Group A play in CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying opens on Friday with Trinidad & Tobago squaring off against Canada and host Mexico meeting Guyana at Estadio Beto Avila.
Canada has defeated Trinidad & Tobago in each of their three previous meetings in the finals of a CONCACAF women's championship/World Cup qualifying competition, scoring 15 goals and conceding none.
Canada is 11-0-0 - with 92 goals scored and one allowed -- against Caribbean sides in the finals of a CONCACAF women's championship/World Cup qualifying competition.
Trinidad & Tobago has only one victory in 13 meetings against North American opposition in CONCACAF women's championships/World Cup qualifying (1 win, 2 draws, 10 losses).
In Women's World Cup qualifying competitions only, Canada (along with the United States) holds the CONCACAF record for most wins with 17.
Canada and Trinidad & Tobago are two of only three teams to have participated every CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifying tournament (Mexico is the other).
Previous meetings in WWCQ:
April 24, 1991: Canada 6, Trinidad & Tobago 0 at Port-au-Prince, Haiti
August 19, 1994: Canada 5, Trinidad & Tobago 0 at Montreal
Mexico vs. Guyana, 8:30 p.m. ET
While Mexico is making its seventh appearance in the finals of a CONCACAF women's championship/World Cup qualifying competition, Guyana is making its debut.
In Women's World Cup qualifying competitions only, Mexico is 6-1-2 against Caribbean nations (32 goals for, 11 goals against).
The Tricolor is unbeaten in its last six qualifying matches (includes FIFA Playoffs) on Mexican soil.
The Lady Jags advanced to the finals after getting past Cuba, 3-2 on aggregate, in a two-legged Caribbean playoff.
Did You Know?
Canada's Silvana Burtini holds the record for most goals in a single CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying match (eight), as she led the Maple Leafs to a 21-0 victory over Puerto Rico at Centennial Stadium in Toronto on August 28, 1998. In her career, Burtini scored 24 goals in World Cup Qualifying.