CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifer underway

The 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier begins Thursday 28 October in Cancún, Mexico. Costa Rica faces Guatemala in the opening match at 17.00 local (18.00 ET / 15.00 PT) while USA faces Haiti in the second match at 19.30 local (20.30 ET / 17.30 PT). All Group B matches (28 October, 30 October and 1 November) will be played at Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.

Group A gets underway on Friday 29 October. Canada faces Trinidad and Tobago at 17.00 local (18.00 ET / 15.00 PT) while host Mexico faces Guyana in the second match at 19.30 local (20.30 ET / 17.30 PT). All Group B matches (29 October, 31 October and 2 November) will be played at Estadio Beto Ávila.

The opening day matches will be broadcast on CONCACAF TV. Canadian Carol Anne Chénard has been appointed as referee for the USA-Haiti match on 28 October. USA is an eight-time CONCACAF champion in women’s football.

All of Canada’s matches will be broadcast on CBC, CBCSports.ca and bold (http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4526) . Canada is the only other CONCACAF champion at this level – a confederation trophy in 1998. Canada has finished runner up to USA on five different occasions.

As part of CONCACAF’s multimedia package, exclusive video content (http://www.concacaf.com/page/WGC/Videos/0,,12813,00.html) and photo galleries (http://www.concacaf.com/page/WGC/Galleries/0,,12813,00.html) will be available via CONCACAF.com. Fans can also follow the official CONCACAF feed at Twitter.com/CONCACAF (http://twitter.com/CONCACAF) .

Canadian fans can find additional photos in the CanadaSoccer gallery at Flickr.com/CanadaSoccer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadasoccer/sets/72157623654893016/) . Fans can also follow the official Canadian Soccer Association feed at Twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN (http://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN) .

Canada, whose title sponsor is Winners and presenting sponsor is Teck, is taking part in the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier from 28 October to 8 November. Canada has qualified for each of the last four FIFA Women’s World Cups and hopes to make it five straight with a qualification to Germany 2011.