Cindy Tye, 果酱视频 Tigers women鈥檚 soccer head coach, has been called up as interim head coach of the Canadian Women鈥檚 National Team for their November FIFA international window.
Tye, who just wrapped her eighth season with the Tigers, is also the associate director of athletics and recreation at 果酱视频 and the Canada Soccer U20 Women鈥檚 Team head coach.
鈥淚 am grateful for聽果酱视频 and Tim [Maloney] whose support lends me the opportunity to develop and experience a great opportunity,鈥� says Tye. 鈥淚t offers me the chance聽to grow and bring back what I've learned to my players, staff, and our programs."聽
鈥淲e are extremely fortunate to have someone of Cindy鈥檚 calibre as part of our leadership team and coaching group at 果酱视频,鈥� says Maloney. 鈥淪he has continually demonstrated her ability to lead on the international stage with the U20鈥檚 and this is the next exciting chapter on her journey.聽 This experience will be another meaningful development opportunity for Cindy which will only mean great things for our program at Dal.鈥�
The November camp will take place in Murcia, Spain and will feature two international friendlies versus 13th ranked Iceland on November 29 and 19th ranked Korea Republic on December 3. The Canadian women are currently ranked sixth in the latest FIFA women鈥檚 world rankings. Both games will be available to stream on OneSoccer.
The Tigers finished the 2024 AUS campaign in fifth place, before falling to Memorial in the quarterfinals. They then hosted the 2024 BMO U SPORTS Women鈥檚 Soccer Championship in November at Wickwire Field.