Julien is the shock omission from the Canadian women’s Olympic roster 25 Jun 2012 Julien, who was part of the Canadian team that finished second at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Vancouver, lost her striker’s spot to Jonelle Filigno, who missed Olympic qualifying because of an injury she suffered while playing for Rutgers.
Sinclair’s last-second goal saves Canada in a frustrating friendly 31 May 2012 But the feel-good last-gasp goal shouldn’t completely mask what was a frustrating performance by the Canadian team in front of the home fans in Moncton.
Hamilton FC’s Richard whitewashes Ottawa, earns W-League Player of the Week 30 May 2012 Hamilton FC's Genevieve Richard did to the Ottawa Fury last weekend what no one else could do to that team all throughout the 2011 W-League season.
Canadian women work on mixing up their attack as Vancouver camp continues 15 May 2012 Herdman is now encouraging his players to play possession football when appropriate – but also not to shirk away from playing a more direct style against superior technical sides.
Women’s World Cup host-cities announcement is anticlimactic 4 May 2012 As press conferences go, the announcement of Canada’s 2015 Women’s World Cup host cities was about as anticlimactic as they get.
Canada’s U-17 women rout Jamaica in Group A action 4 May 2012 Two days after the Canadian teens throttled Panama by a 6-0 count, they made easy work of Jamaica, winning 4-0 in Guatemala.
Clarke the author of five goals as Canada routs Panama 3 May 2012 Summer Clarke played just 50 minutes, and it was enough time for her to score three times and set up two more.
Herdman: Canada, Japan, Sweden, South Africa is NOT the Group of Death 24 Apr 2012 Right after the Canadian national women’s team was drawn into an Olympic group with World Cup champs Japan and World Cup third-place finisher Sweden, Herdman told reporters via a conference call that he didn’t think Big Red was in the Group of Death
WPS striker Lenczyk signs with the Ottawa Fury 19 Apr 2012 The club announced that American forward Meghan Lenczyk will join reigning W-League MVP Mallory Outerbridge in the attack. Lenczyk was the 14th overall selection in 2011 WPS draft, and played in 14 games for the Atlanta Beat, scoring twice.
Sweden overwhelms Canadian women in Malmo 31 Mar 2012 After beating Brazil last week in a friendly in Massachussets, the Canadian national women’s team fell 3-1 away to Sweden Saturday in another pre-Olympic tuneup.