		EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
	Jade Rose	02/12/2003	Ontario REX	000	000				M.	S.	J
	Shannon Woeller	January 31, 1990	Eskilstuna United	021st	000	07/11/2019	A19	EN			J	4NT
04th	Shelina Zadorsky	October 24, 1992	Orlando Pride	066	002	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
midfield
14th	Gabrielle Carle	10/12/1998	Florida State University	019th	001	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
17th	Jessie Fleming	03/11/1998	UCLA Bruins	077	010	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J		OQ	TdF
07th	Julia Grosso	08/29/2000	The University of Texas at Austin	021st	000	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
25th	Maegan Kelly	02/19/1992	Florentia San Gimignano SSD	006th	000	07/11/2019						4NT
0	Diana Matheson	04/06/1984	Utah Royals FC	206	019th	03/10/2020	A19		M.					TdF
13	Sophie Schmidt	06/28/1988	Houston Dash	199	019th	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
11	Desiree Scott	07/31/1987	Utah Royals FC	156	000	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J		OQ	TdF
	Olivia Smith	08/05/2004	Ontario REX	002	000	11/10/2019						4NT
attack
16	Janine Beckie	08/20/1994	Manchester City	070	031	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
	Jessica De Filippo	04/20/2001	University of Louisville	000	000						J
09	Jordyn Huitema	05/08/2001	Paris Saint-Germain	033	013	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
19th	Adriana Leon	10/02/1992	West Ham United	066	019th	07.03.2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
15th	Nichelle Prince	02/19/1995	Houston Dash	059	011	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.		4NT	OQ	TdF
06th	Deanne Rose	03/03/1999	Florida Gators	048	009	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF
12	Christine Sinclair	06/12/1983	Portland Thorns FC	296	186	03/10/2020	A19	EN	M.	S.	J	4NT	OQ	TdF

1. ↑ Numbers at the Tournoi de France
2. ↑ As of February 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b} As of March 10, 2020, after the game against Brazil

Record players

Christine Sinclair , record player and goal scorer

So far, 16 Canadians have played 100 internationals . Only the USA (40), Germany (26), the People's Republic of China (23), Sweden (22) and Norway (18) have more “hundreds”. In addition, Canada has Christine Sinclair and Diana Matheson, two of 22 players with at least 200 internationals and thus currently the most active 200 players.

space	Surname	Calls	Gates	position	Period	Remarks
1	Christine Sinclair	296	186	attack	since 2000	Record holder since February 20, 2010, top scorer of the 2012 Olympic Games , record scorer, 200th international match on December 12, 2013
2	Diana Matheson	206	018th	midfield	since 2003
3	Sophie Schmidt	199	019th	midfield	since 2005
4th	Rhian Wilkinson	181	007th	midfield	2003-2017
5	Desiree Scott	156	000	midfield	since 2010
6th	Brittany Baxter	132	005	Midfield / attack	2002-2016	2004 Women's U-19 World Cup top scorer (as Brittany Timko)
	Andrea Neil	132	024	midfield	1991-2008	Record player from August 30, 2007 to February 20, 2010
8th	Charmaine Hooper	130	071	attack	1986-2006	First Canadian with 100 international matches, record player until August 30, 2007, at 35 years and 261 days the oldest world cup scorer
9	Melissa Tancredi	125	027	attack	2004-2017
10	Erin McLeod	118	000	goal	since 2002	Sole record goalkeeper since December 13, 2015
11	Candace Chapman	114	006th	Defense	2002–2012
12	Randee Hermus	113	012	Defense	2000-2009
13	Karina LeBlanc	110	000	goal	1998-2015	first Canadian goalkeeper with 100 caps
14th	Amy Walsh	102	005	midfield	1998-2009
15th	Kadeisha Buchanan	101	004th	Defense	since 2013
	Kaylyn Kyle	101	006th	midfield	2008-2015
17th	Carmelina Moscato	094	002	Defense	2002-2015
18th	Kara Lang	092	035	attack	2002-2011	youngest player and youngest goalscorer
19th	Ashley Lawrence	091	007th	midfield	since 2013

As of March 10, 2020

Record goal scorers

In the history of Canadian women's football, two players have scored more than 50 goals wearing the national team. With her 185th goal, Christine Sinclair became the world's best goalscorer on January 29, 2020.

space	Surname	Gates	Calls	Quota	Period	Remarks
1	Christine Sinclair	186	296	0.63	since 2000	7 × 3 goals in one game, 4 × 4 goals in one game, second best goalscorer in the world
2	Charmaine Hooper	071	129	0.55	1986-2004	3 × 3 goals in one game, 1 × 4 goals in one game
3	Silvana Burtini	038	077	0.49	1987-2003	1 × 8 goals in one game in the 21: 0 against Puerto Rico on August 28, 1998, 1 × 5 goals in one game, 2 × 3 goals in one game
4th	Kara Lang	035	092	0.38	2002-2010	1 × 4 goals in a game, 2 × 3 goals in a game, youngest goalscorer at the age of 15 years and 132 days
5	Janine Beckie	031	70	0.44	since 2014	2 × 3 goals in one game
	Melissa Tancredi	027	125	0.22	2004-2017
7th	Andrea Neil	024	132	0.18	1991-2008	1 × 3 goals in one game

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a Canadian perspective.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
July 27, 1994	Montreal	1: 2
June 14, 2001	Goch	0: 3
June 17, 2001	Oberhausen	1: 7
September 20, 2003	Columbus	1: 4	World Cup preliminary round
April 21, 2005	Osnabrück	1: 3
April 24, 2005	Hildesheim	2: 3
September 1, 2005	Vancouver	1: 3
September 4, 2005	Edmonton	3: 4
September 15, 2010	Dresden	0: 5
June 26, 2011	Berlin	1: 2	World Cup opening game
19th June 2013	Paderborn	0: 1
19th June 2014	Vancouver	1: 2
August 9, 2016	Brasília	2: 1	Olympic preliminary round
16th August 2016	Belo Horizonte	0: 2	Olympic semifinals
April 9, 2017	Erfurt	1: 2
June 10, 2018	Hamilton	2: 3

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
February 24, 2010	Larnaka	2: 1	Cyprus Cup
May 15, 2011	Rome	1: 1	World Cup test match
May 18, 2011	Niederhasli	2: 1	World Cup test match
March 6, 2013	Larnaka	2-0	Cyprus Cup
June 21, 2015	Vancouver	1-0	World Cup round of 16

See also

• List of international matches for the Canadian women's national soccer team
• Canadian national soccer team

Web links

Commons : Canada Women's National Football Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the Canadian Association
• Fan page about the national team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ FIFA.com: Morace takes over Canadian women's national team
3. ↑ USA set a clear signal
4. ↑ fifa.com: Canada thanks to Rio success in high
5. ↑ Carolina Morace declares resignation womensoccer.de
6. ↑ Canada Soccer names roster for 2019 Algarve Cup as it prepares for final pre-FIFA Women's World Cup ™ tournament
7. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Canada Soccer names roster for key FIFA Women's World Cup ™ warm-up match against England"
8. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Canada selects squad for send-off match in Toronto ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 ™"
9. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019"
10. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada Soccer announces squad for Women's National Team International Friendly match in Japan
11. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada Soccer announces squad for Women's National Team tournament in China
12. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada Soccer announces squad for Concacaf Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
13. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Canada Soccer announces squad for Tournoi de France
14. ↑ ^{a b Removed} from the squad for the World Cup.