Canada will face the top-ranked U.S. in a world girls’s soccer pleasant on July 2 in Washington, D.C.

The sport at Audi Area, one-day after Canada Day, falls through the FIFA June-July worldwide window.

“Going through the Olympic champions will likely be an amazing check for us,” Canada coach Casey Stoney stated in an announcement. “They have been one of the best on the planet in 2024 and can problem us in areas we have not been examined in but this 12 months. This will likely be an amazing alternative to check ourselves and provides us a barometer of the place we’re and what work we have to do to progress and put together for the longer term.”

The previous has not been type to seventh-ranked Canada, which is 4-53-9 all-time in opposition to the U.S. in a rivalry that dates again to 1986 when the Canadian girls’s program was established. The Canadian girls haven’t received on American soil since Nov. 11, 2000.

Of their most up-to-date assembly, final April on the SheBelieves Cup in Columbus, Ohio, the 2 groups performed to a 2-2 draw earlier than the U.S. received a penalty shootout 5-4. The Individuals additionally received by penalty shootout within the sport earlier than that, the Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal in March 2024.

Canada’s final win over the U.S. was a 1-0 resolution within the Tokyo Olympic semifinal in August 2021. That was the American’s first loss to their northern neighbours since March 2001, within the group stage of the Algarve Cup.

The Canadian girls are 2-0-1 beneath Stoney and are coming off a match win on the Pinatar Cup in Spain in February.

The July 2 sport in opposition to the U.S., a gathering of the final two Olympic champions, is dubbed the Allstate Continental Clásico.

Canada Soccer says the June-July worldwide window may even embrace a second match in opposition to a distinct opponent, to be introduced later. 

The Canadian girls open a two-game collection in opposition to No. 33 Argentina this week, in Vancouver on Friday and Langford, B.C., on April 8.