Rose scores, Canadian women's soccer team blanks Argentina 3-0

Jade Rose knows replays of her first goal for Canada's women's soccer team will show her shocked face.

The moment was "kind of crazy" after all, she said.

"I didn't expect it. Which was, I feel like, visible on my face," Rose said Friday after helping Canada to a 3-0 victory over Argentina in a friendly matchup at B.C. Place.

"It's an incredible feeling. It's great to have my first goal back on home soil, to have my mom in the stands, it's my sister [Nyah's] birthday — it's just a lot of things that made it a really great day."

The seventh-ranked Canadians dominated the game from the beginning, testing No. 33 Argentina early and often.

"I think we've always got to be happy when we've won and celebrate the wins," said head coach Casey Stoney. "I think there's still lots of work for us to do."

Thirteen minutes in, the home side won a free kick when captain Jessie Fleming was cut down as she charged up the field. Fleming sent the ball sailing into the six-yard box where Argentine 'keeper Solana Pereyra jumped up to collect it.

Another set piece got Canada on the board in the 24th minute.

Adriana Leon floated a free kick into the penalty area and Vanessa Gilles nodded a header toward the Argentine goal. Pereyra got a touch on the shot, but couldn't control the ball and Rose rushed in to tap it in over the line.

Canada had another prime opportunity in the 33rd minute when Marie-Yasmine Alidou blasted a header on net, but Pereyra stretched out and batted the shot away.

The Canadians bested the Argentine 'keeper again in the 39th minute.

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Leon deked and twisted around several