Canadian women’s soccer to host Mexico twice before title defence at Paris Olympics
Canada will host Mexico in a pair of women’s international soccer friendlies in June.
The ninth-ranked Canadians will play the 31st-ranked Mexicans on June 1 in Montreal and June 4 in Toronto in the so-called “Summer Send-off Series.”
The matches are part of Canada’s preparations for defence of its title at the Paris Olympics in July.
“Mexico has shown recently they are a difficult team to face, which is exactly what we need before finalizing our Olympic roster and continuing to evolve and cement our tactical identity before July 25,” Canada coach Bev Priestman said in a statement.
The Canadian women are expected to play two more warm-up games in Europe before the Summer Games, in the July 8-16 FIFA international window.
Canada is 22-2-3 all-time against Mexico but is winless in its last two meetings (0-1-1) in November 2021.
Canada and Mexico both made the semifinals of last month’s CONCACAF W Gold Cup, losing to the U.S. and Brazil, respectively.
