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Result and details of the Sunday June 11, 2017 Canada vs Costa Rica Women's International Friendly
held at BMO Field in Toronto (by Rocket Robin)

Canada (all red, white names and numbers)

......................1 Stephanie Labbe
22 Lindsay Agnew...3 Kedeisha Buchanan...5 Rebecca Quinn...4 Shelina Zadorsky
17 Jessie Fleming...13 Sophie Schmidt...12 Christine Sinclair (cpt)...10 Ashley Lawrence
...............16 Janine Beckie...6 Deanne Rose

Subs:...18 Sabrina D'Angelo (gk)...21 Kailen Sheridan (gk)...2 Allysha Chapman...7 Adriana Leon (fwd)
...11 Desiree Scott (mid)...15 Nichelle Prince (mid)...20 Shannon Woeller (def)...23 Jordyn Huitema (fwd)
team officials:...head ocach John Herdman

Costa Rica (all white, blue numbers)

......................18 Noelia Bermudez
5 Diane Saenz...3 Maria Jose Morales...4 Mariana Benavides...20 Wendy Acosta
10 Shirley Cruz...16 Katherine Alverado...11 Raquel Rodriguez...12 Lixy Rodriguez
............15 Cristin Granados...14 Maria Fernanda Barrantes

Subs:...23 Yulian Salas (gk)...2 Gabriela Guillen (def)...6 Carol Sanchez (def)...8 Daniela Cruz (def)
...13 Anna Maria Gilbertson (fwd)...17 Karla Villaobos (fwd)...19 Mariela Campos (mid)...21 Maria Fernanda Chavarria (mid)
team officials:...head coach Amelia Valverde

Game Officials:...referee Odette Hamilton...referee's assistants Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing and Jasett Kerr
...fourth official Cardella Samuels...(all Jamaican)...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 2:09pm...Canada defends north end onf this hot and sunny afternoon.
2 min...Canada Deanne Rose GOAL...Can Christine Sinclair on run up right to end line and rolls cross from 15 yards
along end line that goalie Noelia Bermudez has lined up and is squatting for it but has Rose step in front to flick
ball over goalie to short right side of net.

3 min...Can Beckie beats one defender and cross from right has second defender knock ball behind own line.
4 min...Can Beckie cornerkick from right is over players in box,
5 min...Canada Janine Beckie GOAL...Can Shelina Zadorsky at center line passes down middle to Beckie splitting
defenders at 35 yards to and she chips goalie on edge of box from 22 yards into top right corner of net.

7 min...Can Lawrence run to edge of CR box on left but has shot blocked by defender.
8 min...CR goalie is out to 15 yards on right to boot away ball before Can Rose can get to it. CR goalie is injured
on the play and both teams go for a water break while she is being treated.
10 min...CR goalie out to edge of box in middle to beat Can Rose to ball and pick it up.
12 min...Canada Janine Beckie GOAL...Beckie is given through ball pass from Can Rebecca Quinn and beats charging goalie
to shoot 28 yarder under her jumping and ball rolls into right corner of open net.

14 min...CR Raquel Rodriguez and Bartrantes on play on left side of Can box and defender heads ball back to goalie
to break it up.
16 min...CR Granados 35 yard freekick from far left has ball bounce through defenders in box and wide right for goalkick.
18 min...Can Lawrence rush on left and has defrrender block and deflect for cornerkick.
18 min...Can Beckie cornerkick from left is whistled down in CR box.
20 min...Canada Janine Beckie GOAL...Can Lindsay Agnew cross from 30 yards on right has Can Christine Sinclair with back
to goal at 15 yards in middle pass chip back and Beckie shoots 20 yarder down middle just under bar in center of net.

22 min...Can Lawrence cross from 18 yards on far left has goalie push ball wide left of post on sprawl.
22 min...Can Beckie cornerkick from left has defender clear on left side of box.
23 min...Can goalie beats CR Barrantes to catch chip nto box at 8 yards near left post.
24 min...Can Quinn chips over defender at 15 yards to finish play and ball bounces to goalie.
26 min...Can Fleming is chipped pass behind defender at 22 yards on rght and chips shot just wide left of post.
31 min...CR Granados 25 yard freekick from left is partially stopped between two man wall and defender behind them clears.
31 min...Can goalie giveaway to CR player at 15 yards but Can Buchanan battles for ball and wns freekick call.
34 min...CR Granados chips 30 yard shot from left but Can Buchanan heads away at 15 yards.
35 min...CR Shirley Cruz steals ball on right sideline and runs into box but is checked off ball.
38 min...Can Beckie cornerkick from right has nearest defender head ball away. Beckie gets recross from 25 yards
has Can Buchanan nod header down from 15 yards in middle that bounces wide right.
41 min...Can Rose is fed pass up middle and 22 yard shot is pushed wide right by diving goalie at 12 yards.
42 min...CAn Beckie cornerkick from right is over players in box and bounces over left end line.
43 min...Can Beckie is called offside on pass at 25 yards down middle.
45 min...Can Sinclair has 15 yard shot saved by sliding CR Morales at 7 yards after goalie committed to earlier play
just inside box on right.
46 min...Can Schmidt cornerkick from left has defender clear then Schmidt recross is sent over box. Can Beckie
shoots 28 yarder from left wide left.
47 min...half ends 3:56pm.

