Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo, centre, celebrates with team members their side's 1-0 win against Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in Nice, France.
Canadian goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo says players are closer than ever, despite Olympic spying scandal
"It's been a special week," D'Angelo, who hails from Welland, Ont., told CBC Hamilton on Friday, two days after the team's win against Colombia that sent them to Saturday's quarterfinals. That meant the team needed to win three straight victories to earn the necessary points to survive the group stage.Player Vanessa Gilles told Radio-Canada earlier this week the players had been too upset to sleep or eat as the news came out."At the end of the day, we knew we came in here with the objective to come out as a group and that's what we did — regardless of everything that happened off the field," D'Angelo said.
D'Angelo grew up in the Niagara Region with dreams of being a goalkeeper like her dad, who was also her first coach. She worked her way through the youth national team program before she attended and played for the University of South Carolina, in the U.S. Before her time with Arsenal, she spent four years with Sweden's Vittsjo GIK.Sabrina D'Angelo, from Welland, Ont., is playing for the Canadian women's soccer team at the Paris Olympics.
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