2024 in Canadian soccer

Soccer in Canada
Season	2024
Men's soccer
Canadian Championship	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

The following are events related to Canadian soccer in the year 2024.^[1]

National teams

Men’s

Senior

The Canada men's national soccer team will complete in 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League^[2] and 2024 Copa América play-in match.^[3]

As of September 7, 2024:

Wins	Losses	Draws
3	3	4

Friendlies

June 6	Netherlands	4–0	Canada	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 (UTC+2)	Depay 50' Frimpong 57' Weghorst 63' Van Dijk 83'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

June 9	France	0–0	Canada	Bordeaux, France
21:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Malmut Atlantique

September 7	United States	1–2	Canada	Kansas City, United States
15:00 (UTC-5)				Stadium: Children's Mercy Park

September 10	Mexico	0–0	Canada	Arlington, United States
20:00 (UTC-5)				Stadium: AT&T Stadium Referee: Victor Rivas

October 15	Canada	–	Panama	Toronto, Ontario
19:30 (UTC-4)				Stadium: BMO Field

Copa América qualifying play-offs

March 23	Canada	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Frisco, United States
16:00 ET (15:00 UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

2024 Copa América

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Chile	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Peru	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: CONMEBOL

June 20	Argentina	2–0	Canada	Atlanta, United States
22:00 USA (UTC−4)	Álvarez 49' La. Martínez 88'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

June 25	Peru	0–1	Canada	Kansas City, United States
17:00 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park

June 29	Canada	0–0	Chile	Orlando, United States
20:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium

Knockout stage

July 5 QF	Venezuela	1–1 (3–4 p)	Canada	Arlington, United States
8:00 pm CDT (UTC−5)	Rondón 65'		Shaffelburg 13'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium
	Penalties
	Rondón Herrera Rincón Savarino Cádiz Ángel		David Millar Bombito Eustáquio Davies Koné

July 9 SF	Argentina	2–0	Canada	East Rutherford, United States
8:00 pm EDT (UTC−4)		Report		Stadium: MetLife Stadium

July 13 3rd	Canada	2–2 (3–4 p)	Uruguay	Charlotte, United States
	Koné 22' David 80'		Bentancur 8' Suárez 90+2'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 24,386 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
	Penalties
	David Bombito Koné Choinière Davies		Valverde Bentancur De Arrascaeta Suárez

2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TBD		Canada	Nov 14–15	Nov 18

U-20

As of January 1, 2024:

Wins	Losses	Draws
0	0	0

Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	15	0	+15	9	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3	2	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Dominica	3	0	3	2	16	−14	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

February 23	Canada	8–0	Dominica	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
	Morgan 8', 36', 47' López 26', 65' Tavernier 27' Kozlovskiy 87', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

February 25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–4	Canada	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
		Report	Ciccarelli 23', 54', 89' (pen.) Biello 51'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Okeito Nicholson (Jamaica)

February 27	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Canada	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
		Report	Morgan 10' López 54' Tavernier 79'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

July 20	Honduras	2–2	Canada	Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
	López 17' Morgan 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

July 23	Canada	1–0	Dominican Republic	Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
	Ciccarelli 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

July 26	El Salvador	1–2	Canada	Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
	Castillo 77'	Report	López 21' Bunbury 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

Knockout stage

July 30 QF	Panama	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada	León, Mexico
20:06 CST (UTC−6)	Mosquera 68' (pen.) Modelo 95'	Report	López 78'	Stadium: Estadio Nou Camp Referee: Hakeem Harvey (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Women’s

Senior

The Canada women's national soccer team are competing in 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup^[4] and will compete in the 2024 Olympics.

As of July 31, 2024.

Wins	Losses	Draws
10	0	4

Friendlies

June 1	Canada	2–0	Mexico	Montréal, Québec
	Leon 73' Lacasse 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saputo Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)

June 4	Canada	1–1	Mexico	Toronto, Ontario
	Buchanan 48'	Report	Ovalle 70'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,805 Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

July 13	Australia	1–2	Canada	Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+02:00		Source		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

July 17

Nigeria

0–1

Canada

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	13	0	+13	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	1	4	6	−2	6
3	Costa Rica	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	El Salvador	3	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

February 22	Canada	6–0	El Salvador	Houston, United States
21:00 ET	Lacasse 3' Huitema 24' Leon 28', 59' (pen.) Buchanan 62' Smith 86'	Report		Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

February 25	Paraguay	0–4	Canada	Houston, United States
17:00 ET		Report	Leon 25', 49', 57' Smith 39'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

February 28	Canada	3–0	Costa Rica	Houston, United States
18:00 ET	Huitema 11' Zadorsky 27', 57'	Report		Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Knockout Stage

