2022 in Canadian soccer

Soccer in Canada
Season	2022
Men's soccer
Canadian Premier League	Forge FC
MLS Cup	Los Angeles FC
Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles FC
League1 Ontario	Vaughan Azzurri
PLSQ	FC Laval
League1 BC	TSS FC Rovers
MLS Next Pro	Columbus Crew 2
Canadian Championship	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Women's soccer
League1 Ontario	NDC Ontario
PLSQ	A.S. Blainville
League1 BC	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
Interprovincial Championship	A.S. Blainville

The following are events related to Canadian soccer in the year 2022.^[1]

National teams

Men’s

Senior

As of November 17, 2022.

Wins	Losses	Draws
7	4	1

Friendlies

January 22

Guatemala

Cancelled

Canada

June 5	Canada	Cancelled	Iran	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 UTC−7		Report		Stadium: BC Place
Note: The match was cancelled amid criticism over concerns related to having Iran as the opposing team. The friendly against Panama was scheduled as a replacement, before it too was cancelled.

June 5	Canada	Cancelled	Panama	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 UTC−7		Report		Stadium: BC Place
Note: The match was cancelled due to a pay dispute between the team's players and its governing body, the Canadian Soccer Association.

September 23	Canada	2–0	Qatar	Vienna, Austria
19:00 UTC+2	Larin 4' David 13'	Report		Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

September 27	Canada	0–2	Uruguay	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 UTC+2		Report	De la Cruz 6' Núñez 34'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Referee: Peter Kralovic (Slovakia)

November 11	Bahrain	2–2	Canada	Isa Town, Bahrain
15:30 UTC+3	Al-Humaidan 13' Helal 65' (pen.)	Report	Koné 6' Haram 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

November 17	Canada	2–1	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
TBD		Source		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

World Cup Qualification

CONCACAF third round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	14	8	4	2	23	7	+16	28	2022 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1
2	Mexico	14	8	4	2	17	8	+9	28		1–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
3	United States	14	7	4	3	21	10	+11	25		1–1	2–0	—	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
4	Costa Rica	14	7	4	3	13	8	+5	25	Inter-confederation play-offs	1–0	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
5	Panama	14	6	3	5	17	19	−2	21		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	1–1
6	Jamaica	14	2	5	7	12	22	−10	11		0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	1–1	2–1
7	El Salvador	14	2	4	8	8	18	−10	10		0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–0
8	Honduras	14	0	4	10	7	26	−19	4		0–2	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA, CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

January 27	Honduras	0–2	Canada	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:05 UTC−6		Report	Maldonado 10' (o.g.) David 73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

January 30	Canada	2–0	United States	Hamilton, Canada
15:05 UTC−5	Larin 7' Adekugbe 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cesar Ramos (Mexico)

February 2	El Salvador	0–2	Canada	San Salvador, El Salvador
20:00 UTC−6		Report	Hutchinson 66' David 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

March 24	Costa Rica	1–0	Canada	San José, Costa Rica
20:05 UTC−6	Borges 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

March 27	Canada	4–0	Jamaica	Toronto, Canada
16:05 UTC−4	Larin 13' Buchanan 44' Hoilett 83' Mariappa 88' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 29,122 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

March 30	Panama	1–0	Canada	Panama City, Panama
20:05 UTC−5	Torres 49'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

CONCACAF Nations League

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	11	3	+8	9	Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup	—	4–1	4–0
2	Honduras	4	2	2	5	7	−2	6	Qualification for Gold Cup	2–1	—	1–2
3	Curaçao	4	1	3	2	8	−6	3	Advance to Gold Cup prelims	0–2	0–1	—

Source: CONCACAF

June 9	Canada	4–0	Curaçao	Vancouver, Canada
19:30 UTC−7	Davies 27' (pen.), 71' Vitória 42' Cavallini 85'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,216 Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

June 13	Honduras	2–1	Canada	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00 UTC−6	K. López 13' Arriaga 78'	Report	David 86'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

2022 FIFA World Cup

The final draw was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar,^[2] on 1 April 2022,^[3] 19:00 AST, prior to the completion of qualification.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Advanced to knockout stage
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

