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  • 1912-05-24 – The Dominion of Canada Football Association was founded.
  • 1912-07-09 to/à 1912-07-13 – First annual meeting of the Dominion of Canada Football Association in Winnipeg.
  • 1912-12-31 – Dominion of Canada Football Association was provisionally admitted to FIFA.
  • 1913-09-06 – Norwood Wanderers won the Connaught Cup as Canada’s first national champions. Trophy donated by Canada’s Governor General, the Duke of Connaught.
  • 1914-01-30 – Dominion of Canada Football Association was definitely admitted by the Committee acting with power from the FIFA Congress of 1913.
  • 1921-07 – For the first time, the Dominion of Canada Football Championship was played across eight provinces.
  • 1923-10-15 – The Dominion of Canada Football Association was incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1917.
  • 1926-06-21 – Dominion of Canada Football Association withdrew from FIFA.
  • 1927 – The Dominion of Canada Football Championship was open to both amateur and professional clubs for the first time.
  • 1935-09-06 to 1935-11-17 – For the first time, the Dominion of Canada Football Association’s annual meeting was conducted by a mail vote starting 6 September 1935 and ending 17 November 1935.
  • 1940 – Dominion of Canada Football Association suspends operations during the Second World War.
  • 1946-07 – Reorganisational meetings of the Dominion of Canada Football Association in Winnipeg.
  • 1948-06-20 – Dominion of Canada Football Association was provisionally admitted back into FIFA.
  • 1948-07-24 – Dominion of Canada Football Association became a member of FIFA.
  • 1948-08-10 – Dominion of Canada Football Association approved Sunday soccer for its national competition.
  • 1951-10 – The Football Association of Canada removed from its constitution the right to any club to refrain from taking part in Sunday soccer.
  • 1952-06-06 – Official name change to Football Association of Canada. The idea behind the change was to conform to the new status of Canada as a sovereign state.
  • 1954-06-30 – Canada Soccer introduced Carling Breweries as the new sponsor to the Canadian soccer championship and the Carling Red Cap Trophy as the new championship trophy that will be presented to the national winners.
  • 1957-06-07 – Official name change to The Canadian Soccer Football Association.
  • 1957-06-22 – Canada participated in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for the first time. Canada won their first match 5:1 over USA.
  • 1960-09-11 to/à 1960-10-07 – Canada Soccer’s National Team toured the Soviet Union and United Kingdom for a six-match series against local clubs.
  • 1962-05-31 – Ray Morgan became the first Canadian referee to officiate a FIFA World Cup™ match, serving as an Assistant Referee at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile.
  • 1967-06-03 – Western Canada Soccer League became the first Canadian league that crossed three provinces with teams in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Two years later with the addition of British Columbia, it became the first league to cross four provinces.
  • 1967-06-21 – Association participated in Olympic Qualifying for the first time. Canada drew their first match 1:1 with Cuba.
  • 1968-06-01 – A Canadian record 30,121 fans attended an exhibition match featuring AC Milan and Glasgow Celtic at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario.
  • 1968-09-11 – Peter Dinsdale was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1969-04-13 – New Brunswick and Northwest Territories became members of the Canadian Soccer Football Association for the first time.
  • 1969-05-18 – Western Canada Soccer League became the first Canadian league that crossed four provinces with teams in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia.
  • 1969-06-01 – Canadian Minor Soccer Association was founded.
  • 1970-07 – Canadian Soccer Football Association moved offices from Saskatoon to Ottawa.
  • 1970-xx – Frank Pike named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1971-03-06 – Canadian Soccer Football Association moved into new permanent offices at Place Vanier in Ottawa.
  • 1973-08-01 – For the first time, a Canada Soccer National Teams home match registered the highest soccer attendance of the year in Canada.
  • 1973-09-03 – Bill McAllister named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team ahead of a six-match tour to Europe.
  • 1973-11-xx – Eckhard Krautzun named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1974-08-17 to/à 1974-09-01 – Canada hosted the Concacaf Juvenile Tournament, today known as the Concacaf Under-20 Championship.
  • 1975-06-10 – Bill McAllister named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s National Team.
  • 1975-09-15 – Colin Morris named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s National Team.
  • 1976-07-17 to/à 1976-08-01 – Canada hosted the Olympic Football Tournament at Montréal 1976. The tournament drew 580,156 spectators across 23 matches.
  • 1976-07-31 – A Canadian record 71,617 fans attended the Olympic Football Tournament Gold Medal Final at Stade Olympique in Montréal.
  • 1977-02-20 – Canadian Minor Soccer Association changed its name to the Canadian Youth Soccer Association.
  • 1978-12-14 – Canada qualified for a FIFA tournament for the first time (FIFA U-20 World Cup Japan 1979).
  • 1981-03-28/29 – Conference on Women’s Soccer was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, one week before the 1981 Annual General Meeting.
  • 1982-04 – Canadian Youth Soccer Association was incorporated into the Canadian Soccer Association.
