Canada women's national under-20 soccer team

Canada U-20s
Nickname(s)	The Canucks, Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Head coach	Cindy Tye
First colours	Second colours
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	Winners (2004, 2008)
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2002)
Best result	Runners-up (2002)

The Canada U-20 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the Canadian Soccer Association. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the full women's national team. Their most recent major competition was the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

History

Canada hosted the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2002 (U-19 prior to 2006). They won silver led by future star Christine Sinclair, finishing runner-up to the United States in a close 0–1 extra time defeat. Two years later, Canada won the 2004 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, again on home soil in another final contested against the Americans. They would repeat the feat four years later in Mexico, defeating the United States to capture their second CONCACAF Women's U-20 title.

At the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Canada lost a critical third place match to Costa Rica, eliminating them from World Cup qualification for the first time. Canada has not returned to the knockout stage of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup since 2004.

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2002	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	6
2004	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	13	7
2006	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	4
2008	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	4
2010	did not qualify
2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	8	4
2014	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	4	5
2016	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	13
2018	did not qualify
2021	cancelled
2022	qualified
Total	7/10	26	12	1	13	51	43

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2002		Did not participate[1]
2004	Champions	5	5	0	0	20	1
2006	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	20	7
2008	Champions	5	5	0	0	12	2
2010	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	6	3
2012	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	15	2
2014		Did not participate
2015	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	11	1
2018	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	12	4
2020	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	9	7
2022	Third place	7	6	0	1	32	1
Total	9/11	47	36	1	10	137	28

Players

Current roster

The following players were named to the squad for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anna Karpenko	(2002-04-10)April 10, 2002 (aged 19)	10	0	Harvard University
20	1GK	Sierra Giorgio	(2003-10-09)October 9, 2003 (aged 18)	7	0	Syracuse University

2	2DF	Zoe Burns	(2002-01-05)January 5, 2002 (aged 19)	7	2	University of Southern California
3	2DF	Mia Pante	(2003-03-25)March 25, 2003 (aged 18)	7	1	Texas A&M University
4	2DF	Jade Rose	(2003-02-12)February 12, 2003 (aged 18)	12	0	Harvard University
5	2DF	Annika Leslie	(2003-04-22)April 22, 2003 (aged 18)	7	0	West Virginia University
12	2DF	Vivianne Bessette	(2002-06-23)June 23, 2002 (aged 19)	7	0	University of South Florida
14	2DF	Brooklyn Courtnall	(2002-12-28)December 28, 2002 (aged 19)	7	2	University of Southern California
15	2DF	Lou Tse	(2002-12-07)December 7, 2002 (aged 19)	7	0	Southern Methodist University

6	3MF	Vanessa Frelih	(2004-05-23)May 23, 2004 (aged 17)	7	0	Ontario REX
7	3MF	Florianne Jourde	(2004-11-05)November 5, 2004 (aged 17)	7	3	Quebec REX
8	3MF	Sonia Walk	(2002-08-12)August 12, 2002 (aged 19)	12	0	Boston College
10	3MF	Nikayla Small	(2003-03-24)March 24, 2003 (aged 18)	7	2	Wake Forest University
13	3MF	Simi Awujo	(2003-09-23)September 23, 2003 (aged 18)	7	0	University of Southern California
16	3MF	Keera Melenhorst	(2003-05-02)May 2, 2003 (aged 18)	7	2	University of Oklahoma

9	4FW	Miya Grant-Claviji	(2003-06-17)June 17, 2003 (aged 18)	7	3	Brown University
11	4FW	Kaila Novak	(2002-03-24)March 24, 2002 (aged 19)	11	4	University of California, Los Angeles
17	4FW	Holly Ward	(2003-10-25)October 25, 2003 (aged 18)	7	4	University of Texas
18	4FW	Olivia Smith	(2004-08-05)August 5, 2004 (aged 17)	7	7	Florida State University
19	4FW	Serita Thurton	(2002-01-16)January 16, 2002 (aged 19)	7	3	University of South Florida

Previous rosters

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

References

"2002 CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship - Final Round". Soccerway. 2002. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
"National team roster: 2022 Women's Under 20 Championship" (PDF). Concacaf. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.

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[1] "2002 CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship - Final Round". Soccerway. 2002. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

[2] "National team roster: 2022 Women's Under 20 Championship" (PDF). Concacaf. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.