Team Canada is one win away from an Olympic medal in women’s soccer. Today at Coventry Stadium, the Canadians beat host Great Britain 2-0 in the quarterfinals.
Canada opened the scoring on a goal in the 12th minute by Jonelle Filigno of Mississauga, Ontario. Foligno received the ball from midfielder Sophie Schmidt of Winnipeg and had no problems kicking the ball to the back of the net.
Then 14 minutes later Christine Sinclair of Burnaby, British Columbia scored on a free kick to put the Canadians comfortably out in front.
From there, the Canadians played solid defensively. Great Britain did have a couple of decent scoring opportunities, but couldn’t capitalize.
Team Canada will now play Team United States in the semi-finals at Old Tafford, home of Manchester United of the English Premier League. The game will take place Monday at 12:45 p.m.
The Americans beat New Zealand 2-0 in another quarterfinal in Newcastle. According to CTV, the Canadians are 0-22-4 since their last win against Team USA in 2001.
Japan, who beat Canada 2-1 in the round robin, will play France in the other semi-final.
Michael Phelps has passed Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina as the most decorated Olympic medallist ever.
Yesterday Phelps guided the American 4x200m freestyle swim team to Olympic Gold. Joined by Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Ricky Berens, the Americans posted a time of 6:59. 70—a full 3.02 seconds faster than the Silver medal winning French team.
Phelps now has 15 Gold medals, two Silver medals and two Bronze medals in his distinguished swimming career.
In other Olympic news Tuesday, Team Canada has qualified for the quarterfinals in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament. Yesterday, Melissa Tancredi scored two emotional goals as Canada tied Sweden at 2.
After a bit of a summer break, we’re back with another episode of 15 Minutes of Fame – this week on the show we’re talking Shea Weber, Rick Nash & the NHL, along with our expectations for the London Olympics.
In the GABBYs: Oscar Pistorius, the McLaren Racing Team, Ernie Els, the Brazilian soccer team, Dillon Donnelly & Chad Ochocino. The Punchline this week is the Olympic organizers!
Team Canada’s Olympic roster is set and there are 15 representing the province of Alberta out of the 264 athletes representing our nation.
Does that total seem rather low to you? That is only 5.7% of the total athletes representing Canada are Albertan. Should we be sending more? Possibly, but for now let’s celebrate the Albertans who are going.
Out of the 15, seven are from Calgary.
Kayaker Mark de Jonge has probably the best chance to medal. He finished in sixth place at the 2011 World Championships in the men’s 200m. De Jong will be joined by gymnast Nathan Gafuik, badminton player Grace Gao, track athlete Akeem Haynes, cyclist Monique Sullivan, swimmer Jillian Tyler (women’s 100m breaststroke), and Michael Tayler in kayaking slalom.
Well, the good news from Monday night is that Team Canada is only one win away from going to the Olympic Games in men’s soccer following a 1-1 tie with Cuba in Nashville.
The bad news is that Team Canada was only two minutes away from playing an easier opponent in Honduras in the semi-finals, played with no second half energy in the lacklustre draw and will need to pull out a second miracle if they plan to book the ticket to London for the 2012 Olympic Games because they are probably forced to play the mighty Mexicans.
Canada simply could not hang on to a first half goal by Evan James, and fell to a win and two draws in the tournament, rather than two wins and a draw. Cuban Mikael Reyes scored on a header from a free kick to put a dagger in Canada’s Olympic hopes.
Another real shocker on Monday night in Nashville though, is that the small country of El Salvador tied the United States of America 3-3. eliminating the Americans.
The semi-finals will take place Saturday in Kansas City.
In a colossal upset Saturday night in Nashville, Team Canada stunned the United States 2-0 in the 2012 Olympic Games qualifier for men’s soccer.
The Canadians that were able to find the back of the net were Toronto FC defender Doneil Henry of Brampton, Ontario and Lucas Cavallini of Mississauga, Ontario who plays for Club Nacional in Uruguay. Calgary raised Michal Misiewicz continues to be brilliant in the Canadian net. He has now played two full games of shutout soccer.
With the win, Canada improves to 1-0-1 and sits in second place in Group A Standings heading into their monumental game against Cuba on Monday night in the Music City. A victory will probably declare Canada will finish first in Pool A.
There’s a storm brewing in Scottish soccer, and it doesn’t look good for one of the country’s oldest clubs.
In a move that sent shockwaves through the soccer world, Glasgow Rangers went into administration on Tuesday, but that may not be the worst of it. The seemingly shady dealings of one half of Glasgow’s “Old Firm” date back to at least 2001 and could even spell the end of the club itself.
At the moment, the damage is minimal – a ten point deduction in the standings, leaving them miles back of league-leaders Celtic in the Scottish Premier League – but liquidation is potentially next on the list, which would mean selling off the team’s assets and starting over as a new business.