Halftime Entertainment: There's a presentation to five retiring Canadian players who all won and Olympic bronze
medal at either the 2012 or 2016 games. Josee Belanger (2016) and Jonelle Filigno, Robyn Gayle, Kaylyn Kyle,
and Lauren Sesselmann (all for 2012). Amy Walsh was honoured in a similar pre-game ceremony.

2nd Half:...starts 3:12pm.
Halftime subs:...CR Salas replaces Bermudez in goal.
.................CR Sanchez replaces Acosta.
.................Can Sheriidan replaces Labbe in goal.
47 min...Beckie receives long kick from Can goalie on left sideline and she crosses 30 yarder that CR goalie catches
on the bounce.
49 min...Can Buchanan is injured on CR rush and collision with Can Zadorsky at Can 25 yard line.
50 min...CR Lixy Rodriguez 25 yard cross is blocked and deflects off Can Rose for cornerkick.
51 min...CR Granados cornerkick from left is sent downfield and wasted without being crossed into box.
52 min...CR Lixy Rodriguez rush on left but she rolls 28 yard shot to goalie.
53 min...CR goalie clears at 8 yards a split second before Can Rose can get ball. CR goalie hops around injured.
56 min...CR Shirley Cruz chips ball from 25 yards on right over defender but bounces over end line.
58 min...Can sub...Prince replaces Beckie. (NWSL Houston Dash teammates!)
59 min...Can Agnew run down left and cross near end liine has CR defender concede cornerkick on header from 5 yards.
60 min...Can player's cornerkick from left is short and tapped back and he recross is over goalie and CR Raquel Rodriiguez
had ball away on right post.
61 min...CR sub...Danela Cruz replaces Morales.
63 min...Can sub...Scott replaces Quinn.
66 min...Can sub...Hiitema replaces Sinclair.
66 min...Can Prince gets pass running crossfield and at 10 yards on left tryies to deke ballen goalie but goalie grabs ball
and is injured on play.
69 min...Can sub...Leon replaces Rose.
.........Can sub...Woeller replaces Buchanan.
70 min...Can Leon is injured on checkat Can 45 yard line.
72 min...Can Jordyn Huitema GOAL...Can Ashley Lawrence cross along right endline from 15 yards has Can Nichelle Prince
and Huitema bash towards goal in on goalline as they crash through at 2 yards. Ball hits Prince but deflects off Huitema last.

73 min...Can Jordyn Huitema GOAL...Can Nichelle Prince rush on right and cross to middle to 12 yards for Huitema to shoot
forward and into top right corner of net.

75 min...Can Agnew currng into box from left has CR Saenz stop her.
76 min...Can Huitema cornerkick from left s over players n box and Can player on right crosses behind net.
78 min...CR sub...Villaobos replaces Barrantes.
79 min...CR Saenz is checked off ball on right edge of Can box on 1 v 2 rush.
82 min...CR player shoots wide right from 25 yards on left.
85 min...CR sub...Campos replaces Granados.
87 min...CR Daniela Cruz cross from right to CR Vellaobos middle and she rolls shot to goalie.
88 min...CR YELLOW card...Bermudez (goalie) earns it for bumping Can Lawrence at 25 yards outside box after missing ball.
90 min...Can Schmidt 28 yard freekick down middle has flying goalie push wide of post.
90 min...Can Schmidt cornerkick from right has defender clear on right side of box.
91 min...Can Schmidt short cornerkick from right is wasted as Can Leon crosses back to her and over her head and out of play.
92 min...Can Huitema cuts in from left to middle and rolls 25 yard shot that goalie dives left to smother at 5 yards.
94:25 min...game ends 4:02pm.

Final Score:....Canada..........6.............Costa Rica...........0...........

Attendance was announced as 20628. That makes a two game total for this series of 35062.

Canada dominated this game and got off to a very quick start with a 3-0 lead by 12 minutes
and a 4-0 lead by 20 minutes. I didn't know if Canadian head coach was happy with that or he
would like to have a tighter game and scored at the end to pull away. Herdman answered that in
his opening remarks at the post game press conference before anyone could ask him. He was happy
with getting out to such a fast start.

The CSA had news to start the day. They have scheduled a Men's International Friendly between
Canada and Jamaica and had started to promote it over and over during the game.

I've got comments on what the coach and players said after the game in another post.

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Canadian starters


Costa Rica starters


Costa Rica Lizy Rodriguez (12) takes opening kickoff.


midfield acton


Costa Rica Lizy Rodriguez (12) throw-in.


the halftime retirees from Canada Kaylyn Kyle, Robyn Gayle, Josee Belanger, Jonelle Fiiligno, and Lauren Sesselmann.


Costa Rica Raquel Rodriguez (12) takes second half kickoff.


Canada Kadeisha Buchanan (3) clears the ball.


Canadian players do a complete circuit around the field to salute all the crowd.

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