Canadian women studying up on Mexico’s tactical changes 26 Jan 2012 Mexico came into the tournament with a group of new players and a fresh tactical set-up, so some of the scouting the Canadian had from Mexico’s appearances at the Pan Am Games and the Women’s World Cup has gone out the window.
Canada wins Group A with romp over Costa Rica 24 Jan 2012 Christine Sinclair scored twice and set up another goal to lead Canada to a dominating 5-1 win over Costa Rica Monday and first place in Group A at the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Canada books spot in Olympic qualifying semifinal 22 Jan 2012 “I think generally job done, that’s two games we managed to rest a few players tonight and we only need a draw to qualify for the top of the group with the goal differential that we’re carrying,” said Canada coach John Herdman. “ It’s in a good space for Canada now and I think we can take Costa Rica in a different light and make sure that we’ve absolutely got everyone ready to go.”
Hapless Haitians hammered by Canadian women 20 Jan 2012 Christine Sinclair scored four goals and set up another to lead Canada to a convincing 6-0 win over Haiti in both teams’ opening match of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament.
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.
B.C.-born Leroux will have sort-of homecoming at Olympic qualifiers 16 Jan 2012 Sydney Leroux will have a sort-of homecoming in Vancouver this week.
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.
Herdman, Canadian women’s team ready to face frustration at Olympic qualifiers 12 Jan 2012 John Herdman and the Canadian national women’s team are expecting to see a lot of teams packing the back at the upcoming Olympic qualifiers in Vancouver.
Herdman selects women’s Canadian Olympic qualifying roster 20 Dec 2011 As he announced his roster for the upcoming tournament in Vancouver, Herdman also spoke of the need to keep the team’s heads “light, bright and clean.” So, in January, he is bringing in Dr. Ceri Evans, listed on the roster as a “mental trainer” to work with the team, to help boost the player’s confidence after the morale-shattering World Cup — a tournament where the player’s mental toughness was brought into question.