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November 2013
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CONCACAF teams Canada and Mexico have qualified
for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa
Rica 2014. The two nations qualified via the 2013
CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship on
Thursday 7 November in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
“We congratulate our Canadian team, the
players and staff, on a successful qualification
for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa
Rica 2014,” said Canadian Soccer Association
President Victor Montagliani. “We look
forward to having our women’s teams compete
in three FIFA women’s tournaments over the
next two years, with both the FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup and FIFA Women’s
World Cup to be played on our home
soil.”
Canada is the only CONCACAF nation to have
qualified for all four editions of the FIFA U-17
Women’s World Cup. Since 2002, Canada has
participated in five of six editions of the FIFA
U-20 Women’s World Cup and all three
previous editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s
World Cup.
For Mexico, this marks the third time it has
qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World
Cup (second most behind Canada amongst CONCACAF
nations). Since 2002, Mexico has participated in
five of six editions of the FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup and two of three previous
editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World
Cup.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa
Rica 2014 will take place next year from 15 March
to 5 April. Already, more than half the 16-team
field has been confirmed, with Canada and Mexico
joining China PR, Japan, Korea DPR, Nigeria, New
Zealand, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela and host
Costa Rica.
National Organising Committee builds momentum
The National Organising Committee continues to build momentum on the road to both the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.
Just last month, the National Organising
Committee successfully launched its National
Volunteer Programme for the FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and FIFA
Women’s World Cup Canada 2015. At the media
event on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the Honourable
Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social
Development), served as the honourary first
volunteer.
Just last week, the National Organising
Committee unveiled the on-sale date and pricing
structure for the first phase of ticket sales for
the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014.
That first phase will launch on 28 November 2013,
a few days after the upcoming Canada-Mexico
Women’s International Friendly match in
Vancouver.
READ MORE about the National
Volunteer Programme at FIFA.comREAD MORE about the upcoming Ticket On-Sale Date for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 at FIFA.com
Big victories as groups take shape
In late October, FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ Qualifiers took place across Europe with an exciting blend of closely fought duels and clear victories. FIFA.com takes a look back at the round of qualifiers on FIFA.com/Canada2015.
READ MORE on FIFA.com
Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s championship in Toronto
Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s eight-team women’s championship runs this 7-10 November at the University of Toronto. The competition begins with quarter-final matches on Thursday and ends with the 2013 Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy presentation on Sunday afternoon (16.30 ET / 13.30 PT on CIS-SIC.tv) at Varsity Stadium in downtown Toronto.
This year marks the 27th edition of the CIS
women’s soccer championship. The competition
begins with quarter-final pairings of
Montréal and Western Ontario, Alberta and
Laval, Wilfrid Laurier and Trinity Western, and
Cape Breton and host Toronto.
Of note, 12 footballers taking part in the CIS
Women’s Championship have experience with
Canada’s national teams, including two that
have participated at the FIFA U-20 Women’s
World Cup (Constance de Chantal Dumont and
Catherine Charron-Delage) and two that have
participated at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World
Cup (Julia Ignacio and Vanessa Kovacs).
This same week, the CIS men’s
championship takes place in Fredericton at the
University of New Brunswick.
Rhian Wilkinson inducted to University of Tennessee Hall of Fame
Just last week, Rhian Wilkinson helped Canada
win 3:0 over Korea Republic in a Women’s
International Friendly match.
Now this week, she will be one of four
inductees to the Lady Vols Hall of Fame Class,
paying tribute to her college career at the
University of Tennessee.READ MORE on CANADASOCCER.com.
FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015
The FIFA Women's World Cup is held every four years, with the next edition to be played in Canada in 2015. It marks the first major sporting event hosted in Canada from coast to coast, with matches to be played in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montréal and Moncton. The FIFA Women's World Cup will feature the 24 best women's football teams in the world.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015
will be preceded one year earlier by the FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup, one of two FIFA
women’s youth tournaments. The FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup returns to Canada for the
first time since 2002. The FIFA U-20 Women's World
Cup Canada 2014 will feature 16 teams featuring
players born 1994 or later.
The National Organising Committee for the FIFA
Women's World Cup Canada 2015 features Victor
Montagliani (chair), Steven Reed, Janine Helland,
Doug Redmond, Clare Rustad, Walter Sieber and
Peter Montopoli.
According to Canada’s coach Beverly Priestman the team needed this second goal. “We knew that we had to put a few away to take the momentum of the game and quiet the crowd.”
Three minutes later, Captain Jessie Fleming would make it 3:0, firing a rocket into the top of the net from outside of the 18-yard box.
World Cup bound!
7
November 2013
Canada defeats Jamaica 5:0 to advance to final
of the 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's
Championship, securing a place in the FIFA U-17
Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014.
“We congratulate our team, the players
and staff, on a successful qualification,”
said Canadian Soccer Association President Victor
Montagliani.
The match was played on a hot, slick evening in
Catherine Hall Stadium. Despite muggy weather
thousands of hometown supporters showed up to
cheer-on Jamaica, creating a sea of yellow around
the stadium.
This was Jamaica’s first time reaching
the semi-finals and they were hoping to pull-off
an upset against Canada. Encouraged, perhaps, by
the knowledge that tournament favourites USA had,
only a few hour before, been knocked out by
Mexico.
Canada, however, would not be intimidated by
the hostile atmosphere. Within four-minutes
forward Marie-Mychèle Métivier had
the Canucks on the board, after her shot was
deflected by a defender on it’s way towards
the back of the net. This was Métivier
sixth goal, making her the tournament’s
leading scorer.
Canada would strike again in the 27th minute,
when Emily Borgmann, collected a pass from fellow
attacker Marie Levasseur to guide the ball across
the line.According to Canada’s coach Beverly Priestman the team needed this second goal. “We knew that we had to put a few away to take the momentum of the game and quiet the crowd.”
Three minutes later, Captain Jessie Fleming would make it 3:0, firing a rocket into the top of the net from outside of the 18-yard box.
While there was plenty of offense,
Canada’s backline of Simmrin Dhaliwal,
Easther Mayi Kith, Bianca St-Georges and Rachel
Jones deserve credit for helping to initiate wave
after wave of attack. Mayi Kith, was especially
impressive replacing Mika Richards who was injured
in the match against the USA.
While there were fewer goals in the second-half
Canada remained dominant, producing a plethora of
scoring chances.
Midfielder Sarah Kinzner scored her first of
the tournament in the 48th minute. Racing to
collect a pass from Fleming she out battled her
defender, stretching for the ball and directing it
past Jamaica’s on-rushing keeper.
The final goal would come courtesy of
Levasseur. Throughout the match the striker had
been threatening and in the 70th minutes she would
be rewarded, beating the keeper with a
long-shot.
“I’m, really happy” said
Priestman following the match, “the girls
stuck to our game plan and deserve the
win.”
With the victory, Canada advances to face
Mexico in the final of the CONCACAF U-17 Women's
Championship. The match will take place on
Saturday at 18:00 local / 18:00 ET / 15:00 PT.
Regardless of the outcome both teams will advance
to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa
Rica 2014.
MATCH
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