Canadian women could top Olympic qualifier group with win over Mexico Globe_Sports
The one loss was costly, however. Mexico’s 2-1 win in 2004 prevented Canada from going to the Athens Games.Both teams are 2-0-0 going into the match at H-E-B Park. With a goal difference of plus-20 compared to plus-seven for Mexico, Canada will finish atop the group with a win or tie.Topping Group B is desirable given it means likely avoiding the U.S. in the semifinals.
The top two in each pool advance to the cross-over semifinals, A1 versus B2 and B1 versus A2. The semifinal winners will represent CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics.The Canadians opened play here with an 11-0 shellacking of No. 127 St. Kitts and Nevis before thumping No. 51 Jamaica 9-0. Mexico defeated Jamaica 1-0 and St. Kitts 6-0.
“Mexico have players that can play well all over the pitch and they have a deep roster,” Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller said in a statement. “They’ve played the U.S. a few times in the past months, they’ve played Tier-1 teams, so they know what we are able to do and that we can put on that kind of pressure as well.“Every match has its own story, and hopefully we can write a good one early in these 90 minutes.
Eight different players have scored for Canada. Going into Monday’s play, Jordyn Huitema led the tournament with six goals followed by Adriana Leon . Other Canada goal-scorers are Janine Beckie , Ashley Lawrence and captain Christine Sinclair and Jessie Fleming, Jayde Riviere and Deanne Rose . Sinclair’s strikes were Nos. 184 and 185 of her career, moving her past retired American Abby Wambach to become the world’s all-time leading goal-scorer.
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