Janine Beckie ready to face Manchester City teammates in Canada-England friendly Globe_Sports
Beckie, born in the U.S. to Canadian parents, calls the Canada-England rivalry “a solid No. 2” behind the U.S. England is currently ranked third in the world, to No. 5 for Canada.England knocked the Canadian women out of the 2015 World Cup with a 2-1 quarterfinal win in Vancouver. The teams have not met since.
“We have been looking for a strong African opponent ever since we drew Cameroon in the group stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup,” Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller said in a statement Thursday that announced the game. “This is a great opportunity for us to better understand the style and how to play around it.”Canada is 0-1-1 against the Nigerians.
And a former Canadian assistant coach will be on the sidelines. Bev Priestman, who helped develop some of Canada’s top youth players, left Canada’s ranks last August to return home and join England coach Phil Neville’s staff.For Canada captain Christine Sinclair, the Manchester visit marks her first trip back to the city since 2012 when she scored a remarkable hat trick at Old Trafford in a painful 4-3 extra-time loss to the U.S. in the Olympic semifinals.
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