{"id":289188,"date":"2023-09-27T11:34:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=289188"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:34:46","slug":"olympic-champions-canada-qualify-to-defend-womens-football-title-at-paris-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/olympic-champions-canada-qualify-to-defend-womens-football-title-at-paris-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic champions Canada qualify to defend women\u2019s football title at Paris 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada won gold at Tokyo 2020 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/football\/football-thumb\/football-thumb.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter <\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Football email<\/h2>\n<p>Canada will get the chance to defend their Olympic women\u2019s football gold medal after clinching a spot at Paris 2024 with a 2-1 win over Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Canada came into the second leg in control of their own destiny after a 2-0 away win in Kingston on Friday and, after an early scare, delivered the result the home crowd had come to see, convincingly punching their Paris ticket with a 4-1 win on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadians join the United States in the 12-team Olympic tournament with the Americans having earlier clinched one of the two Concacaf region spots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve thought about this game from the minute that World Cup ended so everybody has put a real shift in to do whatever we could to turn this around,\u201d said Canada coach Bev Priestman.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/26\/21\/SEI173420604.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/26\/23\/7b32c0db535efadb957165bd98aac4a5Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk1ODUxMjkz-2.73083751.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/25\/19\/AFP_33WG2DY.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team is better when they\u2019re going after something and ultimately we are going after putting the wrong right of that World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying for the Olympics provided a small measure of redemption after a bitterly disappointing performance at the Women\u2019s World Cup, where Canada failed to advance out of the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has won a gold and two bronzes medals from women\u2019s football at the last three Olympics but Priestman conceded there is plenty of work ahead for her squad if they are to return to the podium in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting but I am not getting carried away by any means because we\u2019ve got some real hard work to do,\u201d said Priestman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo go and get on the podium again, and you\u2019ve just seen at the World Cup, it is going to be harder than it has ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2021\/08\/06\/19\/GettyImages-1331416386.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Bev Priestman will lead Canada into the Olympics once more <\/p>\n<p>Backed by a raucous home crowd, Canada applied all the early pressure but against the run of play it was the \u2018Reggae Girlz\u2019 grabbing a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute thanks to Drew Spence\u2019s brilliantly taken free-kick from outside the penalty area that found the top corner past a diving Kailen Sheridan.<\/p>\n<p>The goal sent a jolt through the Canada team as they began to attack with more venom. Ashley Lawrence was robbed of an equaliser when her long-range effort was sensationally tipped away by Rebecca Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>But Canadian enterprise would be rewarded in the 39th minute as Cloe Lacasse got her head on Adriana Leon\u2019s corner to send the teams into the break at 1-1.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/27\/10\/a3fcaeb11c194bb0424f2a6910ea44f7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk1NjgyNTQ3-2.73347651.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/27\/09\/newFile-3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/27\/08\/SEI173411091.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A Jordyn Huitema header five minutes into the second half put Canada ahead, sparking celebrations that continued until the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/canada-olympic-football-paris-2024-b2419331.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada won gold at Tokyo 2020 Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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