November 23	Belgium	1–0	Canada	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00 AST (UTC+03:00)	Batshuayi 44'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 40,432 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

November 27	Croatia	4–1	Canada	Al Rayyan, Qatar
19:00 AST (UTC+03:00)	Kramarić 36', 70' Livaja 44' Majer 90+4'	Report	Davies 2'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 44,374 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

December 1	Canada	1–2	Morocco	Doha, Qatar
18:00 AST (UTC+03:00)	Aguerd 40' (o.g.)	Report	Ziyech 4' En-Nesyri 23'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 43,102 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

U-20

As of April 21, 2022.

Wins	Losses	Draws
1	1	0

Friendlies

April 15 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–3	Canada	Alajuela Province; Costa Rica
1:00 PM EDT		Report	Habibullah 20' Jesse Costa 46' Catavolo 86'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo FCRF-Plycem

April 21 Friendly	Costa Rica	1–0	Canada	Alajuela Province; Costa Rica
1:00 PM EDT	J. Bennette 15'	Report		Stadium: Complejo Deportivo FCRF-Plycem

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	15	2	+13	7	Knockout stage
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

June 18	Cuba	1–0	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
18:30 ET	Martín 42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

June 20	Canada	2–2	United States	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
18:30 ET	Wright 15' Halliday 69' (o.g.)	Report	McGlynn 53' Cowell 72'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

June 22	Canada	4–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
14:00 ET	Coimbra 60' Catavolo 65' Wright 78' Henry 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Knockout stage

June 26 Round of 16	Guatemala	1–1 (4–3 p)	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Villagrán 119'	Report	Habibullah 100' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
	Penalties
	Cabrera Urizar Franco Bantes Villagrán		Pellegrino Poku Ferdinand Smith Habibullah

U-17

Wins	Losses	Draws
1	1	0

Copa México de Naciones Sub-17

December 15	Costa Rica	1–2	Canada	Mexico City; Mexico
5:00 PM EST		Report	12' (o.g.) MacKenzie	Stadium: Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Note: Conflicting reports show the result as 0–2 with both goals scored by Liam MacKenzie.^[4]

December 19	Mexico	3–0	Canada	Mexico City; Mexico
10:30 AM CST	Carrillo 19', 37' Moxica 63'	Report		Stadium: Cancha 1 - Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Referee: Luis López (Mexico)

Women’s

Senior

As of November 15, 2022.

Wins	Losses	Draws
11	3	3

Friendlies

April 8	Canada	2–0	Nigeria	Vancouver
19:30 UTC−7	Fleming 51' Gilles 72'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Referee: Lizzet Amairany García Olvera (Mexico)

April 11	Canada	2–2	Nigeria	Langford
19:30 UTC−7		Report		Stadium: Starlight Stadium

June 26	Canada	0–0	South Korea	Toronto, Ontario
15:00 UTC−1				Stadium: BMO Field

September 2	Australia	0–1	Canada	Brisbane, Australia
--:-- UTC+10				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

September 6	Australia	1–2	Canada	Sydney, Australia
--:-- UTC+10		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

October 6	Canada	2–0	Argentina	Jerez, Spain
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín

October 10	Canada	4–0	Morocco	Jerez, Spain
--:--				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín

November 11	Brazil	1–2	Canada	Santos, Brazil
1:15 PM	Debinha 33'	Report	Zadorsky 21' Leon 29'	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3768

November 15	Brazil	2–1	Canada	São Paulo, Brazil
				Stadium: Neo Química Arena

CONCACAF W Championship

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	9	0	+9	9	Qualification for Women's World Cup and advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Panama	3	1	2	1	4	−3	3	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

July 5	Canada	6–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Guadalupe, Mexico
22:00 ET	Sinclair 27' Grosso 67', 79' Fleming 84' Beckie 86' Huitema 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

July 8	Panama	0–1	Canada	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
22:00 ET		Report	Grosso 64'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Tori Penso United States

