After a frustrating scoreless draw with Nigeria, Canada now turns its attention to facing a well-drilled Irish side at the Women’s World Cup.
Canada, which had an off-day Saturday with no availability, looked out of sync against the Super Falcons, perhaps not surprising given its bumpy journey to the tournament with the ongoing labour dispute with Canada Soccer and ongoing injury issues.
The Canadians won two penalty shootouts en route to Olympic gold in Tokyo, dispatching Brazil in the quarterfinal and Sweden in the final. Fleming scored in both shootouts and also was good on penalties in regulation time against the U.S. and Sweden. With a world-record 190 international goals to her credit, Sinclair has carried Canada on her back for many years. And she has no need to apologize for having been denied by a remarkable save.
Going into the tournament, Canada had scored just three goals and had been outscored 7-3 in its four previous outings in 2023. Three of those games came at the SheBelieves Cup in February when the team’s attention was split amidst a threat of downing tools due to the labour unrest. While the statistics favoured Canada, Nigeria managed to weather the storm and hit back on counterattacks. There was chaos in both penalty boxes as the game wore on.The Canadians completed 384-of-459 passes compared to 125 of 221 for Nigeria, and launched 26 crosses to Nigeria’s 11. Canada won 23 aerial duels, almost double the Super Falcons’ 12.
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