The biggest women’s soccer game ever of all time in any galaxy including the one from Star Wars is under way. I’ll keep you updated here while you refresh the page on the dock at your cottage.
- Canada has started out tentatively, and are having trouble clearing their half.
- Complaints about the officiating on both sides of the ball as a few questionable fouls are handed out. This is a game that CAN’T be decided by officiating. Far too important for this tournament and the women’s soccer game at-large.
- Canada has found a way to hold possession and work the counter attack. Americans are still pressing but Canada is hitting back.
22′ minute: Christine Sinclair scores for Canada!
She scores when she wants! Christine Sinclair puts
#CanWNT up 1-0 over the United States in the 22nd minute.#London2012— The Score (@theScore) August 6, 2012
- Significance of this Sinclair goal:
Canada’s women’s soccer team leads USA in a match for the 1st time since April 26, 2003.
#London2012— theScoreTicker (@theScoreTicker) August 6, 2012
- A couple of close chances for the Americans as they look to reply after the Sinclair marker. McLeod caught out of position at a couple of points but the Americans can’t find the goal.
- Canada goes into the half with the lead, despite several good chances put towards goal by the United States. Canada did well to hold up at the back end with shot blocking and clearance attempts, but the Americans dictated the flow of play. The half came at the perfect time for a team in need of a reprieve.
- More curious calls from the official as identical plays will only be called fouls once. Really unimpressive work by the official.
- Some theatrics enter the game now as teams try to capitalize on the officiating. Canada need to fight their way off the rops here just five minutes into the second half. America is pressing.
- The States finally gets their breakthrough as a corner is whipped in, takes a bounce and ends up in the Canadian goal. Nobody covering the near post is a curious error. Inswinging corners to the near post are deadly if you leave that spot open. Ball appears to go off McLeod and in among a mess of bodies.
- Canada comes back with good possession after the American goal. Maybe they just need their time to get settled into a half here. We shall see… We’re 60 minutes in.
- Americans get away with a handball in the box after a Sinclair cross. On the counterattack Desiree Scott is carded for a challenge on Abby Wambach at midfield. Bad sequence for Canada.
- Consensus that this officiating crew is terrible is upheld through 2/3 of the game.
- Kaylyn Kyle checks into the game for Jonelle Filigno.
67′ – CHRISTINE SINCLAIR!!!!! 2-1 Canada. She’s now tied with Abby Wambach for second all time in women’s scoring.
Sinclair does it again! 2-1
#CanWNT in the 68th minute thesco.re/MfLiQK— The Score (@theScore) August 6, 2012
- More Sinclair history!
2-1 Canada. Christine SInclair records her first multi-goal game vs USA.
#CanWMT#London2012.— theScoreTicker (@theScoreTicker) August 6, 2012
69′ – Megan Rapinoe equalizes with a laser beam! Off the far post and in the goal. A beautiful shot. She and Sinclair are going toe-to-toe with two goals apiece.
- Your best players have to be your best players in the biggest games. This match is living proof.
72′ – CHRISTINE SINCLAIR HAT TRICK. ARE YOU !@#$ING KIDDING ME? 3-2 CANADA.
She really does score when she wants. Sinclair does it again. 3-2
#CanWNT in the 73rd minute.— The Score (@theScore) August 6, 2012
- Who’s ready for a heart attack finish? We are!
Heart attack city.
#CanWNT— Devang Desai (@DesaiDevang) August 6, 2012
- Some sort of free kick in the box for the USA here… odd…
- Miss on the free kick leads to a penalty shot for the USA… Wambach to take
- I can’t stress how odd this is.
- Wombach scores. What a bizarre sequence of events. There are no words. Original free kick is allegedly for McLeod holding the ball too long. So odd.
The United States scores on a penalty kick. We are once again tied, 3-3 in the 81st minute thesco.re/MfLiQK
— The Score (@theScore) August 6, 2012
- The officiating was, is and appears to want to stay terrible.
- Abby Wambach misses a wide open Canadian goal on a counter attack. Terrible, uncharacteristic miss.
- This is really intense. Seriously.
- Canada erupts after a brutal blown corner kick call. The officiating has really stolen the show in a terrible way against all odds.
- End of regulation. So many emotions. Like a Best of Keanu Reeves YouTube video. Extra time coming up.
We’ll need more than 90 minutes. 3-3 FT. We’re heading to extra time folks, nyone else need some oxygen? thesco.re/MfLiQK
#CanWNT— The Score (@theScore) August 6, 2012
- Canada have handled Wombach phenomenally throughout the game.
