Wednesday is a big day for the Canadian women's soccer and hockey teams

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Here's what to know about the big games coming up Wednesday for the Canadian women's soccer and hockey teams:

Soccer: SheBelieves Cup finale

Canada still has a chance to win the four-team tournament in the southern United States, but it needs a lot of things to go its way on the final day.

The SheBelieves Cup is a straight round-robin. Everyone plays each other once, and the team with the best record is crowned champion. This year's edition is an important tune-up for the Women's World Cup, as all four participants — the world No. 1-ranked United States, No. 6 Canada, No. 9 Brazil and No. 11 Japan — will compete in the biggest event in women's soccer this summer in Australia and New Zealand.

Canada heads into the final day of the SheBelieves Cup in second place after losing to the U.S. 2-0 last Thursday in Orlando, Fla., then defeating Brazil 2-0 on Sunday in Nashville on goals by Vanessa Gilles and Evelyne Viens. The Americans sit atop the standings at 2-0 after blanking Japan 1-0 on Sunday. Brazil has the same 1-1 record as Canada but drops to third place on goal differential. Japan is out of it at 0-2.

To have any chance at winning the Cup, Canada must defeat Japan on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET in Frisco, Texas, then have Brazil upset the U.S. at 7 p.m. ET. In that scenario, the championship would come down to a tiebreaker, starting with goal differential. The Americans have a healthy lead at plus-3, with Canada even and Brazil minus-1.

Canada's title odds aren't great, but a win over Japan would at least give the team some much-needed positivity as it prepares for the