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Canada slays the U.S. beast and exorcises ghosts of Olympics past. Now they’re going for women’s soccer gold in Tokyo
And someone like Christine (Sinclair) now gets to go to the Olympic final.”There was a lot of that going around. “We both said we’ve been waiting nine years for this chance, to have this game again,” Sinclair said. But in the 60th minute, in came the American veterans: Rapinoe, Lloyd, London alternate Christen Press. And this Canadian team threaded a narrow needle to not just beat the Americans, but likely bury the heart of their golden generation. Christine Sinclair and Canada will play for a gold medal on a Friday morning in Tokyo, in the Olympic Stadium.
Source: thestar August 02, 2021 16:50 UTC
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