Canadian national teamers look forward to the day NWSL expands north of the border 5 Feb 2013 While the four members of the Canadian women’s national team who were in Edmonton Monday will all soon head Stateside to report to their NWSL teams, they still dream of playing pro soccer in their home and native land.
LeBlanc: Canadian women drawing their NWSL battle lines 23 Jan 2013 “We were in China (for the Yongchuan Cup), so we didn’t find out live,” said LeBlanc, who was on a media conference call Tuesday promoting her upcoming visit to Edmonton with national teammates Christine Sinclair, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson. “But we all looked at our e-mail to find out where we were going, and then the trash talking started right away.”
NWSL reveals the names of the 16 Canadian women who made the cut 9 Jan 2013 Maybe the biggest surprise on the list is the inclusion of Bryanna McCarthy, the University of West Virginia product who has played in just four senior national-team matches so far in her career.
For Canadian women, the medals are bronze, but the effort was golden 9 Aug 2012 Herdman has worked miracles with this team in less than a year. Imagine what he could do with three years of prep time before the Women’s World Cup?
“The Call” will be added to the lore of Canada-U.S. matches 6 Aug 2012 It will be discussed for years to come. For followers of the Canadian national women’s team, it will be simply be known as The Call. Maybe some profanities will be added.
Goals from Sinclair, Matheson give Canada the win over NZ 14 Jul 2012 An audacious first-half chip from Diana Matheson and a cool second-half finish from Christine Sinclair gave Canada a 2-0 win over New Zealand in the opening match of the Matchworld Women’s World Cup.
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.
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
Matheson to help Canadian midfield from the sidelines 17 Jan 2012 “We play at home so rarely that it’s really special when you get in front of the home crowd so I’m obviously going to miss that but I’ll be with the team throughout everything,” said Matheson.
Mottershead replaces Matheson on women’s Olympic qualfiying roster 15 Jan 2012 Diana Matheson’s injured knee won’t be ready in time for her to play for the Canadian national team at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers.