Canada rallies to defeat Ireland and boost its chances of advancing at World Cup
Canada survived an early Katie McCabe marvel purpose Wednesday, climbing out of a deep gap to defeat Ireland 2-1 and enhance its hopes of advancing on the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The Canadians appeared lifeless and buried for a lot of the first half after McCabe scored instantly off a nook within the fourth minute. The Irish had their tails up and Olympic champion Canada appeared shell-shocked.
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But a Megan Connelly personal purpose in first-half stoppage time and 53rd-minute strike by Adriana Leon turned the tables.
Tied 1-1 after a primary half dominated by Ireland, Canada coach Bev Priestman despatched within the cavalry to begin the second half. She introduced on Christine Sinclair, Sophie Schmidt and Shelina Zadorsky, with Sinclair changing into the tip of the Canadian spear, main the assault.
The trio arrived with a mixed 635 caps underneath their belts.
The modifications produced a right away impact with Sinclair discovering Jordyn Huitema on the fringe of the field. Huitema swivelled and hammered a shot on course, forcing goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan to make an outstanding diving save.
Schmidt then unlocked the Irish defence with an ideal cross to Leon within the Irish penalty field. Leon sliced between two defenders and poked the ball previous Brosnan.
The Canadians appeared like a unique workforce in an entertaining, wide-open second half. Ireland pressed within the closing minutes however Canada held agency
With 4 factors from two video games, seventh-ranked Canada now faces No. 10 Australia in its closing group sport Monday in Melbourne with high spot in Group B seemingly at stake. The Matildas can guarantee themselves of advancing with a win over No. 40 Nigeria on Thursday in Brisbane.
No. 22 Ireland can rejoice its first-ever purpose on the match however will rue the sudden change of fortune within the sport. Its dream of creating the knockout spherical is over after a second straight loss.
The Irish by no means stopped coming in a primary half that noticed rain come down in sheets periodically. But then it was Canada’s flip.
The Irish followers made their voice heard throughout the pre-game workforce lineup bulletins. While Dublin might need been 14,900 kilometres away, Perth Rectangular Stadium had clearly gone inexperienced for the night time.
The introduced crowd of 17,065 was chanting “Olé Olé” earlier than the groups took the sector.
And it took simply 4 minutes for the Irish, who boast a well-drilled defence and harmful set items, to offer the followers one thing to actually cheer about.
After an Irish counterattack led to a nook with Canadian ‘keeper Kailen Sheridan having to bundle the ball out of bounds, McCabe produced a second of magic. The Arsenal midfielder curled the following nook excessive into the air and into the far nook of the purpose, with Sheridan frantically making an attempt to again as much as get a hand to the ball.
The Irish star confronted the stands and threw up her arms, consuming within the second. And why not. In distinction, Sheridan hurled the ball away and slammed a mea culpa hand on her chest as teammates tried to console her.
The Olimpico, a reputation that originates from a purpose scored by Argentina’s Cesareo Onzari in opposition to reigning Olympic champion Uruguay from a nook kick in 1924, was Ireland’s first-ever purpose on the match.
As the Irish celebrated, the Canadians gathered in a huddle in a bid to regain their composure.
It was the earliest purpose of the match and it hit Canada exhausting. The Canadians appeared out of kilter with passes going lengthy.
Ireland appeared quicker and extra decided, profitable 50-50 battles in simply its second ever World Cup outing.
But the Canadians have been thrown a lifeline deep into first-half stoppage time when Connolly’s try and clear a Julia Grosso cross went instantly into the Irish purpose. It was about the one factor that went proper for the Canadians within the first half.
The Canadians have been pissed off in their-tournament opening scoreless draw with Nigeria in Melbourne. The Irish, of their first ever look on the soccer showcase, proved to be a troublesome nut to crack for Australia, which wanted to transform a second-half penalty and face up to a late Irish surge to win 1-0 in Sydney.
Sinclair was omitted of the beginning 11 in a tactical transfer.
Evelyne Viens and Jessie Fleming got here into the beginning lineup with Sinclair, the world’s all-time main scorer with 190 targets, and Nichelle Prince shifting to the bench. Fleming, who missed the Nigeria sport with a calf damage, captained the facet.
It was a humid, breezy 12 levels Celsius at Perth Rectangular Stadium for the 8 p.m. native time begin (8 a.m. ET in Canada). The 20,500-capacity stadium, higher often called HBF Park, is dwelling to soccer’s Perth Gory and rugby union’s Western Force.
The rain began coming down throughout warm-ups to the musical accompaniment of Drake’s Started From the Bottom and Dropkick Murphys’ I’m Shipping Up to Boston.
Irish centre again Louise Quinn, sporting a black eye and carrying a protecting boot within the wake of the Australia sport, did make the beginning lineup. Lucy Quinn, not associated to Louise, got here in for Marissa Sheva, who conceded the penalty in opposition to Australia.
Canada’s Quinn, who goes by one identify, made it a 3rd Quinn on the pitch.
There was a late Irish change with Aine O’Gorman coming in for Heather Payne, who felt a tweak in her hamstring throughout warm-ups.
The Canadians had an excellent probability within the thirtieth minute after Ireland didn’t clear a nook. Kadeisha Buchanan flicked a header in the direction of purpose that fellow centre again Vanessa Gilles obtained a foot to, solely to ship the ball over the bar.
Irish midfielder Ruesha Littlejohn shadowed Fleming, denying her area to create behind the strikers.
Buchanan appeared shaky, overwhelmed a number of occasions and compelled to take a yellow card when she was on the unsuitable finish of an Irish assault.
Both groups have had difficulties scoring of late.
The Canadian girls have been held scoreless in three of their earlier 5 outings this yr, outscored 7-3. But on the different finish of the pitch, that they had saved 5 clear sheets of their final earlier group‑stage outings on the match.
Ireland had scored in simply certainly one of its final six matches, outscored 9-3 over that interval with the lone targets got here in a 3-2 win over No. 77 Zambia final month in Dublin. And whereas the Irish outscored their opposition 26-4 over eight matches of their World Cup qualifying group, 20 of these targets got here in two matches in opposition to No. 126 Georgia.
Ireland booked its ticket to the match by beating No. 23 Scotland 1-0 in a playoff after ending runner-up to No. 3 Sweden in its qualifying group with a 5-1-2 document.
Canada and Ireland had met simply as soon as earlier than with Canada rallying for a 2-1 win within the fifth-place sport on the 2014 Cyprus Cup because of a Ninetieth-minute purpose by Schmidt.
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