  • 1982-11-06 – Edmonton Angels won the Jubilee Trophy as Canada’s first women’s national champions.
  • 1982-12-04 – Tony Waiters named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1983-05-21 – The first match in the short-lived Canadian Professional Soccer League was played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto (the league featured teams in Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Mississauga, Toronto and Montréal).
  • 1984-04-18 – Canada qualified for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games.
  • 1984-08-06 – Canada finished in fifth place at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Football Tournament.
  • 1985-09-14 – Canada won the 1985 Concacaf Championship to qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico™. Canada qualified at King George V Park in St. John’s.
  • 1985-12-15 – Official Draw for the 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico™.
  • 1986-06-01 to/à 1986-06-09 – Canada participated at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico™.
  • 1986-06-24 – Bob Bearpark was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1986-07-01 – First-ever Canadian Women’s National Team camp opened in Winnipeg.
  • 1987-06-07 – The first match in the new Canadian Soccer League was played at Aydelu Park in Aylmer, Québec.
  • 1987-07-12 to/à 1987-07-25 – Canada Soccer hosted the FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup in Toronto, Montréal, Saint John & St. John’s (today known as the FIFA U-17 World Cup). The tournament drew 155,460 spectators across 32 matches.
  • 1987-12-07 – Tony Taylor was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1988-06-01 to/à 1988-06-08 – Canada reached the Quarter-finals of FIFA’s Women’s Invitational Tournament in China PR.
  • 1988-10-15 – Canada were eliminated from men’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Burnaby after a home-and-away series with Guatemala. The two sides were even 3-3 on goals, but Guatemala advanced because they scored more away goals.
  • 1988-12-12 – Canadian Soccer Association moved to Place R. Tait McKenzie building on James Naismith Drive in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • 1989-10-05 – Tony Waiters named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1991-04-16 to/à 1991-04-28 – Canada participated at the first edition of the Concacaf Women’s Championship in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
  • 1991-06-03 – Sylvie Béliveau was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team.
  • 1992-02-12 – Bob Lenarduzzi named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1992-05-03 to/à 1992-05-14 – Canada hosted the Concacaf Under-20 Championship.
  • 1992-10-29 – FIFA World Cup™ Trophy visited Toronto.
  • 1994-06-05 – Canada Soccer drew 51,936 fans for a Men’s International Friendly match at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton (Canada 1:1 Brazil), a national attendance record for an in-stadia, Canadian national teams sporting event played in Canada.
  • 1994-08-13 to/à 1994-08-21 – Canada hosted the Concacaf / FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers.
  • 1994-08-19 – Canada qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in Association history.
  • 1995-06-06 to/à 1995-06-10 – Canada participated at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Sweden 1995.
  • 1996-05-10 to/à 1996-05-19 – Canada hosted the 1996 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
  • 1996-05-31 – Canada Soccer purchased Place Soccer Canada on Metcalfe Street in Ottawa. The new head office is the former home of The Right Honourable Sir John Thompson, former Prime Mininster of Canada.
  • 1996-07-17 – Official opening of Place Canada Soccer in Ottawa.
  • 1998-08-28 to/à 1998-09-06 – Canada hosted Concacaf / FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers.
  • 1998-09-04 – Canada qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 1999 after winning their semi-final match at the 1998 Concacaf Women’s Championship in Toronto, ON, CAN.
  • 1998-09-06 – Canada won the Concacaf Women’s Championship.
  • 1998-09-29 – Holger Osieck named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 1999-06-19 to/à 1999-06-26 – Canada participated at the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 1999.
  • 1999-10-18 – Even Pellerud named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team.
  • 2000-02-27 – Canada won the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup.
  • 2001-02-28 to/à 2001-03-05 – Canada hosted the Concacaf Under-20 Qualifying Group A tournament.
  • 2001-05-31 to/à 2001-06-04 – Canada participated at the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001.
  • 2002-08-18 to/à 2002-09-01 – Canada hosted the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Canada 2002, today known as the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The tournament drew 295,133 spectators across 26 matches.
  • 2002-08-30 – Canada Soccer unveiled their plan to bid for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2007.
  • 2002-09-01 – Canada won a silver medal at the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Canada 2002. The match drew 47,784 spectators at Commonwealth Stadium and drew 914,000 viewers on Sportsnet.
  • 2002-11-06 – Canada qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003 after winning their semi-final match at the 2002 Concacaf Women’s Championship (Gold Cup) in Seattle, WA, USA.
  • 2003-03-26 to/à 2003-03-30 – Canada hosted the Concacaf Under-17 Qualifying Group B.
  • 2003-07-21 – Canada Soccer unveiled plans for National Soccer Stadium in Toronto.
  • 2003-09-20 to/à 2003-10-11 – Canada participate in the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the third time. Canada post three-straight wins against Argentina, Japan (both in the group phase) and China PR (quarter-finals), the first-ever wins by Canada at a senior FIFA World Cup. Canada lost to Sweden in the semi-final, a match that drew 703,000 viewers on Sportsnet.
