Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team win 2:1 in first of two-match series against Brazil

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team defeated Brazil 2:1 at Vila Belmiro Stadium in their first November international window series match against Brazil. Goals from Shelina Zardorsky and Adriana Leon were enough to deliver the win for Canada while goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan’s performance prevented Brazil from equalising, conceding one goal from Brazil’s eight shots on target. Amanda Allen subbed in the 71st minute making this her first international “A” appearance. 

“It was an exciting game to watch, we created some great chances”, said Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Head Coach Bev Priestman. “We got two set-play goals which is something we knew we had to work on post-Olympics. There are some things from today we must work on going into the next match, but overall we’re really happy to get our fifth straight win.”

MATCH CENTRE & MATCH REPORT : https://canadasoccer.com/national-team-match-live/?matchId=3351#newsfeed_section

Canada will conclude their series on Tuesday 15 November 15.15 local (13.15 ET / 10.15 PT) at Química Arena, São Paulo. The match will be broadcast live on OneSoccer, available as a linear channel on Telus’s Optik TV (Channel 980) as well as online at OneSoccer.ca, through the OneSoccer app and on the fuboTV Canada platform. 

CANADA SOCCER’S WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
Canada are Olympic champions (Tokyo in 2021), two-time 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 four consecutive editions of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2021). At Tokyo 2020, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team became the first Canadian team to win three consecutive medals at the Summer Olympic Games and just the third nation in the world to win three medals in women’s soccer.

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 eight editions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada 2002) and all seven editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a fourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).

CAN 2 : 1 BRA
2022-11-11 Santos, BRA
OneSoccer ; Vila Belmiro, att. 3,768 
Referee / Arbitre : Gabriel Coronel (Mariana De Almeida, Daiana Milone, Laura Fortunato)

Goals / Buts
CAN 21′ Shelina Zadorsky (header / tête) 1-0 (a. Ashley Lawrence)
CAN 29′ Adriana Leon (left foot / pied gauche) 2-0 (a. Christine Sinclair)
BRA 33′ Débinha (left foot / pied gauche) 2-1 (a. Kerolin)

CANADA –  1 GK Kailen Sheridan, 23 Bianca St-Georges (14 Gabrielle Carle HT), 3 Kadeisha Buchanan, 4 Shelina Zadorsky, 10 Ashley Lawrence, 17 Jessie Fleming, 7 Julia Grosso (13 Sophie Schmidt 62′), 19 Adriana Leon (20 Cloé Lacasse 62′), 12 Christine Sinclair capt. (11 Desiree Scott 56′), 15 Nichelle Prince, 24 Evelyne Viens (9 Jordyn Huitema HT). Coach / Entraîneure Bev Priestman. Unused substitutes / substituts non utilisés: 18 GK Sabrina D’Angelo, 22 GK Lysianne Proulx, 5 Quinn, 26 Marie Levasseur, 27 Sura Yekka, 29 Clarissa Larisey, 30 Amanda Allen, 31 Ella Ottey, 32 Annabelle Chukwu.

Gatorade Performance of the Match / Gatorade Performance du match:
Shelina Zadorsky