{ "title": "Canada Soccer\u2019s Women\u2019s National Team to face England in Women\u2019s International Friendly Match", "modified_at": "2026-05-04 14:45:17", "published_at": "2021-02-04 13:02:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccers-womens-national-team-to-face-england-in-womens-international-friendly-match", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/JsEd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "As part of the continued preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Canada Soccer\u2019s Women\u2019s National Team will face England in an away Women\u2019s International Friendly match on 13 April 2021.", "slug": "canada-soccers-womens-national-team-to-face-england-in-womens-international-friendly-match", "body": "

The international match will take place during the April FIFA
\u200binternational window with location and kick off time to be announced at a later
\u200bdate.  Fans will find extended coverage
\u200bacross Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and
\u200bTwitter featuring the social media hashtag #CANWNT.

Canada Soccer will continue to closely monitor all COVID-19
\u200bdevelopments in consultation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and
\u200brelevant governing bodies through the Canada Soccer Sport Medicine Committee.

This will be the 14th international meeting between the two
\u200bsides since they first met on 6 June 1995 in Helsingborg, Sweden when both
\u200bnations took part in the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time. In the most
\u200brecent meeting between the two nations on 5 April 2019 in Manchester, England,
\u200bCanada won 1:0 after captain Christine Sinclair scored the winning goal in the
\u200b80thminute.

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team will return to the pitch this month when they take part in the sixth edition of the SheBelieves Cup which will take place 18-24 February at Exploria Stadium in Orlando during the upcoming February FIFA international window. Canada faces USA on 18 February, Argentina on 21 February and Brazil on 24 February.

OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS & CONCACAF CHAMPIONS
\u200bCanada are two-time Olympic 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 three consecutive editions of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008 to 2016). At Rio 2016, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team were the first Canadian Olympic team to win back-to-back medals at a summer Olympic Games in more than a century.

Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Youth Teams, meanwhile,
\u200bhave won four Concacaf youth titles: the 2004 and 2008 Concacaf Women’s Under-20
\u200bChampionship, the 2010 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, and the 2014
\u200bConcacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship. Canada have qualified for seven editions
\u200bof the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada 2002)
\u200band all six editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a
\u200bfourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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