Canada are in first place in Group E after opening with a 2:0 win over El Salvador at the 2020 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship. Tanya Boychuk and Kaila Novak were the goalscorers, Caitlin Shaw earned Player of the Match honours, and goalkeeper Anna Karpenko and her backline posted the clean sheet in the Saturday afternoon victory.
Seven graduates from the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy System played in the victory. Former members of the Girls Elite REX program, in partnership with BC Soccer, included Emma Regan, Joanna-Verzosa-Dolezal, Shaw, Mya Jones, and Boychuk, while Jazmine Wilkinson came in off the bench.