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Canada qualifies for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008 |
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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| Photo: CanadaSoccer.com / Anthony Harris |
Canada’s women’s program has qualified for another FIFA tournament. Canada’s women’s U-17 team qualified today for the inaugural edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008. Canada qualified after beating Mexico by a score of 1:0 in the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship in Macoya, Trinidad & Tobago.
“The team was ecstatic,” said coach Bryan Rosenfeld after the match. “We were exhausted, but ecstatic. We made qualification difficult on ourselves because we could have done it against Costa Rica (on 24 July), but we made it. We had many players that just wanted to go to New Zealand 2008.”
This year, Canada has already qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament and the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008. Since 2001, Canada has qualified for eight of nine FIFA women’s tournaments, including two FIFA Women’s World Cups (USA 2003 and China 2007). The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup features players born 1991 or later.
Canada’s women’s U-17 team, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, won four of five games at the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship. Canada won 3:0 over Puerto Rico, 4:3 over Jamaica, 4:1 over Mexico, and then anew 1:0 over Mexico. Tiffany Cameron, last year’s top scorer at the BMO National Championships U-16 Girls All Stars, was Canada’s top scorer in 2008 with five goals in five games. She also scored the lone goal in the qualification match against Mexico. | |
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Canada faces Mexico for FIFA berth |
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Will three times be the charm for Canada? Canada's women's U-17 team will face Mexico on Sunday 27 July in the all-important third-place match at the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship. The winner will qualify for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008. This is the third time in 2008 that Canada has faced Mexico for entry into a FIFA women's tournament. "Both teams have nothing to lose," says coach Bryan Rosenfeld. "Both teams have to go for it to get that qualifying spot." Earlier this year, Canada won 1:0 over Mexico's senior team at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament, thus earning the Association's first-ever entry to the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. In June, Canada won 2:1 over Mexico's U-20 team at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship, thus gaining entry to its fourth-straight FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Next up is Mexico's U-17 team in Sunday's match for third place at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad & Tobago. "They're a very technical team," says Rosenfeld. "They're a good passing team and they have good scorers. We'll have to do what we did before: expose their back line with our players and use the speed of our transition game." Both Canada and Mexico lost its semi-final matches on 24 July, Canada 0:2 to Costa Rica and Mexico 0:1 to the United States. Both Canada and Mexico in fact came from the same Group B, so the pair had a previous match-up in the tournament on 21 July. Canada won that contest 4:1, thus finishing first in the group. Canada, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, features players born 1991 or later. For the 27 July match, only Amy Harrison will be ineligible after picking up her second yellow card in the 24 July match. Harrison was tied for second on the team with two goals in the CONCACAF tournament (with Shelina Zadorsky and super sub Annick Maltais). Tiffany Cameron is the team's leader with four goals in four games. | |
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Canada to face Mexico in U-17 match for third place |
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| Photo: Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation |
Canada’s women’s U-17 team will face Mexico in the match for third place this Sunday 27 July at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship. It will be Canada’s second chance to gain entry to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008.
Canada lost 0:2 to Costa Rica in the semi-final match on 24 July. It was Canada’s first lost in the tournament after finishing first in the Group B with a perfect 3-0-0 record.
While Canada and Mexico will fight for the final CONCACAF spot to the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008, the United States will face Costa Rica in the gold-medal match. The United States won its semi-final 1:0 over Mexico on 24 July. Both the United States and Costa Rica have qualified for the FIFA tournament.
Canada’s women’s U-17 team, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, is part of one of the best women’s programs in the world. Already this year, the full national team has qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament while the youth U-20 team has qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The U-17 team hopes to make it three-for-three in 2008 when it kicks off in the CONCACAF semi-final this 24 July. | |
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Canadian women to play weekend friendlies in Singapore |
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Women’s National Team
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Canada’s women’s national team will play two international friendly matches this weekend in Singapore. Canada will play New Zealand on Saturday 26 July at 19.30 and Singapore on Sunday 27 July at 19.30. Both games will help serve Canada’s final preparations for next month’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in China. 'We are pleased to have the opportunity to play these two games here,' says coach Even Pellerud. 'They are well timed after our arrival precamp and well timed prior to kick off against Argentina on 6 August.' Both matches had previously been planned as exhibition sessions, but the competing nations decided to make the contests official international matches. Canada has a record of eight wins, five draws and five losses in 18 international matches this year. Canada’s last match was a 1:1 draw against Brazil at BMO Field in Toronto, ON. 'New Zealand has a spot in the Olympic Tournament and will provide good opposition,' says Pellerud. 'New Zealand will give us a good opportunity to test our shape and readiness.' Canada arrived in Singapore on Tuesday morning after concluding its residency camp in Vancouver, BC. The team has trained each day in preparation for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament which kicks off 6 August in Tianjin, China. Canada opens its tournament against Argentina. 'Although these two games are our last games, there is still fierce competition for starting spots,' says Pellerud. 'It is only fair to suggest that most players will have fair amount of playing time over these encounters - New Zealand today and Singapore tomorrow.' Canada’s women’s national team, whose title sponsor is Winners and whose presenting sponsor is Teck Cominco, is competing in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time in Association history. Canada’s women’s team was most recently ranked ninth in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. | |
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Canada finishes first in U17 group |
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Canada's women's U-17 team has finished first in its group with a perfect 3-0-0 record. Canada won its games against Puerto Rico (3:0), Jamaica (4:3) and Mexico (4:1) to finish first in Group B at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship. By finishing first in is group, Canada will face the second-place team from Group A in the semi-final (either the United States, Trinidad & Tobago or Costa Rica).
The all-important semi-final match will take place 24 July in Macoya, Trinidad & Tobago. The winner of the semi-final will not only advance to the 27 July final, but it will only secure one of three CONCACAF spots in the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008.
Canada finished the round-robin competition with nine points (3-0-0), 11 goals scored and four goals against. Mexico, who finished second with six points (2-0-1), also scored 11 goals and allowed four (all against Canada). Canada's 11 goals have been scored by Tiffany Cameron (4), Amy Harrison (2), Annick Maltais (2), Shelina Zadorsky (2) and Rachel Lamarre.
Canada's women's U-17 team, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, is part of one of the best women's programs in the world. Already this year, the full national team has qualified for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament while the youth U-20 team has qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The U-17 team hopes to make it three-for-three in 2008 when it kicks off in the CONCACAF semi-final this 24 July. |
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