March 2 QF	Canada	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica	Los Angeles, United States
19:00 ET	Viens 104'	Report		Stadium: BMO Stadium Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

March 6 SF	Canada	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	United States	San Diego, United States
19:00 ET	Huitema 82' Leon 120+7' (pen.)	Report	Shaw 20' Smith 99'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Leon Huitema Quinn Fleming		Smith Albert Naeher Horan

SheBelieves Cup

Semi-finals		Final

April 6 – Atlanta, Georgia

United States	2
		April 9 – Columbus, Ohio
Japan	1
		United States (p)	2 (5)
April 6 – Atlanta, Georgia
		Canada	2 (4)
Brazil	1 (2)

Canada (p)	1 (4)
		Third place

		April 9 – Columbus, Ohio

		Japan	1 (0)

		Brazil (p)	1 (3)

April 6 SF	Canada	1–1 (4–2 p)	Brazil	Atlanta, United States
15:30 ET	Gilles 77'	Report	Tarciane 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
	Penalties
	Lawrence Leon J. Rose Awujo Grosso		Marta Cristiane Antônia Tarciane

April 9 F	United States	2–2 (5–4 p)	Canada	Columbus, United States
	Smith 50', 68'	Report	Leon 40', 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,049 Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Penalties
	Rodman Smith Naeher Horan Sonnett Dahlkemper Fox		Fleming Leon Rose Lacasse Grosso Lawrence Viens

2024 Summer Olympics

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	3	0	5	2	+3	3^[a]
3	Colombia	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ On 27 July 2024, Canada were penalized 6 points by FIFA for their coaching staff's involvement in illegal drone spying at an official training venue.^[5] The decision was upheld by CAS on 31 July.^[6]

July 25	Canada	2–1	New Zealand	Saint-Étienne, France
11:00 ET	Lacasse 45+4' Viens 79'	Report	Barry 13'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 2,674 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden

July 28	France	1–2	Canada	Saint-Étienne, France
15:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

July 31	Colombia	0–1	Canada	Nice, France
15:00 ET		Report	Gilles 61'	Stadium: Stade de Nice Referee: Rebecca Welch (Great Britain)

Knockout-stage

August 3 QF	Canada	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Germany	Marseille, France
13:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Marseille Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
	Penalties
	Quinn Lawrence Leon Beckie		Gwinn Minge Lohmann Rauch Berger

U–20

As of September 11, 2024:

Wins	Losses	Draws
1	2	1

2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	14	6	+8	4
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	12	5	+7	4
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	0	29	−29	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

August 31	France	3–3	Canada	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
15:00	Scannapiéco 8', 49' Diaz 67'	Report	Rose 4' Markesini 22' Chukwu 84'	Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

September 3	Fiji	0–9	Canada	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
20:00		Report	Smith 7', 28' Chukwu 24', 34', 41' Briggs 32', 35' Ottey 54' McBride 67'	Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)

September 6	Canada	0–2	Brazil	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
20:00		Report	Vendito 35' Carol 90+9'	Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)

Knockout stage

September 11 R16	Spain	2–1	Canada	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
16:30	Amezaga 65' Lloris 81'	Report	Jourde 63'	Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

U-17

As of February 11, 2024:

Wins	Losses	Draws
3	2	0

2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	21	1	+20	9	Knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	1	10	6	+4	6	Knockout stage
3	Panama	3	1	2	5	20	−15	3
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF

February 2	Canada	5–0	Puerto Rico	Toluca, Mexico
16:00 ET	Chukwu 10', 16', 24' Tarasco 21' Bianchin 74'	Report		Stadium: Campo 2 – FMF Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)

February 4	Panama	1–5	Canada	Toluca, Mexico
16:00 ET	Onodera 83'	Report	Hunter 9' Martin 20' A. Chukwu 56' Bianchin 71'	Stadium: Campo 2 – FMF Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)

February 6	United States	5–0	Canada	Toluca, Mexico
13:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Campo 2 – FMF

Knockout stage

February 9 SF	Canada	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Toluca, Mexico
16:00 ET	Montes 25' Aguilar 101'	Report	Chukwu 75'	Stadium: Campo 1 – FMF Referee: Deily Gomez (Costa Rica)

February 11 3rd	Canada	4–1	Haiti	Toluca, Mexico
	Hunter 45+3' (pen.), 46', 53' Tarasco 51'	Report	L. Étienne 7'	Stadium: Campo 1 – FMF Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

Club competitions

Men’s

Domestic leagues

Canadian Premier League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Playoff qualification
1	Forge (T)	24	13	5	6	42	28	+14	44	First semifinal
2	Atlético Ottawa (T)	24	10	9	5	39	29	+10	39	First semifinal
3	Cavalry	24	9	11	4	31	24	+7	38	Quarterfinal
4	York United	24	10	6	8	32	30	+2	36	Play-in round
5	Pacific	24	7	7	10	23	26	−3	28	Play-in round
6	Vancouver	24	7	5	12	27	41	−14	26
7	HFX Wanderers	24	6	7	11	32	38	−6	25
8	Valour	24	6	6	12	28	38	−10	24

Updated to match(es) played on September 22, 2024. Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points;^[a] 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Coin toss (tie between two (2) clubs) or drawing of lots (tie between three (3) or more clubs).^[7]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Domestic cups

Canadian Championship

Bracket

For two-legged ties, the team listed above in the bracket hosted the second match.