So, you might be asking yourself, what happened to get us to this point?
Well, it all seems to revolve around the fine balance between tax avoidance and tax evasion. As the BBC points out, many big companies do their best to pay as little tax as possible, but there is a “fine line between avoidance and evasion.” (more…)
It’s officially been one year since we kicked off this project, and our 52nd episode might just be the most jam-packed of them all! This week on the show we’re looking at the Extremes of the Edmonton Eskimos, the latest tragedy to rock the hockey community, claims that there is a drug problem in the NHL and some interesting comments from Alex Ovechkin on his health and the team’s attitude.
Also, for the first time, we’ve got an in-studio guest talking a little Mixed Martial Arts. In the GABBYs: Dustin McGowan, Justin Verlander, FC Edmonton, Peyton Manning, soccer hooligans, Manny Pacquiao & more!
There’s more footy drama in Spain, after another heated meeting of the country’s top two teams!
Leo Messi scored twice for Barcelona on Wednesday in a 3-2 win over Real Madrid as his side claimed its third consecutive Spanish Supercup – but, of course, that’s not what people are talking about today!
Barca newcomer Cesc Fabregas fell victim to an ugly challenge from Madrid defender Marcelo during the 94th minute, which resulted in a second yellow for the Brazilian and kicked off a “brawl” or a “huge melee” (depending on who you ask) between the two clubs!
Now, before you get too excited, keep in mind that the phrase “bench clearing brawl” means something a little bit different when we’re talking about anything but hockey – in this case when the benches cleared, there was a lot of pushing and shoving and holding each other back, as players shouted insults back and fourth. Let’s take a look, shall we? (more…)
We saw the best and the worst of things on Wednesday night in Vancouver as the Stanley Cup Final came to an end – on one hand, a phenomenal series threw us another curve ball with the Boston Bruins finally beating the Canucks at Rogers Arena…but then, of course, all hell broke loose afterwards.
Seeing the pictures and video of the destruction in downtown Vancouver after that loss sends chills down my spine – it’s scary to watch a city turn into a madhouse like that, where regular people are flipping (and torching) cars or smashing windows and robbing stores. Let’s get a couple of things straight though – first of all, it was probably going to happen whether or not the Canucks won that game. Secondly, this isn’t just a Vancouver thing – it can (and does) happen in any big city! (After the Jump: More on the riots, Strangest goal of the NHL playoffs, Name That Team and Eric Hassli’s MLS wonder goal!) (more…)
Gilbert Arenas is the latest professional athlete to be reprimanded for something he posted on his personal Twitter account.
The NBA fined the Orlando Magic point guard for a tweet this past week, though they weren’t specific about what it was that the controversial baller said or how much the fine was for. The Orlando Sentinel has a screen shot of Arenas’ page that shows one comment where he jokes about “direct sexting,” but the paper says the player has posted a “handful of politically incorrect and profane” tweets.
In response to the fine, Arenas was back on Twitter, saying if there’s a lockout the NBA might just forget about it and that “it all evens itself out” because he’s stealing cable from his neighbor! (After the Jump: Funny Arenas tweets, Charles Barkley hates the Heat/winning golf touranaments, plus the worst soccer misses of 2010-11!) (more…)
We all expected a show, and boy did we get one this week – the latest clash between Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid was so good, the fireworks are still flying days later!
If you missed it: the first leg of their Champions League semifinal featured sideline scuffles, fouls (and dives) and a straight red card, which was followed by a pair of magnificent goals to give Barca a 2-0 road win. Leo Messi was the star of the game, but it was Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho stealing the show afterwards!
“The Special One” was all wound up about the Pepe red card in the 61st minute of what was then a 0-0 game. The Brazilian defender lunged for the ball with his studs up and appeared to clip Barca’s Dani Alves, who had to be taken off on a stretcher, but we’ll get to the foul itself in a moment…(After the break: VIDEO of the Pepe foul/dive, plus a Danish coach hits a reporter & more!) (more…)
Edmonton’s newest pro sports team takes centre stage on Wednesday night in a high-stakes home debut in the city’s biggest barn!
It’ll be a “baptism by fire” of sorts for FC Edmonton in their first taste of Nutrilite Canadian Championship action with MLS-side Toronto FC swinging through town. After a summer of strictly exhibition matches, FC Edmonton kicked off the inaugural North American Soccer League season this month with wins in Fort Lauderdale and Atlanta, before coming up short in Cary, North Carolina.
To quote rocker Meat Loaf though, “two out of three ain’t bad,” especially when we’re talking about three road games to start the season! (more…)
There’s a storm brewing in Scottish soccer, and it doesn’t look good for one of the country’s oldest clubs.
There’s more footy drama in Spain, after another heated meeting of the country’s top two teams!
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