Canadian women’s team channels… Hungary’s Golden Team? 15 Feb 2016 When Canada Soccer tweeted out the starting XI for Sunday’s Olympic qualifying match, it was like a flashback to the early ‘50s. Had Canadian national women’s team coach John Herdman connected with his inner Magical Magyar? The 2-4-4 formation shown on the team sheet would have made Gusztav Sebes proud.
Good enough… or not? 15 Jul 2015 Flattered by the success of the Olympic bronze medal in 2012, the Canadian women’s national team may have been as glittery as fool’s gold to casual sports fans. But, really, with the team’s offensive issues and lack of stars in the primes of their careers, was elimination at the quarter-final pretty much inevitable?
There when it matters 15 Jul 2015 Montreal is an event town. And that was shown to be true during the Women’s World Cup, where attendances were small for early games not involving the likes of Canada or the United States. But, when the games grew in importance, so did the crowds at Olympic Stadium
Mind games or no mind games? Chinese utilized a strong lineup in loss to the Canadian women 15 Jan 2015 Before the BaoAn Cup, Canadian women’s team coach John Herdman mused that he could approach the game against China in one of two ways — he could play an experimental lineup that might keep the Chinese guessing all the way to June, or play a strong, first-choice team and get the psychological edge by beating the Chinese in their own stadium.
Canada’s blunders gift win to Japan at BC Place 29 Oct 2014 And the Japanese ended up with a 3-2 win, thanks to two terrible defensive mistakes by the Canadian centre backs.
Canadian women lose to Germans by a goal; but it’s a flattering scoreline 19 Jun 2014 Canada had that very challenge on Wednesday night at BC Place; a high-profile Women’s World Cup tuneup against the Germans. And, even though the scoreline was a respectable 2-1 for the visitors, you’d have a hard time feeling good about this match if you were a Canadian supporter.
Canadian U-17 women open CONCACAF tournament with rout of Guatemala 1 Nov 2013 Canada gave us an indication of just how much of a walk in the park its CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship opener against Guatemala was going to be just 10 minutes into the match.