Canada women's national soccer team

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Canada

Nickname

Big red

Association

Canadian Soccer Association

Coach

Even Pellerud, 1999-

Most caps

Andrea Neil (131)

Top scorer

Christine Sinclair (84)

FIFA rank





Home kit





Away kit

First International

United States 1 - 0 Canada

(Minneapolis, USA; July 7, 1986)

Largest win
Canada

21 - 0

Puerto Rico
(Etobicoke, Canada; August 28, 1998)

Worst defeat

United States 9 - 1 Canada

(Dallas, USA; May 19, 1995)

United States 9 - 1 Canada

(Sydney, Australia; June 2, 2000)

Norway 9 - 1 Canada

(Honefoss, Norway; June 19, 2001)

World Cup

Appearances

3 (First in 1995)

Best result

4th place, 2003

Olympic Games

Appearances

None (First in -)

Best result

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Appearances

7 (First in 1991)

Best result

Winners, 1998

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The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association. It is ranked 9th (as of June 2007) in the world. The team reached international prominence finishing in 4th place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to their archrival American team in the bronze medal match. The women's game is quite popular in Canada due to the success the team has had internationally.^{[citation needed]} The Under-20 women's team (U-19 prior to 2006) is also very popular, due partly to Canada hosting the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002 and winning silver in front of 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

In the first two women's world youth championships, both with an age limit of 19 as opposed to today's 20, the Golden Boot winner was a Canadian: Christine Sinclair in 2002 and Brittany Timko in 2004. Sinclair also won the 2002 Golden Ball as tournament MVP.

1 World Cup record
2 Olympic record
3 Pan Am Games record
4 Current team
5 All-time Record against other nations
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] World Cup record

1991 - Did not qualify
1995 - Round 1
1999 - Round 1
2003 - 4th place
2007 - Round 1

[edit] Olympic record

2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Did not qualify

2008 - Qualified

[edit] Pan Am Games record

1999 - Fourth place
2003 - Silver Medal
2007 - Bronze Medal

[edit] Current team

(as of 2007)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Karina Leblanc	March 30, 1980 (1980-03-30) (age 28)	41	16	New Jersey Wildcats
2	DF	Kristina Kiss	February 13, 1981 (1981-02-13) (age 27)	44	5	n/a
3	DF	Melanie Booth	August 24, 1984 (1984-08-24) (age 23)	15	0	Toronto Lynx
4	DF	Robyn Gayle	October 31, 1985 (1985-10-31) (age 22)	15	0	Ottawa Fury
5	MF	Jonelle Filigno	September 24, 1990 (1990-09-24) (age 17)	2	0	Rutgers University
6	DF	Tanya Dennis	August 26, 1985 (1985-08-26) (age 22)	12	0	Nebraska Cornhuskers
7	FW	Rhian Wilkinson	May 12, 1982 (1982-05-12) (age 26)	6	3	Ottawa Fury
8	MF	Diana Matheson	April 16, 1984 (1984-04-16) (age 24)	29	1	Ottawa Fury
9	MF	Candace-Marie Chapman	April 21, 1983 (1983-04-21) (age 25)	21	1	Vancouver Whitecaps
10	DF	Martina Franko	January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13) (age 32)	24	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
11	DF	Randee Hermus	November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 28)	53	4	Vancouver Whitecaps
12	FW	Christine Sinclair	June 12, 1983 (1983-06-12) (age 24)	100	40	Vancouver Whitecaps
13	MF	Amy Walsh	September 13, 1977 (1977-09-13) (age 30)	0	0	Laval Comets
14	MF	Melissa Tancredi	December 27, 1981 (1981-12-27) (age 26)	7	0	Atlanta Silverbacks
15	FW	Kara Lang	October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22) (age 21)	43	21	Vancouver Whitecaps
16	MF	Katie Thorlakson	January 14, 1985 (1985-01-14) (age 23)	1	0	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
17	DF	Brittany Timko	September 5, 1985 (1985-09-05) (age 22)	28	9	Vancouver Whitecaps
18	GK	Erin McLeod	February 26, 1983 (1983-02-26) (age 25)	12	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
19	MF	Sophie Schmidt	June 28, 1988 (1988-06-28) (age 19)	1	0	Atlanta Silverbacks
20	GK	Taryn Swiatek	February 4, 1981 (1981-02-04) (age 27)	14	0	Ottawa Fury
21	FW	Jodi-Ann Robinson	April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17) (age 19)	9	2	Vancouver Whitecaps

[edit] All-time Record against other nations

As of Apr 2, 2008

Team	W	D	L	Pts
Mexico	12	1	1	37
Jamaica	6	0	0	18
Australia	5	2	7	17
Costa Rica	5	0	0	15
Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	15
France	4	2	0	14
Japan	3	3	3	12
USA	3	3	34	12
New Zealand	3	1	1	10
Brazil	3	0	3	9
China PR	2	3	13	9
Netherlands	2	2	0	8
Guatemala	2	0	0	6
Haiti	2	0	0	6
Portugal	2	0	0	6
Italy	2	0	0	6
Korea Republic	2	0	0	6
Uruguay	2	0	0	6
England	2	0	1	6
Denmark	2	0	2	6
USSR	1	1	0	4
Ghana	1	1	0	4
Finland	1	1	1	4
Sweden	1	1	9	4
Argentina	1	0	0	3
Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	0	3
Ecuador	1	0	0	3
Greece	1	0	0	3
Hong Kong	1	0	0	3
Martinique	1	0	0	3
Panama	1	0	0	3
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	3
Wales	1	0	0	3
Scotland	1	0	1	3
Morocco	1	0	1	3
Russia	1	0	1	3
Nigeria	0	1	0	1
Norway	0	1	8	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0
Germany	0	0	8	0

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Soccer in Canada

v • d • e

National Association	National Team: M, W, U20	List of coaches	List of clubs
Hall of Fame	SSS	List of venues	Pyramid

Canadian Soccer Competitions

Canadian Championship

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PDL	Super-20	PCSL	CMISL
Open Cup	W-League	C-NA ST	Y-League

International women's football

v • d • e

Asia: AFC – Women's Asian Cup

Africa: CAF – Women's Championship

North America: CONCACAF – Women's Gold Cup

South America: CONMEBOL – Sudamericano Femenino

Oceania: OFC – Women's Championship

Europe: UEFA – Women's Championship

National women's football teams of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

v • d • e

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