After a 1-0 loss to No. 24 Switzerland and on the eve of a date with the 11th-ranked Dutch, Canada coach Casey Stoney offered a dose of perspective Monday.

Coupled with a 3-0 loss to the United States in the game before, on July 2, the Swiss setback sent the broadcast crew to the record book to see the last time the ninth-ranked Canadian women had lost two in a row (February and April 2023, 3-0 to Japan and 2-1 to France).

Stoney sees the bigger picture, however.

"I said to the team the other day everybody needs to calm down a little bit in terms of results, because this is a process we're going through," she told a virtual availability.

She noted the Swiss and Dutch are both "competition-ready right now," thanks to the "very competitive" UEFA Women's Championship in July. In contrast,

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