As two of the three teams in Group F ranked in the top ten of FIFA’s world rankings, Canada and Australia were expected to put together an entertaining match in the group stage opener for both Wednesday afternoon. And that was the case, with Canada winning 2-0 despite being down to ten women for nearly 70 minutes of the match. The Canadians remained strong defensively, and they took advantage of two major mistakes made by Australia to tally both of their goals.
The first Australian error occurred in the game’s first minute, as Christine Sinclair was able to pick the pocket of an Aussie defender who made a lazy on her back line.