Canada women's national soccer team

National football team women
Name = Canada
Badge = Csa logo.png Nickname = Big Red
Association = Canadian Soccer Association
Coach = flagicon|Norway Even Pellerud, 1999-
Most caps = Andrea Neil (131)
Top scorer = Christine Sinclair (85)
FIFA Rank = 9

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First game = flagicon|USA United States 1 - 0 Canada flagicon|CAN
(Minneapolis, USA; July 7, 1986)
Largest win = Canada flagicon|CAN 21 - 0 flagicon|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
(Etobicoke, Canada; August 28, 1998)
Largest loss = flagicon|USA United States 9 - 1 Canada flagicon|CAN
(Dallas, USA; May 19, 1995) flagicon|USA United States 9 - 1 Canada flagicon|CAN (Sydney, Australia; June 2, 2000) flagicon|Norway Norway 9 - 1 Canada flagicon|CAN
(Honefoss, Norway; June 19, 2001)
World cup apps = 4
World cup first = 1995
World cup best = 4th place, 2003
Olympic apps = - 1
Olympic first = - 2008
Olympic best = -
Algarve cup apps = 4
Algarve cup first = 2000
Algarve cup best = 4th place, 2001
Regional name = CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Regional cup apps = 7
Regional cup first = 1991
Regional cup best = Winners, 1998

The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association. It is ranked 9th (as of June 2007) in the world. The team reached international prominence finishing in 4th place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to their archrival American team in the bronze medal match. The women's game is quite popular in Canada due to the success the team has had internationally.Fact|date=February 2007 The Under-20 women's team (U-19 prior to 2006) is also very popular, due partly to Canada hosting the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002 and winning silver in front of 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

In the first two women's world youth championships, both with an age limit of 19 as opposed to today's 20, the Golden Boot winner was a Canadian: Christine Sinclair in 2002 and Brittany Timko in 2004. Sinclair also won the 2002 Golden Ball as tournament MVP.

In 2008, Canada qualified for its first ever Olympic women's football tournament, and finished second in their group with a 1-1-1 record. This was good enough to qualify them for the knockout stage, where they are set to play the number one team in the world, the United Statesin the quarterfinals.

World Cup record

*1991 - Did not qualify
*1995 - Round 1
*1999 - Round 1
*2003 - 4th place
*2007 - Round 1

Olympic record

*2000 - Did not qualify
*2004 - Did not qualify

*2008 - 8th Place

Pan Am Games record

* 1999 - Fourth place
* 2003 - Silver Medal
* 2007 - Bronze Medal

Current team

(as of 2007)

All-time Record against other nations

"As of Aug 16, 2008"

ee also

*Soccer in Canada
*Canada men's national soccer team

External links

* [http://www.gobigred.ca Go Big Red!!]
* [http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/index.asp Canadian Soccer Association]