{"id":25920,"date":"2020-02-09T23:27:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T04:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/?p=25920"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:27:56","slug":"canada-concacaf-olympic-qualifying-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2020\/02\/09\/canada-concacaf-olympic-qualifying-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Loses 3-0 to the U.S. in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carson, Calif.<\/strong> \u2014<\/strong> Canada and the United States women’s national teams are heading the Tokyo Olympics with wins over Costa Rica and Mexico. The big key for Canada was to have a strong start in the Concacaf Olympic Qualifying final.<\/p>\n

The U.S. in this tournament typically scores goals in the first five minutes of the game. Canada was able to keep it scoreless within the first half with a strong defense. However, the second half was a different story and is a big reason why Canada lost the game.<\/p>\n

Canadian Women \u2014 First Half<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Positive Start<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Americans were attacking a lot throughout the game. However, in the first half, Canada seemed to have them under control. Even with all the possession in the first half, Canada had more shots on goal than the Americans. Christen Press, striker for the USWNT, did almost score a few times in the first half.<\/p>\n

However, most of those chances the Americans had were from less-threatening scoring positions. A big part of their success in the first half was Kadeisha Buchanan and Sophie Schmidt of Canada with their incredible defense. The match was Buchanan’s 100th appearance for Canada.<\/p>\n

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.@CanadaSoccerEN<\/a> Head Coach Kenneth Heiner-moller thoughts on today's lost against the @USWNT<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/uwpDVspKx7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Concacaf (@Concacaf) February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n