Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team to play in the 2021 SheBelieves Cup in February
The tournament will feature USA, Brazil, Canada and Japan.
“I’m excited to get the team together for the first
time to kick off an important 2021 season, as we build towards the Tokyo
Olympic Games this summer,” said Bev Priestman, Canada Soccer’s Women’s
National Team Head Coach. “The SheBelieves Cup gives us the opportunity to face
some of the top football teams in the world in a tournament setting. It will be
a great opportunity to get ourselves ready for the Tokyo Olympic Games, facing
different styles of play and tight turnarounds.”
The international tournament takes place at the Exploria
Stadium in Orlando during the upcoming FIFA international window. Canada Soccer
will continue to closely monitor all Covid-19 developments in consultation with
the Public Health Agency of Canada and relevant governing bodies through the
Canada Soccer Sport Medicine Committee.
Canada is scheduled to face USA on 18 February (19.00
local / 19.00 ET / 16.00 PT), Japan on 21 February (18.00 local / 18.00 ET /
15.00 PT), and Brazil on 24 February (16.00 local / 16.00 ET / 13.00 PT). More
information on the tournament will be announced in February. Extended coverage
across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and
Twitter featuring the social media hashtag #CANWNT.
All four nations competing in the 2021 SheBelieves Cup
reached the knockout phase of the last FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 and
have all since qualified for the 12-nation Tokyo 2021 Women’s Olympic Football
Tournament.
Canada 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.