Canada Women Soccer first at Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011: 3-1 toCosta Rica and Canada 1 Argentina 0 with goal of striker Christina Julien at the Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara

Canada 3 Costa Rica 1

Now Canada 1 Argentina 0 with goal of striker Christina Julien at the Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara

October 18th, 2011

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canada will compete in the group phase of the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 Women’s Football Tournament this 18-22 October. Canada will play three group matches in five days, with the top-two teams of two separate groups advancing to the semi-final stage on 25 October. The women’s championship match will be played 28 October.
Canada’s three group matches are Tuesday 18 October against Costa Rica (12.00 ET / 11.00 local / 09.00 PT), Thursday 20 October against Argentina (11.00 ET / 10.00 local / 08.00 PT), and Saturday 22 October against Brazil (21.00 ET / 20.00 local / 18.00 PT). All matches will be played at the Estadio Omnilife in Guadalajara.
Tuesday 18 October 2011
11.00 (local) – Canada – Costa Rica
14.00 – Colombia – Trinidad and Tobago
17.00 – Argentina – Brazil
21.00 – Mexico – Chile
Thursday 20 October 2011
10.00 (local) – Canada – Argentina
13.00 – Chile – Colombia
17.00 – Brazil – Costa Rica
20.00 – Mexico – Trinidad and Tobago
Saturday 22 October 2011
10.00 (local) – Trinidad and Tobago – Chile
13.00 – Costa Rica – Argentina
17.00 – Mexico – Colombia
20.00 – Brazil – Canada
A live television schedule for the women’s football matches has not been announced, although Mexico’s Televisa has been indicated as one of the local broadcasters for the tournament. Canadian broadcaster CBC will produce a Daytime Summary (17.00) and Evening Summary (midnight) show each day.
Canada’s women’s football team features 18 athletes, with Amélia Pietrangelo of Laval, QC the last to join the squad after Brittany Timko pulled out because of injury. Canadian coach John Herdman made the final change just over 24 hours before the opening match of the tournament. The 18-player women’s soccer team roster can be accessed via the Roster tab for each of Canada’s upcoming fixtures.
Canada is the defending bronze medal winner from the last Pan American Games Women’s Football Tournament in 2007. Full reports for each of Canada’s Guadalajara 2011 matches will be posted online at CanadaSoccer.com in the coming days.
Le Canada est le médaillé de bronze en titre du dernier tournoi de football féminin aux Jeux panaméricains en 2007. Les anaylses de match complets pour chacun des match du Canada à Guadalajara 2011 seront affichés en ligne à CanadaSoccer.com dans les prochains jours.
2012 CONCACAF WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
This coming year’s 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament will take place in Vancouver, BC from 19-29 January at BC Place Stadium. Canada and seven other CONCACAF nations will fight for two available tickets to the London 2012 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. The opponents are Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, and USA. Tickets to all matches are available via Ticketmaster at http://www.ticketmaster.ca/ or by 1.855.985.5000.

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