June 04, 2024...Women's Friendly match Canada vs Mexico game report (by Rocket Robin)

June 4, 2024...Women's Friendly match Canada vs Mexico game report (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Tuesday June 4, 2024 Women's Friendly match between Canada and Mexico played at BMO Field
in Toronto at 7:30pm.

Canada (white socks and shirts, red shorts and names, rainbow numbers)

............................18 Sabrina D'Angelo
12 Jade Rose...3 Kadeisha Buchanan...4 Shelina Zadorsky...8 Jayde Riviere
10 Ashley Lawrence...17 Jessie Fleming (cpt)...13 Simi Awujo...16 Janine Beckie
..............24 Evelyne Viens...20 Cloe Lacasse

Subs:...1 Kailen Sheridan (gk)...22 Lysianne Proulx (gk)...2 Allysha Chapman (def)...6 Deanne Rose (fwd)
...7 Julia Grosso (mid)...9 Jordyn Huitema (fwd)...11 Desiree Scott (mid)...14 Vanessa Gilles (def)
...19 Adriana Leon (fwd)...21 Gabrielle Carle (def)...23 Clarissa Larisey (fwd)...25 Emma Regan (mid)
...26 Olivia Smith (mid/fwd)
team officials: head coach Bev Priestman
not eligible for this game: 15 Nichelle Prince (fwd)

Mexico (all black uniforms, white names and numbers)

...........................21 Estehfanny Barreras
2 Kenti Robles (cpt)...4 Rebeca Bernal...14 Greta Espinoza...23 Kimberly Rodriguez
............10 Scarlett Camberos...16 Karla Nietgo...18 Reyna Reyes
...........9 Diana Ordonez...22 Nicole Perez...11 Jacquelin Ovalle

Subs:...1 Celeste Espino (gk)...12 Bianca Felix (gk)...3 Jimena Lopez (def)...5 Karen Luna (def)
...6 Casandra Cuevas (mid)...7 Maria Sanchez (fwd)...8 Alexia Delgado (mid)...15 Cristina Ferral (def)
17 Myra Delgadillo (fwd)...19 Katty Martinez (fwd)...20 Maricarmen Reyes (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Pedro Lopez
not eligible for this game: 13 Diana Garcia (mid)

Game officials:...referee Marianela Cruz...referee's assistants Kimberly Moreira and Nelly Quiros (all from Costa Rica)
...fourth official Carly Shaw-MacLaren (from Canada) (black socks and shorts, yellow shirts)

In a pregame ceremony, Jessie Fleming is presented with the award for Canadian Player of the Year 2023, and Jade Rose is presented with the Canadian Young Player of the Year Award for 2023. Shelina Zadorsky is presented with a plaque for making 100 appearances for the Canadian national team.

First Half:...game starts 7:35pm...Canada defend north end on this mild evening.
2 min...Can Fleming ends Can pressure on right with 20 yard roller to goalie.
4 min...Can Rivier slides for cross and pops ball up at 15 yards on slight left which defender clears.
8 min...Can Lacasse run on left and slips letting ball roll over end line.
9 min...Can Lawrence runs for pass on right but ball is over end line.
11 min...Can Riviere 25 yard shot from left is over leaping Can player at 15 yards and goalie smothers in 6 yard box on bounce.
13 min...Mex Reyes head away cross from left out right side of Mex box.
14 min...Can Lacasse chips 30 yarder from left that bounces to goalie.
14 min...Can Lawrence 25 yard cross deflects for cornerkick.
15 min...Can players work out short cornerkick from left and eventually send cross over box.
17 min...Mex goalie picks up through ball pass at 12 yards.
19 min...Can Fleming 30 yard freekick from left is low and smothered by goalie.
22 min...Can Lacasse wins cornerkick on deflected ball on run down left off defender.
22 min...Can Fleming cornerkick from left has Can Viens rush toward it and deflect ball to goalie which goalie pushes high
and wide left of goal.
23 min...Can Fleming cornerkick from left has defender head ball through box and out right side.
27 min...Can Viens can't get to ball up left before it bounces over end line on left.
29 min...Can Lawrence short cross from right and Can Viens can't quite turn header at 10 yards on slight right and ball
is wide left of post.
30 min...Can Awujo 30 yard shot up middle deflects off defender.
32 min...There's some Mex pressure but they don't get away shot.
34 min...Mex Camberos shanks clearance on left side of box for Can cornerkick on left.
34 min...Can Fleming cornerkick from left is cleared across box.
39 min...Can Jade Rose low cross throught box on right is ahead of charging players. Can Riviere eventually gets a 25 yard shot
from left that's wide right.
40 min...Can Beckie is injured on sliding tackle in Mex box but no call is given.
41 min...Can Fleming cornerkick from left has Can Zadorsky at 12 yards on right head ball wide left.
43 min...Mex Delgado cross from left is through box which no one can get to.
I notice there's no more sun on the field.
45 min...half ends 8:20 with no added time.