  • 2003-10-11 – Canada finished fourth at the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003.
  • 2003-12-16 – Frank Yallop named Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach.
  • 2004-05-04 – Canada Soccer were awarded the rights to host the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007 (later re-named the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007).
  • 2004-05-28 to/à 2004-06-06 – Canada hosted the Concacaf Under-19 Championship (today known as the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship).
  • 2006-03 – Construction began on a new national soccer stadium in Toronto, built for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007.
  • 2006-11-22 – Canada qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007 after winning their semi-final match at the 2006 Concacaf Women’s Championship (Gold Cup) in Carson, CA, USA.
  • 2007-05-17 – Dale Mitchell named Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach.
  • 2007-06-30 to/à 2007-07-22 – Canada hosted the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, setting a tournament record with 1,195,239 cumulative spectators across 52 matches. The FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, hosted in six cities across Canada, was viewed by 469.5-million global television viewers and generated $259-million in economic impact.
  • 2007-09-12 to/à 2007-09-20 – Canada participated in the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007.
  • 2008-04-09 – Canada qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time after winning their semi-final match at the 2008 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Juárez, CH, MEX.
  • 2008-05-27 – The first-ever match in the Canadian Championship was played at Stade Saputo in Montréal, Québec.
  • 2008-07-22 – The Impact de Montréal won the first edition of the Canadian Championship, lifting the Voyageurs Cup in Toronto.
  • 2008-10-29 – Canada Soccer presented its new Strategic Plan and Strategic Activities, 2009 to 2013.
  • 2009-02-05 – Carolina Morace was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team.
  • 2010-03-20 – Canada won the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship in Costa Rica.
  • 2010-04-28 – The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola took place in Toronto.
  • 2010-07-10 – Héctor Vergara refereed his record 14th FIFA World Cup™ match.
  • 2010-11-05 – Canada qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 after winning their semi-final match at the 2010 Concacaf Women’s Championship in Cancun, QR, Mexico.
  • 2010-11-08 – Canada won their second Concacaf Women’s Championship.
  • 2011-03-03 – Canada Soccer were awarded the rights to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.
  • 2011-06-26 to/à 2011-07-05 – Canada participated at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011.
  • 2011-09-01 – John Herdman named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team.
  • 2012-01-19 to/à 2012-01-29 – Canada hosted the Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifiers in Vancouver, setting a tournament record with 162,223 cumulative spectators across 15 matches.
  • 2012-01-27 – Canada qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament after winning their semi-final match at the 2012 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • 2012-05-05 – Canada Soccer implemented a revamped governance structure that took effect at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Members.
  • 2012-08-09 – Canada won bronze at the London 2012 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.
  • 2012-08-12 – Christine Sinclair served as Canada’s flag bearer at the London 2012 Olympic closing ceremonies.
  • 2013-04-13 – The first match was played in the National Women’s Soccer League, a new professional league co-founded by US Soccer, the Mexican Football Federation, and Canada Soccer.
  • 2013-07-05 – Benito Floro named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 2014-01-23 – Canada Soccer presented its new Strategic Plan, Leading a Soccer Nation 2014-2018.
  • 2014-08-05 to/à 2014-08-24 – Canada hosted the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014. The tournament drew 288,558 spectators across 32 matches.
  • 2015-06-06 to/à 2015-07-05 – Canada Soccer hosted the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™, setting a tournament record with 1,353,506 cumulative spectators across 52 matches. The competition was viewed by more than 750-million global television viewers while both the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 and FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 supported $493.6 million in economic activity in Canada.
  • 2015-06-06 to/à 2015-06-27 – Canada reached the Quarter-finals at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.
  • 2016-02-19 – Canada qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament after winning their semi-final match at the 2016 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Houston, TX, USA.
  • 2016-03-25 – Canada Soccer drew 54,798 fans for a men’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match at BC Place in Vancouver (Canada 0:3 Mexico), a national attendance record for an in-stadia, Canadian national teams sporting event played in Canada.
  • 2016-08-19 – Canada won bronze at the Rio 2016 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.
  • 2017-03-17 – Octavio Zambrano was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team.
  • 2017-04-10 – Canada Soccer, Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and US Soccer Federation sign letter of cooperation to bid for the right to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup™.
  • 2017-05-06 – Canada Soccer elected Canadian Premier League as a League in Membership.
  • 2018-01-08 – John Herdman was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team and Kenneth Heiner-Møller was named Head Coach of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team.
  • 2018-03-15 – United Bid Committee submit their bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup™.
  • 2018-06-13 – Canada, Mexico and USA won their United 2026 bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup™.
  • 2018-10-14 – Canada qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 after winning their semi-final match at the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship in Frisco, TX, USA.
  • 2019-04-27 – The first match in the new Canadian Premier League was played at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • 2019-02-11 – Canada Soccer presented its new Strategic Plan, Canada Soccer Nation 2019-2021.
  • 2019-06-10 to/à 2019-06-25 – Canada reached the Round of 16 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.