MIAMI, Florida – 2020 Olympic Gold Medal winners Canada are set to leave their mark in women’s football once more at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand.
Canada will be heading to their eighth World Cup, making their debut on Friday, July 21 against Nigeria at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
Part of Group B, Canada shares the group with co-hosts Australia, Republic of Ireland, who are making their World Cup debut, and Nigeria, one of the most powerful teams in Africa.
Canada is hoping to surpass their best performance in the tournament of fourth place at the 2003 World Cup in the United States. They have worked hard, positioning themselves as one of the most important teams in Concacaf, proving so by winning the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
They arrived with this status to the 2022 Concacaf W Championship, in which they finished atop Group B, allowing them qualify to the 2023 World Cup. They reached the final, earning a runner-up finish.
This result allowed them to get a spot in the Olympic playoff this September, in which they will face Jamaica to qualify to Paris 2024 and get a chance to defend their Olympic title.
The achievements of this team can’t be explained without Canada's key players, footballers that have set the standard for people who want to represent their country. One of them is the legendary Christine Sinclair, who will make her sixth appearance in a senior World Cup at Australia/New Zealand.
Sinclair holds the record of most international goals scored (190) by any men’s or women’s player, and the most appearances (21) and goals (10) by a Canada player in a Women’s World Cup. She will lead her team as she has always done in the past, showing young players how to represent their country at the highest level of the sport.
One of these young players to keep an eye on in Australia/New Zealand is midfielder Julia Grosso. The 22-year-old knows what it is to represent Canada, having done so with her country’s youth teams at the U-15, U-17 and U-20 levels. Her talent allowed her to be called up to Canada’s 2019 World Cup squad.
Called the best midfielder in Italy this past season as a member of Juventus, Grosso will be ready to take part in Canada’s plan to reach new heights on the international stage.
Bringing their best team Down Under, the Canadian Women National Team is ready to show the world why they have a gold medal around their necks and will be prepared to keep writing football history.