Halftime: The Mexican subs warm up but not the Canadian right away. Fans danced with 'Rock' the chicken mascot in the 'Ultimate Chicken Dance' (yeah heard at every wedding) from sponsor Maple Lodge Farms.

The sprinklers were held back at the part of the field that the Mexican subs were warming up. Ahh there's the Canadian subs coming out for the last three minutes of the break to warm up.

Second Half:...starts 8:35pm...the sun is no longer shining anywhere on the field nor the east side stands.
Halftime subs:...Can Leon replaces Beckie.
........................Can Huitema replaces Viens.
........................Mex Luna replaces Robles.
45 min...Mex Camberos low 12 yard shot from right bounces for goalie to smother on near post.
46 min...Can Leon 25 yard blast from right deflects off defender. Mex Luna clears behing left end line from 3 yards.
47 min...Canada Kadeisha Buchanan GOAL...Can Shelina Zadorsky is tapped back ball at 25 yards on right
and chips ball into box where Buchanan in crowd of players on slight left pops header from 7 yards over goalie
Esthefanny Barreras at 3 yards drops into right side of net.
49 min...Can Leon high cornerkick from left has Can Zadorsky pop 12 yard header from right over top left of net.
51 min...Mex Nieto 20 yard shot is sent over bar.
52 min...Can Lacasse low centering pass from left has Can Huitema can't poke ball in from 7 yards on left.
53 min...Can Riviere cross from 20 yards on left. Cana Leon lets ball go past her rather than trying 5 yard header.
54 min...Can sub...Carle replaces Riviere.
............Can sub..Regan replaces Fleming. Buchanan becomes captain.
56 min...Mex Ovalle on breakaway but shoots from 40 yards a roller that goalie dives right to smother.
57 min...Can Leon racers down right but defender shields ball until it rolls over end line.
58 min...Mex Ordonez is injured at center line sideline when two Can players push her from behind.
59 min...Mex Ovalle on left at 12 yards shoots wide left after receiving pass.
61 min...Can Lawrence has 22 yard shot is blocked by defender at 15 yards.
62 min...Can Lawrence runs and passes to Can Regan who blasts 25 yarder well over net.
63 min...Mex Ovalle cornerkick from left has Can Beckie pops ball up. Can goalie leaping with Mex player swats it forward
from left post. Mex Espionoza taps ball over from left and Mex Ordonez ends pressure sliding roller from 10 yards that goalie
dives to smother.
64 min...Can Leon 14 yard shot from right is blocked by defender.
65 min...Can sub...Smith replaces Lacasse.
67 min...Can Leon and Can Lawrence work ball up right but ball is crossed over box.
67 min...Can Lawrence blats low 25 yard shot up middle that is just wide left of post.
69 min...Mexico Jacquieline Ovalle GOAL...Mex Rebeca Bernal gets quick pass up the middle from 65 yards
that has Ovalle step to left at 50 yards to take pass behind Can Jade Rose and rush up slight left and shoots 22 yarder
from slight left to over flying goalie Sabrina D'Angelo to top right side of net.
71 min...Mex sub...Cuevas replaces Nieto.
.........Mex sub...Delgadeillo replaces Perez.
.........Can sub...Scott replaces Awujo.
72 min...Can Buchanan is injured charging to left to kick ball out stopping break on left at Can 25 yard line. She needs trainer
for leg injury. The Can players sprint to bench for a pep tale from the coach.
75 min...Mex Ovalle taps back and and Mex Reyna Reyes shoots low 25 yarder from left wide left of net.
76 min...Can Smith can't win Penalty kick on push over by Mex Reyes at 3 yards on rush. The ball rolls over the end line for a goal kick.
80 min...Mex Luna is injured with ball hitting her in the face at Mex 50 yard line. The play carries on with defenders having
to clear a shot. Luna needs the trainer. The Can players come over to the sideline for another pep talk while the injured player is treated.
82 min...Mex sub...Maricarmen Reyes replaces Ordonez.
82 min...Mex YELLOW card...Luna earns it for checking Can Huitema out of bounds at Mex 45 yard line and Huitema needs treatment.
84 min...Can players get back to stop Mex player's run to right edge of Can 18 yard box.
87 min...Can goalie makes clearance to right of net and Mex Maricarmen Reyes gets in way to deflect ball from 10 yards wide
right of net.
90 min...Mex Reyes from right sends crossfield pass to Mex Ovalle who shoots 10 yarder well over net.
92 min...Mex goalie is out to 15 yards in middle to punch ball away.
93 min...Can Regan 20 yard roller from left rolls to goalie.
94 min...Can Smith 40 yard freekick from left is cleared on edge of box.
95 min...game ends 9:25pm.

