canadianfoot Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algarve_Cup The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football. There is also an Algarve Cup competition for male under-17 football players that is held every February. According to Wiki Canada has participated 4times (2000-2003) I realize the tournament is by invitation and sometimes other competitions get in the way. But somehow Canada can't make it there for a while now. While: Finland(18 out of 19) Sweden(19 out of 19) Norway(19 out of 19) USA(17 out of 19) Denmark(19 out of 19) China (17 out of 19) Make it to Almost ALL of them. This year in the 2013 edition here are the participants: PORTUGAL(Host) 46th place(FIFA Ranking according to wiki) China* 17th place Denmark* 13th place Germany 2nd place Hungary (first apperance) 37th place Iceland 15th place Japan(3rd apperance in a row) 3rd place Mexico 24th place Norway* 12th place Sweden* 6th place USA* 1st place Wales 39th place How come Canada(FIFA 7th place Ranking) is not part of the tournament? We should be at least in 2013/2014 in order to prepare ourselves for 2015. Did we piss off the FPF in some manner? Or is it by choice? I find it hard to belive that with having more sponsors aboard now thanks to the Olympics we can't afford to send a team over. I hope that is not the case. But then what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hope Solo was reinstated today to the U.S. team ahead of the Algarve Cup starting March 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc-in-bc Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 France won the 2014 Cyprus Cup and have switched back to the 2015 Algarve Cup with little trouble at all. In contrast, John Herdman's requests for Canada to play in the Algarve Cup have been refused a few times. For whatever unknown reasons, the Algarve tournament organizers seem to have no desire for Canada to play in their tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I think Wambach wants to be part of Fifa. Listen to her here. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/31789244 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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