Opinion: C’mon Canada, play like the girls By Bill Cooper, Special to The Vancouver Sun December 26, 2014 Full original article. Wake up, Canada. This is a precious moment in time and an unparalleled opportunity for inspiration — but it is not being leveraged anywhere near to the degree it should. Canadian women are leading the world in sport on a scale never before seen. And while prevailing opinion is that more success is yet to come, we cannot sit idly by, vainly assuming that we can wait and see if the trend continues before seizing this opportunity at a… Read more →

Curated from FIFA 2015. Six cities, six match ups: a look ahead to Canada 2015 26 December 2014 This week, we look ahead to six FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ match ups, one for each of the six Official Host Cities. These six matches all take place in the first week of the final competition which, incidentally, kicks off on 6 June (numerically, 6/6). Group A – Canada v China PR Saturday 6 June in Edmonton, AB The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ will kick off with hosts Canada facing China PR, a familiar foe since their first… Read more →

FIFA Women’s World Cup of Soccer Match Schedule with times, teams and locations   Read more →

Players push for talks over turf and other issues at Women’s World Cup draw by NEIL DAVIDSON TORONTO — The Canadian Press Tuesday, Dec 2, 2014 See original complete article at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/players-push-for-talks-over-turf-and-other-issues-at-womens-world-cup-draw/article21867459/ Players challenging the use of artificial turf at next year’s Women’s World Cup in Canada are pushing to speak to FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke at the tournament draw in Ottawa later this week. And they want to discuss goal-line technology and prize money at the showcase soccer tournament as well as the playing surface. The lawyer for the players says if they do not get to speak to… Read more →

By Canadian Soccer Association. To read complete article and starting roster, click here. http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-wnt-announces-roster-for-series-v-sweden-p157203 Canada’s Women’s National Team continues its string of Women’s International Friendlies against the top teams in the world when they’ll take on Sweden for a pair of matches to take place in California, USA. Head Coach John Herdman has selected 24 players to be in contention for the series that takes place on Monday 24 November (kickoff at 14.00 local / 17.00 ET) and Wednesday 26 November (kickoff at 19.00 local / 22.00 ET). “It’s a large squad. We’ve taken pretty much all our residency-based players… Read more →