{
    "title": "Canada opens qualifiers against Trinidad & Tobago",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:35:32",
    "published_at": "2008-04-01 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-opens-qualifiers-against-trinidad-tobago",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/XMFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "For more information on this match, please visit the following fixture link. Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team will face Trinidad & Tobago in the opening match of the CONCACAF Women\u2019s Olympic Qualification Tournament on Wednesday 2 April. The two teams will kickoff at 17.00 local time (20.00 ET) at the\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-opens-qualifiers-against-trinidad-tobago",
    "body": "<p>For more information on this match, please visit the following <a href=\"https://canadasoccer.com/tourney/FIFA_WWC/game_profile.asp?gameId=1236\">fixture</a> link.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s national team will face Trinidad &amp; Tobago in the opening match of the CONCACAF Women&rsquo;s Olympic Qualification Tournament on Wednesday 2 April. The two teams will kickoff at 17.00 local time (20.00 ET) at the Estadio Ol&iacute;mpico Benito Juarez in Ciudad Juarez, M&eacute;xico.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bAll of Canada&rsquo;s matches at the CONCACAF Women&rsquo;s Olympic Qualification Tournament will be webcast on CBCSports.ca. Canada&rsquo;s first two matches (2 April against Trinidad &amp; Tobago and 6 April against Costa Rica) as well as the two semi-finals will be broadcast on GolTV. Tournament matches will also be televised by host broadcaster PCTV in M&eacute;xico.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada&rsquo;s head coach Even Pellerud explains that Trinidad &amp; Tobago is &ldquo;a very skillful team and a very fast team. We will trust our own strengths, though, moreso than matching up with our opposition.&rdquo;<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada&rsquo;s senior team has faced Trinidad &amp; Tobago four times, but not 19 August 1994 in Montr&eacute;al. Canada won all four of its games against Trinidad &amp; Tobago between 1991 and 1994. The Canadian match will be followed by M&eacute;xico &ndash; Jamaica at 19.30.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b&ldquo;We are expecting a big crowd, yet a hostile crowd,&rdquo; says coach Pellerud.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada&rsquo;s senior team, whose title sponsor is Winners, is looking to qualify for this summer&rsquo;s Olympics. The team needs to finish amongst the top two teams in the six-team tournament to advance. That means winning the semi-final match against a team from the opposite group (M&eacute;xico, Jamaica or the United States) on 9 April. Before the semi-final, Canada faces Trinidad &amp; Tobago on 2 April and Costa Rica on 6 April.</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}