Canada team celebrates at the end of the Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between Canada and New Zealand in Grenoble, France on June 15, 2019.Francisco Seco/The Associated Press
Canada will take part in a women’s soccer invitational tournament in China next month, facing Brazil and either China or New Zealand in Yongchuan.
The matches are part of Canada’s preparations for the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in January/February, 2020.
Seventh-ranked Canada will play No. 11 Brazil on Nov. 7 while No. 16 China meets No. 23 New Zealand. The two winners will then meet in the final on Nov. 10, while the two losers play for third place the same day.
“The China tournament features semi-finals and a final, so we will really get that tournament feeling, but we also have the opportunity to play two good matches against high-level teams,” Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller said in a statement.
Canada is 7-3-3 in 2019, beaten 4-0 by Japan last time out. It was the Canadian women’s third straight loss, after defeats against Sweden and the Netherlands at the World Cup in France this summer.
The Canadians have beaten Brazil in their past three meetings and hold an 8-7-6 edge all-time against the South Americans.
Canada is 8-14-5 against China, but has won the past seven meetings dating back to 2010.
Canada is 7-1-4 against New Zealand and is unbeaten in the past 11 meetings. The Canadians won 2-0 when they met in group play at the World Cup.
The Canadian roster will be announced later this month.