CU20W Preview: Canada v Trinidad & Tobago (Jan. 20, 2018)

COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago – Host Trinidad & Tobago will look to secure its first points of the 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship (CU20W) on Saturday, when it faces Group A rival Canada at Ato Boldon Stadium CONCACAF.com takes a look at the game: 2018 CONCACAF UNDER-20 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (CU20W) Couva, Trinidad & Tobago -- Ato Boldon Stadium January 20, 2018 GROUP A CANADA v TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 5:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. local) Canada leads all-time CU20W series: 1W-0D-0L (9GF, 1GA) Last Meeting December 3, 2015 (Group Stage): Canada 2, Trinidad & Tobago 0 Sarah Kinzner 16'; Martina Loncar 82' CANADA Facts - 2018 Results: 3-1 win v Costa Rica (Jordyn Huitema 50', 66’; Gabrielle Carle 57’) - Appearances: 7 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018) - All-Time Record: W25 D1 L5 GF87 GA17 - Best Finish: Champion-2 (2004, 2008) - All-Time Leading CU20W Scorer: Aysha Jamani (10 goals – 2004: 6, 2006: 4) - U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 7 (2002 host, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014 host, 2016) - Qualification: automatic North American entrant - 19W-0D-0L in 19 all-time CU20W group stage games - Conceded one goal or fewer in six consecutive CU20W games (registered four straight clean sheets, before allowing one goal in each of last two outings) - Thanks to Jordyn Huitema’s brace in 3-1 win v Costa Rica on Jan. 18, Canada has had a player score at least two goals in a single CU20W match in each of competition’s last three editions (2012: Catherine De Chantal-Dumont in 5-0 win v Haiti, Christabel Oduro in 6-0 win v Panama; 2015: Taylor Pryce in 7-0 win v Jamaica, Sarah Stratigakis in 2-0 win v Honduras) Key Players - FW Gabrielle Carle: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (4 games/0 goals); 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (3/1); nine caps with senior national team - FW Shana Flynn: 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship (1 goal in 7-0 win v Jamaica); 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (1 goal in 4-2 win v Haiti in match for third place) - GK Rylee Foster: 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (5 games, Golden Glove winner); 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (2 games); youngest player on Canada roster for 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, but did not appear in any games; 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship (3 games); 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (2 games) - DF Julia Grosso: only Canadian named to the 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship Best XI - FW Jordyn Huitema: 16-years-old; 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (5 games/2 goals); 2016 CONCACAF U-15 Girls’ Championship (Best XI); 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3/1 goal in 3-2 win v Cameroon); seven caps with senior national team and scored two goals - MF Sarah Stratigakis: 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (4 games/0 goals); 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (4/0); 2014 CONCACAF Under-15 Girls’ Championship (Golden Ball winner) 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship (5/2); 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (5/2); 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3/1); 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (3/0); two caps with senior national team ### TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Facts - 2018 Results: 2-3 loss v Haiti (Dennecia Prince 3’; Kedie Johnson 11’) - Appearances: 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018) - All-Time Record: W7 D1 L16 GF34 GA78 - Best Finish: Third Place-3 (2004, 2010, 2014) - All-Time Leading CU20W Scorer: Maylee Attin-Johnson (4 goals – 2002 1, 2006: 3); Kennya Cordner (4 goals – 2004: 2, 2008: 2); Anique Waker (4 goals – 2004 4) - U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 0 - Qualification: Host - 0W-0D-7L in last seven CU20W games (conceded 29 goals over that stretch) - Last CU20W win: 4-0 v Cayman Islands on January 12, 2014 (Shanisa Camejo 2'; own-goal, Jetena Bodden 17'; Khadidra Debesette 40'; Anique Walker 46') - Last six CU20W goals have been scored in the first half - Has not scored a CU20W goal after the 75th minute since Shanelle Warrick (78’) did it in a 6-1 win v Cuba on June 22, 2008 Key Players - MF/DF Amaya Ellis: 18-year-old is already a veteran of CONCACAF tournaments; competed in the 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship; earned a spot on the 2014 CONCACAF U-15 Girls’ Championship Best XI; played in the 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship; former member of Germany’s FFC Frankfurt U17 side - FW Laurelle Theodore: capped at senior level; 5 goals in Caribbean qualifying for the 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship; scored 1-0 win over Jamaica in a U-20 friendly on November 16, 2017) - MF Ranae Ward: capped at the senior level; 4 goals in Caribbean qualifying for the 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship; - MF Dennecia Prince: scored in 1-0 win over Jamaica in a U-20 women’s friendly on November 18, 2017