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Weekend Sports Preview–July 9-10–Women’s World Cup, Toronto Honda Indy, CFL, MLB, U.S. Women’s Open

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Danica Patrick (Bing Images)

Some of the best race car drivers in the world come to Toronto this weekend for the Honda Indy.

American Danica Patrick headlines a solid field that also includes current IndyCar Series point leader Dario Franchitti of Scotland, Indianapolis 500 runner-up Ryan Hunter-Reay of the United States, defending champion Will Power of Australia, and Canadians James Hinchcliffe, Alex Tagliani and Paul Tracy.

Remarkably however Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon of England won’t be in Toronto competing, but might be as a commentator. It completely leaves me shaking my head that the winner of IndyCar’s biggest annual race hasn’t been able to find a team to ride for since May 29.

The Toronto Honda Indy will go Sunday at 12pm on TSN.

Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:

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Tags: abby wambach, alex tagliani, amy anderson, atlanta braves, brandon whitaker, celia okoyino da mbabi, cliff lee, cristiane, dan wheldon, danica patrick, darian durant, dario franchitti, Edmonton Eskimos, fara williams, gaetane thiney, hamilton tiger-cats, homare sawa, inka grings, jair jurrjens, jamal richardson, james hinchcliffe, kerstin garefrekes, kevin chappell, kyah simon, lauren cheney, lisa dahlkvist, lizette salas, marie-laure delie, marta, montreal alouettes, paul tracy, philadelphia phillies, robert garrigus, rosana, ryan hunter-reay, ryann o'toole, Saskatchewan Roughriders, stacy lewis, tommy hanson, toronto honda indy, will power, women's world cup, yani tseng
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Canada loses 2-1 to Germany in Women’s World Cup opener

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Kerstin Garefrekes (Heinrich Boll-Stiftung, Wikimedia Commons)

Team Canada may not have got off to the start they hoped today at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the end result wasn’t all that bad.

The Canadians had some very positive signs with the tournament moving forward in a 2-1 loss to host Germany.

Team Canada actually won ball possession, controlling the ball 51% of the time.

Team Canada was also significantly more disciplined in this very physical affair. The Germans had 13 fouls to Canada’s seven, had no yellow cards compared to two for Germany and were only offside once compared to thrice for the Germans.

That said, the Germans had the majority of the best scoring chances. They dominated the shot count , 21-6 and 9-1 in shots on goal.

Canada’s Christine Sinclair scored Canada’s only goal in the 82nd minute. It was a perfect shot in the upper corner of the net on a free kick.

The Germans got their goals from Kerstin Garefrekes and Ceila Okoyino Da Mbabi. Don’t be surprised if you see Karina LeBlanc get the majority of starts in goal for Canada going forward. I felt Erin McLeod played ok, but not strong enough to get the start against France on Thursday.

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Tags: ceila okoyino da mbabi, christine sinclair, gold cup, kerstin garefrekes, landon donovan, women's world cup
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