Canadian women crush Morocco in international soccer friendly in Spain
Evelyne Viens scored one goal and set up two others as Canada defeated Morocco 4-0 in an international women's soccer friendly Monday.
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Evelyne Viens scored one goal and set up two others as Canada defeated Morocco 4-0 in an international women's soccer friendly Monday.
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PARIS :Defending champions Canada reached the quarter-finals of the women's Olympic football tournament on Wednesday thanks to a 1-0 win over Colombia in Nice hours after they had an appeal against their six-point deduction dismissed.
Vanessa Gilles scored in the 62nd minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Colombia and send the team into the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday despite losing six points in the tournament because of a drone spying scandal.
Click on the video player above beginning at 3 p.m. ET to watch live action from the Olympic women's soccer match between Canada and Colombia.
Vanessa Gilles's teammates know her as "the magnet."
Defender Sydney Collins will not compete for the Canadian women's soccer team at the Paris Olympics after fracturing her left leg during a closed-door match against Nigeria in Marbella, Spain on Wednesday.
Substitute Evelyne Viens' 85th-minute goal lifted Canada to a 2-1 comeback win Saturday in Marbella, Spain over Australia in a tune-up game ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Thirteen players from Canada's women's soccer team that won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 are part of the 18-person roster who will aim for a repeat in Paris later this month.