Canada opens 2023 international season at SheBelieves Cup
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team have opened their 2023 season at the SheBelievesCup falling 2:0 to hosts USA at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. USA striker Mallory Swanson scored both goals in the first half while Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan earned her team’s Performance of the Match hono…
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team have opened their 2023 season at the SheBelievesCup falling 2:0 to hosts USA at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. USA striker Mallory Swanson scored both goals in the first half while Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan earned her team’s Performance of the Match honours. Canada will look to bounce back on Sunday when they face Brazil in at Geodis Park in Nashville (16.00 local / 17.00 ET / 14.00 PT).
All of Canada’s matches at the SheBelieves Cup 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. Fans will find extended coverage for the matches across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube featuring the hashtag #CANWNT.
MATCH CENTRE & MATCH REPORT : https://canadasoccer.com/national/matches/national-team-match-upcoming/?matchId=3373
Bev Post-Match Reaction ?"I think there's some great learnings for us. We're here to test ourselves."@CANWNT #SheBelievesCup pic.twitter.com/dcHG8O2X3Z — Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) February 17, 2023
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).