July 11	Canada	2–0	Costa Rica	Guadalupe, Mexico
19:00 ET	Fleming 5' Schmidt 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

Knockout stage

July 14 SF	Canada	3–0	Jamaica	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
	Fleming 18' Chapman 64' Leon 76'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Final

18 July 2022

21:00

United States	1–0	Canada
Morgan 78' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 17,247

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

2024 CONCACAF W Champions
United States Ninth title

Arnold Clark Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England (H, C)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

February 17	England	1–1	Canada	Middlesbrough, England
19:30 UTC±0	Bright 22'	Report	Beckie 55'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 8,769 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

February 20	Canada	1–0	Germany	Norwich, England
20:15 UTC±0	Gilles 7'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Referee: Emikar Caldera (Venezuela)

February 23	Spain	1–0	Canada	Wolverhampton, England
14:30 UTC±0	Putellas 21'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

U-20

As of March 12, 2022.

Wins	Losses	Draws
6	1	0

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The tournament is taking place from February 25 to March 12, 2022, in the Dominican Republic.^[5] Canada qualified directly to the group stage as one of the 16 highest-ranked entrants based on the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Ranking.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	16	0	+16	9	Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1	2	7	14	−7	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

February 25	Canada	7–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
		Report	Small 9', 33' Smith 17', 30' Ward 21', 44' Courtnall 89'	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

February 27	El Salvador	0–4	Canada	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
		Report	Grant-Clavijo 26' Smith 53' Thurton 63', 77'	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

March 1	Canada	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
	Ward 37' Thurton 49' Melenhorst 58' Jourde 64' Novak 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Knockout stage

March 4 Round of 16	Canada	13–0	Cayman Islands	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Novak 5', 51' Smith 7', 15', 45+2', 47' Grant-Clavijo 39', 73' Burns 60' Courtnall 69' Pante 74' Melenhorst 76' Jourde 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Diana Pérez (Mexico)

March 8 Quarter-finals	Canada	1–0	Panama	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Ward 29' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

March 10 Semi-finals	Canada	0–1	Mexico	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Report	Vázquez 27'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

March 12 3rd	Puerto Rico	0–2	Canada	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Report	Burns 38' (pen.) Jourde 39'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria (A)	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	France	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3	Knockout stage
3	South Korea	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
4	Canada (E)	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2022. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Group C

August 11	Canada	0–2	South Korea	San José, Costa Rica
21:00 ET		Report	Courtnall 53' (o.g.) Mun Ha-yeon 62'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 839 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

August 14	France	3–1	Canada	San José, Costa Rica
21:00 ET	Folquet 51', 66' Mbakem-Niaro 89'	Report	Smith 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 1,327 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

August 17	Nigeria	3–1	Canada	Alajuela, Costa Rica
21:00 ET	Onyenezide 24' (pen.), 32' (pen.) Olise 90+1'	Report	Novak 2'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela Attendance: 973 Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

U-17

As of October 18, 2022.

Wins	Losses	Draws
5	2	3

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Knockout stage
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
3	Dominican Republic (H)	3	1	0	2	6	13	−7	3
4	Bermuda	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group E

April 24	Canada	10–0	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Adames 25' (o.g.) Maalouf 39' (pen.), 43', 46', 57' Watson 67', 69' Allen 85', 89' Hauer 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

April 26	Bermuda	0–5	Canada	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Report	Logan 15' Bordeleau 39' Hauer 43' Maalouf 70', 86'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)

April 28	Canada	1–1	Jamaica	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
	Watson 50'	Report	Atkinson 38'	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

Knockout stage

May 1 Round of 16	Canada	4–1	Honduras	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Maalouf 34' (pen.), 49', 82' Allen 88'	Report	Henríquez 28'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)

May 4 QF	Costa Rica	0–3	Canada	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

May 6 SF	United States	3–0	Canada	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Rebimbas 18', 58' Gamero 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

May 8 3rd	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Report	Hauer 51' Allen 53' Maalouf 86'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Tanzania	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4	Knockout stage
3	Canada	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

October 12

Canada

1–1

France

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