Canada men's national under-23 soccer team
The Canada U-23 men's national soccer team (also known as Canada Olympic soccer team) represents Canada in international soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.
| Nickname(s) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Canadian Soccer Association | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | Mauro Biello | ||
| Top scorer | Rob Friend (12) | ||
| FIFA code | CAN | ||
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| First international | |||
| Unofficial San Marino 0–1 Canada (Serravalle, San Marino; 28 March 1986) Official Canada 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago (Burnaby, Canada; May 5, 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Canada 14–0 U.S. Virgin Islands (Saint John, Canada; September 10, 2003) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Australia 5–0 Canada (Sydney, Australia; June 2, 1996) | |||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1999) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (1999) | ||
Unlike UEFA member associations that use U-21 regional competitions as Olympic qualifying, as a member of CONCACAF, Canada's U-23 team competes in regional qualifying in the same year as the Summer Olympics, and its call-ups are traditionally only limited to players under 23 years of age.
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