Final Score:....Canada......1......Mexico......1.........

After the game the Canadian players and team officials formed a circle on the field.

Attendance was announced near the end of the game as 18805. The upper deck of the east side stands were empty and I don't believe were made available for sale. The fans were crammed onto the lower bowl and and upper deck on the west side. Tonight was also a Pride Night with the Canadians wearing hard to read rainbow numbers on their backs.

This was the second game in the 'Summer Send Off Series' with the first one held in Montreal on Saturday June 1st. That was a 2-0 win for Canada against Mexico.

The Canadians looked good in the first half with Mexico rarely getting out of their own end. The last ten minutes of the game however it looked like Mexico would score the winner as they took over and got most of the chances.

Canada head coach Bev Priestman said after the game that rotating in the players she wanted to watch to decide who she would name to the small 18 man roster for the Olympics games in Paris France was even more important than a result in tonight's game. The good play of some of these young/fringe players makes her decision harder. She said preference will be given to players who can play multiple positions to fit in for injured players or a change in strategy against certain games.

Priestman said after the game that Canada is lining up two more possible training games from their base camp in Spain before the Olympic games actually get started. Canada starts July 25th and has games on the 28th and 31st in group play.

Rocket Robin
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Canada starters

Mexico starters

Canada Jessie Fleming (17) takes opening kickoff.

Canada players work out short cornerkick.

Canada Jessie Fleming (17) lines up freekick.

Canada players wait for throw-in.

Mexico Kimberly Rodriguez (23) stops Canada rush.

Mexico Karla Nieto (16) takes second half kickoff.

Canada Emma Regan (25) looks to chip ball into box.

Canada Simi Awujo (13) shields ball from Mexico Diana Ordonez (9).

Canada players and staff hold onfield meeting after game.

Full Time Stats (from One Soccer) 

                         Canada      Jamaica    
Goals                        1            1   
Shots                       18            8  
Shots on target              2            3  
Possession                  62%          38%
Corners                      8            1  
Fouls                        5            9   
Pass Accuracy               82%          67%

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