The match will take place during the April FIFA
\u200binternational window, during which Canada will also face England in a Women’s
\u200bInternational Friendly Match on 13 April. 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.
“The matches against Wales and England in April will be a
\u200bgreat test for us as we build towards the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer,”
\u200bsaid Bev Priestman, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Head Coach. “The camp
\u200bwill give us the opportunity to face two different type of opponents in a tight
\u200bturnaround. Canada Soccer will continue its concerted effort to secure the
\u200brelease of players, so it will give us the opportunity to continue assessing
\u200bthe group and see where we are at as we get ourselves ready for the Tokyo
\u200bOlympic Games.”
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team has only faced Wales
\u200bonce in the history of the program, on 3 March 2002 at the Algarve Cup in
\u200bPortugal. Canada won the match 4:0, with Christine Sinclair and former Women’s
\u200bNational Team player Kara Lang both scoring two goals.
Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team returned to the pitch last
\u200bmonth when they took part in the sixth edition of the SheBelieves Cup in
\u200bOrlando, FL, USA with matches against USA, Argentina, and Brazil, which
\u200bincluded Head Coach Bev Priestman’s first victory with the 1:0 win over
\u200bArgentina.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
\u200bAs part of International Women’s Day, Canada Soccer celebrates our early adoption and support of the women’s game and system-wide investment made as a federation in our Women’s National Team Program. Established in 1986, Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team have played over 400 international “A” matches while the Women’s National Team Program has featured more than 900 players from the Youth National Teams to the National Team.
As part of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Legacy,
\u200bCanada Soccer directly supported the development of professional opportunities
\u200bfor women’s soccer by co-founding the National Women’s Soccer Leagues (NWSL)
\u200balong with Mexico and the United States, with already 40 Canadian players
\u200bfeatured across the league’s first eight seasons from 2013 to 2020. Also part
\u200bof the Canada 2015 Legacy to support Canada’s best youth players, Canada Soccer
\u200bestablished the Regional EXCEL and Super EXCEL Centres from coast to coast across
\u200bCanada, with already more than 500 youth players featured in the program since
\u200b2013.
Canada are one of just five nations in the world that have
\u200bqualified for each of the past four Women’s Olympic Football Tournaments.
\u200bCanada are also the only nation in the world to reach the podium at both London
\u200b2012 and Rio 2016 in women’s football.
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
\u200bUnder-20 Championship, the 2010 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, and the
\u200b2014 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship. Canada have qualified for seven
\u200beditions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (including a silver medal at Canada
\u200b2002) and all six editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (including a
\u200bfourth-place finish at Uruguay 2018).