Canada's Ashley Lawrence, No. 22, celebrates her goal with team mates during the World Cup Group A match against the Netherlands at Olympic Stadium on June 15 in Montreal.

Canada's Ashley Lawrence, No. 22, celebrates her goal with team mates during the World Cup Group A match against the Netherlands at Olympic Stadium on June 15 in Montreal.
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FIFA Women’s World Cup Update

the FIFA’s Women’s World Cup, currently under way in Canada, is opening people’s eyes to the talent and skill that has developed in the women’s game.

Andie Bennett, of CBC Sports, says “the the level of play, I mean it’s increased astronomically”.  And of our own Canadian team, well let’s just say it’s a big improvement on their last World Cup outing. Finishing first in their group, they’ve moved on to the next round but scoring remains an issue.

“the the level of play, I mean it’s increased astronomically”

Andie Bennett quotes the Canadian team’s coach, John Herdman, saying ‘great players become great in great moments’ and both Canada’s star player, striker Chrisitne Sinclair, and the rest of the team, will rise to the challenge, according to Bennett.

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Expanded this year, from 16 to 24 teams, new competitors such as Cameroon are surprising everyone and getting international experience.

The venues across the country have seen varying crowds.  Edmonton and Winnipeg have had great turn-outs, but a cavern like Montreal’s Olympic Stadium doesn’t appear anywhere near full with crowds of 14 and 15 thousand.  Last night, however, with Colombia facing England, the Columbian fans managed to make themselves felt and heard even as the team went down 2 -1.

For the moment it appears the larger FIFA fiasco around corruption has receded from the headlines allowing the women to bask in the spotlight, but the issue of playing surfaces is one that must be addressed in the upcoming clean-sweep of the FIFA organization.

Andie Bennett, who worked for a turf company, says “It bothers me that it’s a surface that’s not good enough for the men’s game but arguably good enough for the women’s game.”  She says, I think FIFA should have standards and those standards should be across the board.”

Now the Canadian team faces Switzerland, and the play is going to get really interesting.  Andie Bennett says it will be fun to watch underdog Cameroon facing China in Edmonton, as well as Germany playing Sweden.  She says there are so many interesting storylines in this Cup that there’s something for everyone.

 

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