![]() ![]() has also won four Olympic gold medals, but were upset in the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Games by Sweden. Place, the venue where they won their third World Cup with a with a 5-2 victory over Japan on July 5, 2015. The Americans came in with fond memories of B.C. "That was as good as a performance as I've seen from a Canadian team." "None of us will be happy with a tie," said Herdman. 'keeper Alyssa Naeher's goal, and Morgan had a shot blocked from in tight by a defender five minutes later.Ĭanadian substitute Maegan Kelly, who won her first cap, nearly put the hosts ahead in the 84th, but Naeher got a piece of a chipped effort that hit the base of the same post that Rapinoe struck in the first half. Leon then fired from distance in 71st, but her effort just fizzled over the top of U.S. came close to retaking the lead after Leon levelled when Megan Rapinoe saw her deflected shot saved by Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe in the 65th minute. We play a lot of home games, and until you come into an environment like this. "This is probably the biggest game many of our players have had. "A great battle," Ellis said of Thursday. The Americans came in 41-5-4 over their last 50 matches, and were riding a six-game winning streak where they had outscored the opposition 24-5.Ĭanada is 0-27-6 against the Americans since that victory back in 2001. counterpart Jill Ellis were forced to call up a number of young players to their squads with the two-game series falling outside the international window. ![]() Morgan put the Americans in front when the forward jumped on a ball played into the Canadian penalty area before slotting home between three defenders for the 79th goal of her international career.īoth Herdman and U.S. She's fought and scrapped to make sure she hits the standards required for this level."Ĭanada's Adriana Leon, left, and the United States' Kelley O'Hara vie for the ball during first half action friendly in Vancouver. ![]() "She's been very resilient," said the Englishman, who improved to 0-7-3 against the U.S. "I just worked my butt off and did what I could."Ĭanadian head coach John Herdman said he's been impressed with Leon's drive to return to the national team setup. "That was exactly my job - come on the field and change the game," said Leon. The Canadian striker injected pace and energy into a team that looked a little timid in the stretch before the Americans went in front. went ahead on Alex Morgan's opener in the 31st minute. ![]() Leon, who scored her eighth goal for Canada in her 43rd appearance, subbed on for Deanne Rose in the first half moments after the U.S. "She's mentally so strong and she never gave up." "From the World Cup and then not making the Olympic team, I think that could have destroyed a lot of players," said Sinclair, who won her 260th cap. Leon, who hadn't played for the national team since the 2015 World Cup, was left off the bronze-medal winning Canadian side at the Rio Olympics, but has resurrected her career by first going to Europe and then spending this past season with the NWSL's Boston Breakers. The Canadians are now 3-47-7 all-time against the U.S., with their last victory coming all the way back on March 11, 2001. Though this is her first appearance in the Olympics, scoring twice in the opening match serves as a continuation of the 23-year-old's prolific scoring rate for the national team and should only be the beginning of what she can do.Duration 1:06 Adriana Leon scores equalizer for Canada in 1-1 tie with United States. in the Women's World Cup (and she was), Alex Morgan seems poised to be the same for this Olympic tournament. If Abby Wambach was the standout performer for the U.S. continued where they left off, taking a 3-2 lead with a Carli Lloyd blast in the 55th minute and sealing the win in the 65th minute when Morgan scored her second goal of the game by putting away a loose ball by the post. It didn't take them long to do it against France either, as Abby Wambach scored the Americans' first goal with a trademark header off a corner kick in the 18th minute and Alex Morgan displayed her excellent control and finishing touch with her 31st-minute equalizer. showed time after time during last summer's Women's World Cup run, they are quite good at coming from behind. into getting over any early Olympic nervous excitement and focusing on the task at hand.īut as the U.S. France got another one past Solo just two minutes later after a bit of pinball in the box to take a 2-0 lead and shock the U.S. early on, with Gaetane Thiney scoring a great goal from distance in the 11th minute that Hope Solo couldn't keep out, despite getting a hand on it. France took advantage of some defensive lapses from the U.S. ![]()
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