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News May 18, 2019

Canada WNT wins 3:0 over Mexico in Send-Off Match ahead of France 2019

Canada won 3:0 over Mexico in their Send-Off match before the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ at BMO Field in Toronto with goals by Jessie […]

Canada won 3:0 over Mexico in their Send-Off match before the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ at BMO Field in Toronto with goals by Jessie Fleming, Christine Sinclair and Adriana Leon. It was Canada’s third win in a row and seventh match undefeated ahead of what will be Canada’s seventh consecutive appearance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup™.

The Saturday 18 May match was played in front of a terrific crowd of 19,610 at BMO Field in Toronto. Following the match, Canada head to Spain for their final pre-tournament preparations before the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™. Canada will open on 10 June against Cameroon in Montpellier with all matches to be televised on TSN.

MATCH CENTRE, SCORING & PHOTOS : http://canadasoccer.com/?t=match&gid=1534

Captain Sinclair, with a goal and an assist, is now just four goals back of the all-time international goal-scoring record. She has four goals in seven international matches this year. While Sinclair scored her 181st career goal, Fleming scored her eighth career goal and Leon scored her 15th career goal. Stephanie Labbé, who has four clean sheets in four matches this year,  posted her 28th career clean sheet.

“Heading into an away FIFA Women’s World Cup, we hope that the echo from our Canadian fans back home will carry us through our month in France,” said Kenneth Heiner-Møller, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Head Coach and Women’s National EXCEL Director. “The players are really looking forward to having the fans cheering for us, so we will put on a show and give us the momentum as we head to France. It is important that both our performance and fan support at our send-off match in Toronto has a resounding effect on our players for a long period of time.”

CANADA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE 2019™
Following Canada’s 10 June opener against Cameroon, Canada will face New Zealand on 15 June in Grenoble and Netherlands on 20 June in Reims. Beyond the group phase, two or three nations from Canada’s group will advance to the Round of 16 with those initial knock-out matches to be played from 23-25 June. Beyond the Round of 16, the Quarter-finals are 27-29 June, the Semi-finals are 2-3 July, and the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ Final in 7 July.

CANADA AT THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP : http://canadasoccer.com/?t=project&sid=1272

Fans are encouraged to be part of Canada’s journey at the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ from 10 June to 7 July by watching all the action live on TSN and RDS. Fans can also follow the Women’s National Team both on and off the pitch across Canada Soccer’s digital channels including CanadaSoccer.com, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS & CONCACAF CHAMPIONS
Canada are two-time Olympic bronze medal winners (2012 and 2016) and two-time Concacaf champions (1998 and 2010). In all, Canada have participated in seven consecutive editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ (1995 to 2019) and three consecutive editions of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2016). At Rio 2016, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team were the first Canadian Olympic team to win back-to-back medals at a summer Olympic Games in more than a century.

WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM: https://canadasoccer.com/women-s-national-team-p144312

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Youth Teams, meanwhile, have won four Concacaf youth titles: the 2004 and 2008 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship, the 2010 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, and the 2014 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship. Canada have qualified for seven editions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada 2002) and all six editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a fourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).