Preliminary round single match		Quarter-finals two-legged tie				Semi-finals two-legged tie				Final single match






		Vancouver Whitecaps FC (a)	2	0	2
Foothills County, AB
		Cavalry FC	1	1	2
Cavalry FC	1

Vancouver FC	0
						Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	1	2
Langford, BC
						Pacific FC	0	0	0
Pacific FC	1 (5)

TSS Rovers FC	1 (4)
		Pacific FC	0	2	2
Ottawa, ON
		Atlético Ottawa	0	1	1
Atlético Ottawa	7
										Vancouver, BC
Valour FC	0
										Vancouver Whitecaps FC (p)	0 (4)
Toronto, ON (BMO)
										Toronto FC	0 (2)
Toronto FC	5

Simcoe County Rovers FC	0
		Toronto FC	3	8	11
Halifax, NS
		CS Saint-Laurent	0	1	1
HFX Wanderers FC	2 (3)

CS Saint-Laurent	2 (5)
						Toronto FC (a)	1	1	2

						Forge FC	2	0	2



		CF Montréal	1	1	2
Hamilton, ON
		Forge FC	1	2	3
Forge FC	3

York United FC	1

Final

September 25

7:00 pm PT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	Toronto FC
	Report
Penalties
Gauld Armstrong Berhalter White Utvik	4–2	Owusu Longstaff Thompson Osorio

BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 12,516

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

International leagues/cups

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Cavalry FC, Forge FC, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are competing in 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.^[8]

Round One

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Forge FC	2–5	Guadalajara	1–3	1–2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–4	UANL	1–1	0–3
Cavalry FC	1–6	Orlando City SC	0–3	1–3

Leagues Cup

Group Stage

East

East 2

East 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Orlando City SC	2	5
2	CF Montréal	2	3
3	Atlético San Luis	2	1

Source: Leagues Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Toronto FC	2	5
2	Pachuca	2	2
3	New York Red Bulls	2	2

Source: Leagues Cup

West

West 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	5
2	Los Angeles FC	2	4
3	Tijuana	2	0

Source: Leagues Cup

Knockout Stage

Round of 32

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–2	UNAM
Inter Miami CF	4–3	Toronto FC
Philadelphia Union	2–0	CF Montréal

Women’s

Domestic leagues

CONCACAF competitions

2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	SDW	POR	WFC	SFE
1	América	3	2	1	13	3	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—	7–0	5–0
2	San Diego Wave FC	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage	16 Oct	—	3–2	—	—
3	Portland Thorns FC	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3		3–1	—	—	—	1 Oct
4	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	2	1	1	2	8	−6	3		—	1 Oct	15 Oct	—	—
5	Santa Fe (E)	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0		—	0–2	—	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

Notes

^ Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.^[7]

References

^ "History". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
^ "Nations League schedule". www.CONCACAF.com.
^ "Copaamerica teams". www.Copaamerica.com.
^ "CONCACAF W Gold Cup". www.CONCACAF.com.
^ "FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
^ "The appeal filed by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer is dismissed" (PDF) (Press release). Paris: Court of Arbitration for Sport. July 31, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 12, 2024. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
^ "CONCACAF Champions cup". www.CONCACAF.com.

External links

[table_hth_CAN0.4461825343064-7] On 27 July 2024, Canada were penalized 6 points by FIFA for their coaching staff's involvement in illegal drone spying at an official training venue.^[5] The decision was upheld by CAS on 31 July.^[6]

[9] Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.^[7]

[1] "History". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2015.

[2] "Nations League schedule". www.CONCACAF.com.

[3] "Copaamerica teams". www.Copaamerica.com.

[4] "CONCACAF W Gold Cup". www.CONCACAF.com.

[drone-5] "FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[drone_appeal-6] "The appeal filed by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer is dismissed" (PDF) (Press release). Paris: Court of Arbitration for Sport. July 31, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.

[2024_CPL_Competition_Guidelines-8] "2024 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 12, 2024. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

[10] "CONCACAF Champions cup". www.CONCACAF.com.

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