For sure, it’s an embarrassing own goal — but keepers have to be the most mentally tough players on the pitch and, in some bizarre way, we can argue that giving up a goal like that in a friendly will actually be good for Sheridan down the road; that it will only force her to understand that you’ve got to forget the bad goals and remain in the moment.

The goal that gave the Canadian women's national team a 1-o win in Sweden Thursday was a perfect example of the three-pronged attempt that coach John Herdman will have at his disposal over the next few years.

But Leila Ouahabi’s long-range goal just four minutes into Wednesday’s final was all the Spanish side would need. Spain shocked Canada 1-0 in the Algarve Cup final. Spain entered the Algarve Cup for the first time in 2017 — and ended up winning the tournament.

Christine Sinclair used her left foot to place a shot neatly inside the far post. The goal stood as the winning tally as Canada beat Russia 2-1 Friday at the Algarve Cup.

On a Canadian roster packed with young players, it was more of the same. Another winning goal from Christine Sinclair; she scored her 166th career goal for Canada, to give our women’s national team a 1-0 win over Denmark Wednesday in the opener of the Algarve Cup.

There may be no harder game in Canadian soccer to analyze that Saturday's match at BC Place which saw our women's national side beat Mexico 3-2 on the strength of a Janine Beckie brace.

The number of players in NWSL who have their contracts subsidized by the Canadian Soccer Association continues to shrink.

Three members of the Canadian women's national team will hang up their cleats after February 4's friendly against Mexico at BC Place.

In accepting her 13th Canadian Female Player of the Year Award, Christine Sinclair suggested that NWSL expansion into Canada would be the way to add more jobs for women.

She was named the best young player at the 2015 Women’s World Cup. Now, Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan can add the MAC Hermann Trophy to her case.