The Canada U-20 women's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s) represents

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in international

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at this age level. They are overseen by the

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, the governing body for

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. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the full women's national team. They have qualified for the

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nine out of twelve, finishing runners-up in

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. They have also competed at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship ten of twelve times, winning in back-to-back championship in 2004 and

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History

Canada hosted the inaugural

(U-19 prior to 2006). They won silver led by future star

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, finishing runner-up to the

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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

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, 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

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, eliminating them from World Cup qualification for the first time.

Fixtures and results

The following is a list of match results in the last twelve months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ; Legend

2023

2024

2025

Players

Current roster

The following players were named to the squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

Previous squads

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. I ...

* 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup *

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth association football, football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams ...

2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth association football, football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams ...

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Canada's head-to-head record in the

References

{{CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners Under-20 Women's under-20 North American women's national under-20 association football teams