Canada qualifies for the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship

Canada qualified for the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship with a 9:1 win over El Salvador on Saturday. Florianna Jourde opened the scoresheet for Canada while Canadian player of the match Olivia Smith along with Annabelle Chukwu, Amanda Allen and Kayla Briggs each scored twice.

“We had a great camp from start to finish and grew through every game so now we’re looking at this next stage,” said Cindy Tye, Canada Soccer’s Women’s U-20 Coach. “With more than three weeks before the Concacaf Under-20 Championship, we just have to keep preparing and training. The level is going to be different but today this team showed resilience and adaptability which is exactly what we’ll need to be ready for the next phase.”

The 2023 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship will take place in May in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Canada has lifted the trophy twice with a total of 10 appearances in the competition. The top three nations from the tournament will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

MATCH CENTRE & MATCH REPORT CANADA SOCCER : https://canadasoccer.com/national-team-match-past/?matchId=4425

CAN 9 : 1 SLV
2023-04-22 San Cristóbal, DOMR
OneSoccer ; Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez, att. 35
Referee / Arbitre : Karitza Guerra (Stephanie-dale Yee Sing, Dee-an Foster, Francia Gonzalez)

Goals / Buts
CAN 8′ Florianna Jourde (head / tête) 1- 0(a.)
CAN 15 Olivia Smith (FK right foot / pied droit) 2-0
CAN 19′ Olivia Smith (PK right foot / pied droit) 3-0
SLV 20′ Elizabeth Johannes (right foot / pied droit) 3-1 (Interception)
CAN 43′ Annabelle Chukwu (right foot / pied droit) 4-1 (a.Jeneva Hernandez Gray)
CAN 47′ Annabelle Chukwu (right foot / pied droit) 5-1 (Interception)
CAN 55′ Amanda Allen (right foot / pied droit) 6-1 (a.Olivia Smith)
CAN 73′ Amanda Allen (right foot / pied droit) 7-1 (a.Zoe Markesini)
CAN 85′ Kayla Briggs (right foot / pied droit) 8-1 (a.Ella McBride)
CAN 87′ Kayla Briggs (right foot / pied droit) 9-1 (a.Ella Ottey)

CANADA – 20 GK Faith Fenwick; 2 Mya Archibald (19 Jadea Collin HT) , 3 Ella Ottey, 4 Zoe Markesini, 5 Clare Logan, 18 Jeneva Hernandez-Gray, 13 Florianna Jourde capt. (8 Ella McBride 72′), 10 Olivia Smith (11 Rosa Maalouf 58′), 6 Thaea Mouratidis, 11 Amanda Allen (15 Jaime Perrault 76′), 9 Annabelle Chukwu (17 Kayla Briggs 58′). Coach / Entraîneure Cindy Tye. Unused substitutes / substituts non utilisés : 1 GK Coralie Lallier, 21 GK Noelle Henning; 12 Nyah Rose, 14 Sophie Murdock, 16 Renee Watson,

Performance Player of the Match / Performance Joueuse du match:
Olivia Smith

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).