The Canadian women, ranked eighth in the world, are preparing for the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. 🇨🇦 ⚽️
TORONTO — Record-chasing captain Christine Sinclair will be joined by 15-year-old starlet Olivia Smith in Canada’s 22-player squad for a two-week preparation camp in Texas ahead of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship.
The top two in each group advance to the semifinals in Carson, Calif., with the semifinal winners booking their ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. The Canadian women are looking to add to an Olympic resume that includes back-to-back bronze medals in London and Rio de Janeiro.“It’s a crucial period for our women’s national team as we prepare for our opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,” Heiner-Moller said in a statement.
Sinclair, a native of Burnaby, B.C., who captains the NWSL Portland Thorns, was named Canada’s player of the decade last month. The Canadian women lost 4-0 to No. 10 Japan in October in their only other international since the early World Cup exit. Canada also missed out on the 2000 and 1996 games, when the U.S. was the only CONCACAF representative.
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