Canada women to host Mexico twice in June as part of Olympic soccer preparation

Canada will host Mexico in a pair of ladies’s worldwide soccer friendlies in June.

The ninth-ranked Canadians will play the Thirty first-ranked Mexicans on June 1 in Montreal and June 4 in Toronto within the so-called “Summer Send-off Series.”

The matches are a part of Canada’s preparations for defence of its title on the Paris Olympics in July.

“Mexico has proven lately they’re a troublesome crew to face, which is precisely what we’d like earlier than finalizing our Olympic roster and persevering with to evolve and cement our tactical identification earlier than July 25,” Canada coach Bev Priestman mentioned in a press release.

Canada opens Olympic play in opposition to No. 28 New Zealand on July 25 earlier than dealing with No. 3 France on July 28 and No. 23 Colombia on July 31.

The Canadian girls are anticipated to play two extra warm-up video games in Europe earlier than the Summer Games, within the July 8-16 FIFA worldwide window.

Canada is 22-2-3 all-time in opposition to Mexico however is winless in its final two conferences (0-1-1) in November 2021.

Canada and Mexico each made the semifinals of final month’s CONCACAF W Gold Cup, shedding to the U.S. and Brazil, respectively.