Canada wins three in a row at Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Qualifiers

Canada won 4:0 against Cuba in their third match at the 2023 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Qualifiers in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic on Thursday night. Canadian player of the match Florianne Jourde and forward Kayla Briggs scored twice each while goalkeeper Faith Fenwick and her backline posted the clean sheet.
 
“You can see the difference in the group as they start gelling together,” said Cindy Tye, Canada Soccer’s Women’s U-20 Coach. “The competition shifted this game and I found that they reacted very well in light of the physical play at the end of match. This will prepare us for our next challenge with El Salvador on Saturday as we get one step closer to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.”
 
Following the third match at the 2023 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Qualifiers, all 21 players on Canada’s roster have made an appearance. First-place Canada will need to win or tie their final match against El Salvador Saturday 22 April to qualify for the 2023 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship in May.
 
“Everyone’s made some great contributions in different ways in this competition we’re really pleased,” said Tye.

MATCH CENTRE & MATCH REPORT CANADA SOCCER : https://canadasoccer.com/national-team-match-past/?matchId=4424

CAN 4 : 0 CUB
2023-04-20 San Cristóbal, DOM
OneSoccer ; Estadio Panamericano, att. 100
Referee / Arbitre : Kedeen Foster (Jassett Kerr-Wilson, Stephanie-dale Yee Sing, Shandor Wilkinson)

Goals / Buts
CAN 12′ Florianne Jourde (left foot / pied gauche) 1-0 (a.Ella McBride)
CAN 44′ Florianne Jourde (left foot / pied gauche) 2-0 (a.Jeneva Hernandez Gray)
CAN 67′ Kayla Briggs (right foot / pied droit) 3-0 (Interception)
CAN 81′ Kayla Briggs (left foot / pied gauche) 4-0 (a.Jeneva Hernandez Gray)

CANADA – 20 GK Faith Fenwick; 19 Jadea Collin (2 Mya Archibald 46′), 4 Zoe Markesini, 14 Sophie Murdock, 3 Ella Ottey (16 Renee Watson 46′), 8 Ella McBride,13 Florianne Jourde capt.(6 Thaea Mouratidis 61′), 11 Rosa Maalouf (15 Jaime Perrault 72′), 18 Jeneva Hernandez-Gray, 11 Amanda Allen, 9 Annabelle Chukwu (17 Kayla Briggs 46′). Coach / Entraîneure Cindy Tye. Unused substitutes / substituts non utilisés :1 GK Coralie Lallier, 21 Noelle Henning; 5 Clare Logan,10 Olivia Smith, 12 Nyah Rose

Performance Player of the Match / Performance Joueuse du match:
Florianne Jourde

Canada will conclude their series against El Salvador on Saturday 22 April (18:00  ET / 16.00 MT / 1 5.00 PT). The matche 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.  Throughout the competition, fans will find coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter featuring the hashtag #canw20.

CANADA SOCCER’S WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMCanada 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).