What's next for the Canadian women's soccer and hockey teams?

24.02.2023 - 01:43 cbc.ca

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. Canada's two highest-profile women's national teams each played an important game last night, with mixed results.

Here's a recap of those and a look at what's ahead for the Canadian women's soccer and hockey teams: Soccer: Is the labour dispute derailing Canada's World Cup hopes? The Canadian women's tumultuous trip to the SheBelieves Cup ended in disappointment last night with a 3-0 loss to Japan near Dallas.

Playing under protest amid a bitter labour dispute with Canada Soccer, the reigning Olympic champions still had an outside shot to win the four-team round-robin tournament when they took the field.

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