Canada women's national soccer team

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Canada

Nickname

Big red

Association

Canadian Soccer Association

Coach

Even Pellerud, 1999-

Most caps

Charmaine Hooper (129)

Top scorer

Charmaine Hooper (68)

FIFA rank





Home colors





Away colors

First International

United States 1 - 0 Canada

(Minneapolis, USA; July 7, 1986)

Largest win

Puerto Rico 0 - 21 Canada

(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

4 (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 11th (as of May 2006) 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. 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 Current team
4 All-time Record against other nations
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] World Cup record

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

[edit] Olympic record

2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current team

Amber Allen
Sasha Andrews
Josee Belanger
Melanie Booth
Breanna Boyd
Candace Chapman
Amanda Cicchini
Linda Consolante
Tanya Dennis
Isabelle Harvey
Randee Hermus
Charmaine Hooper
Aysha Jamani
Stephanie Labbe
Kara Lang
Christine Latham
Karina LeBlanc
Véronique Maranda
Diana Matheson
Erin McLeod
Isabelle Morneau
Carmelina Moscato
Marie-Eve Nault
Andrea Neil
Sharolta Nonen
Kelly Parker
Sari Raber
Katie Radchuk
Jodi-Ann Robinson
Leah Robinson
Wanda Rozwadowska
Clare Rustad
Christine Sinclair
Taryn Swiatek
Melissa Tancredi
Katie Thorlakson
Brittany Timko
Stacey VanBoxmeer
Amy Walsh
Rhian Wilkinson
Janine Willis
Nicci Wright
Emily Zurrer

[edit] All-time Record against other nations

As of September 8, 2006

Team	W	D	L	Pts
Mexico	11	1	1	34
Australia	5	2	6	17
Costa Rica	5	0	0	15
France	4	1	0	13
Jamaica	4	0	0	12
Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	0	12
United States	3	3	30	12
Netherlands	2	2	0	8
Japan	2	2	3	8
China	2	2	11	8
Guatemala	2	0	0	6
Haiti	2	0	0	6
Portugal	2	0	0	6
England	2	0	1	6
Brazil	2	0	2	6
Denmark	2	0	2	6
USSR	1	1	0	4
New Zealand	1	1	1	4
Sweden	1	1	9	4
Argentina	1	0	0	3
Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	0	3
Greece	1	0	0	3
Hong Kong	1	0	0	3
Korea Republic	1	0	0	3
Martinique	1	0	0	3
Panama	1	0	0	3
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	3
Scotland	1	0	0	3
Wales	1	0	0	3
Italy	1	0	0	3
Finland	1	0	1	3
Morocco	1	0	1	3
Ghana	0	1	0	1
Nigeria	0	1	0	1
Norway	0	1	7	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0
Russia	0	0	1	0
Germany	0	0	8	0