Canada qualified for the 2015 Women world cup knockout stages when they took on Netherlands where Lawrence scored for Canada in the first half while Kirsten Van de Ven equalised in second half for Netherlands.
Canada 1-1 Netherlands – Match Highlights
[ FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 ]
10′ 0 – 1 Ashley Lawrence
87′ 1 – 1 Kirsten van de Ven
Short Highlights
The game will be played in Montreal and should start at around 07:30 PM local montreal time. Group A has been short of action as none of the four teams has scored or conceded more than 1 goal so far. Canada women team has kept two clean sheets so far and yet to concede while Netherlands have conceded 1 and scored 1 but a physical team to play against.
Canada women team’s last group game against Netherlands will be taking place tonight in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium and a draw should be enough to secure knockout stages berth for Canada while Netherlands needs all three points to have any chance of automatic qualification.
Canada vs Netherlands – Group A
[ FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 ]
Date: Monday, 15 June 2015 – Time: 19:30 local montreal time / 1:30 am European time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal
[ TSN1, FoxSports2 will have the live coverage of this game ]
Match Preview: Canada women team will be taking on Netherlands in the Group A game in what should be a cracking match where both teams need points in the match for different reasons.
Canada have played two matches and won the first against China in last moments while they drew blank against New Zealand with a 0-0 scoreline leaving them 4 points in 2 matches but top of the group. Netherlands on the other hand has lost 1 and won 1 game in the opening two matches and they must win to have any chance of automatic qualification to the knockout stages.
Canada are almost certain to qualify for next round but they would like to do it as group winners which will ensure an easy passge to the semifinals (well atleast on paper). Canada will top the group if they beat Netherlands regardless of other results in the group but a draw might be enough to if China fails to win their game against New Zealand. So its all finely poised going into the last set of group matches.
The commentators for Canada vs Netherlands is so depressing its like Eeyore commenting with sad comments like its not very impressive game or christine sinclair is getting older …shall i go on… i hope they re listen to their commenting and understand they can be a little bit more positive for both teams. like saying the dutch are carrying a team member as she is doing nothing for their team. wow I wish i found another channel to stream this game on. I hope other commentators are more like the mens games with excitement!