- Who has more left in the tank? Extra time…
- Both teams handling themselves well thus far. No atrocious calls to speak of yet.
- Both teams look gassed, we’ll see if it leads to a mistake.
- Canada can’t convert an indirect free kick in minute 103. Just couldn’t find a clear head.
- Canada earns a corner off a challenge on Sinclair in the box. Good chance coming up…
- Tancredi near miss on the header, called on an over the back foul. As you were.
- Closing in on 1,000 words here on this game log, had no idea this is what would transpire. It started as a fun idea.
- Half time in extra time. Oh boy.
- Canada puts it into touch with an American injury. Would have been there best chance. We Canucks are sporting.
- McLeod punches out a dangerous American corner. Americans hold possession after it is put out.
- Wambach hits the crossbar with a header. A game of inches.
- Alex Morgan scores in stoppage time. Heartbreaking.
- Canada will play for bronze against a strong France side, while the Americans will take on Japan in the final.
- America was kept in check well despite the goals as Abby Wombach couldn’t seem to finish and Alex Morgan challenged the Canadians but was contained until the play that decided it. Rapinoe was the American star today and her goals were full value, despite the colossal misstep Canada made to surrender the first. America played well, though you can argue, quite convincingly at that, that they were the second best side today.
- Hard to understate what a great performance this was from the Canadian women. Despite plenty of bounces and whistles going against them, they kept coming and coming against the top team in the world and took them to the utter brink. If you can think of a better performance in Canadian soccer history — women’s or men’s — I’m all ears. This game was sheer brilliance from the Canadian women and their fans can fly their flags high knowing that they were represented in a way that was pure class. They deserved a better result, plain and simple. It’ll be tough to regroup for the match against France, but with this resilient group I wouldn’t put anything past them.
- Christine Sinclair for closing ceremonies flagbearer.
- I’m out.
Unfortunately this game appears to be fixed in favor of USA. The ref will make sure they win. Sad.
wow that penalty was a fuckin joke!! only other thing why is the goalkeeping in women’s soccer at a level of 10 year olds? if the canadian goalie stayed in the net instead of taking an extra step forward for no reason at all, it’s an easy save. sucks!!!
Right you are…kind of hard trying to beat the americans and the officials at the same time…..But the girls let the Us know they were in for a fight….proud of you girls!!!!
I am so pissed off at the officiating. I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist when it comes to sports, but it’s tough to deny that the last half of that game seemed to be geared to getting the Americans the win.
BS OFFICIATING FROM THE REFEREES AND THE FIRST GOAL THE US SCORED WAS AWFUL. IM REALLY PISSED OF but on the other hand theres always next time (when sinclair out of her prime)
Absolutely foolish! Watched the whole game and while I must say enjoyed it (never watch/watched soccer) the officiating was ridiculous! Like wtf was that all about, holding ball for 6+ seconds, pretty sure if you watch through the game that wasn’t the only occurence. Ahh well
This was probably the biggest joke I have ever seen in my olympic viewing life. I can’t believe what transpired here. I’m trying to figure out why there was no verbal call for the ball handling by the keeper.. just a straight free kick. Unreal. I hope those refs lose their jobs. I am not a conspiracy theorist either.. but this made it hard NOT to believe there is one.
Our footballing darlings fought well, and they made us proud, we will always love you. As for the official hopefully, u get ur ugly ass smacked around. You piece of shit. BULL SHIT!!! I mean how much did they pay her, or is this one of those olympics politics im missing here. The referee denied Sinclair one more shot to get the gold, I thought we would only see this in men’s football, but women’s. Fuck this olympics.
the canadian women did our country proud. The referees in this match were and are a joke and should be fined penalized for their efforts.
The first USA goal was a joke, why was there noone on the near corner post you learn that in peewee soccer. and a 6 second rule is a bogus call since she had realeased the ball before any whistle. Not only that if it was a call of 6 seconds which it shouldnt be the ball was not in the correct spot for the free kick. If there was a 6 second call why was she not carded with the yellow which is what referees do in the 6 second rule, which normally a verbal warning comes first before its handed out. Its safe to say match fixing in soccer is not uncommon but this is ridiculous and should be viewed as a black eye not only to the olympics but to womans soccer as it already has given a black eye to soccer in general. Im done my rant but this is something the damn olympic commitee should look into as this has become a bloody joke.
What a joke, plain and simple the ball was shot right at her and she was turning and it hit her hand how in the world do you call that, I am mad.
Sinclair what an All Star, good job to all the Canadian women it’s hard enough to beat the best team in the world let alone the best team in the world and the stupid ref.
All you girls made Canada proud.