FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™06 June - 05 July

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Commonwealth StadiumEdmonton (CAN)
06 Jun 2015 - 16:00 Local time
First stage - Group A
Canada
CanadaCAN
China PR
China PRCHN
Full-time
FT
1-0

Overview

Match summary

Canada's Christine Sinclair controls the ball

Sinclair brings home Canada late show

Inspirational Canada captain Christine Sinclair scored an injury-time penalty to lift the host nation to a tense 1-0 win over China PR as the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ kicked off in front of a record crowd.

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Match Highlights

Quotes

"It was a good start to the tournament for Canada. We had double the amount of possession they did and outshot them by double. The girls have now had that experience of coming out and playing in front of 50,000 people, and that is not easy," John Herdman, Canada coach.

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Latest News

MatchCast

17:5406 Jun 2015
The final whistle sounds.
17:5306 Jun 2015
90'+MA J (China PR) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on SESSELMANN (Canada).
17:5206 Jun 2015
90'+ SINCLAIR (Canada) successfully converts the penalty!
17:5106 Jun 2015
90'+LEON (Canada) is fouled inside the box by ZHAO R (China PR).
17:4706 Jun 2015
87' MA J (in) comes off the bench to replace GU YS (out) (China PR)
17:4306 Jun 2015
83'SCHMIDT (Canada) sees an effort go off target.
17:4206 Jun 2015
83'ZHANG R (China PR) commits a foul.
17:4206 Jun 2015
82'WANG F (China PR) pulls off a save.
17:4206 Jun 2015
82'SINCLAIR (Canada) sees her effort hit the target.
17:4206 Jun 2015
82'SINCLAIR (Canada) sees one of her shots blocked.

LYG - Player of the Match

SCHMIDT
CanadaCAN
Midfielder

Statistics

Ball possession
62
%
38

Attempts

14Attempts5
4On-Target1
6Off-Target4
4Blocked0

Disciplinary

8Fouls Committed15
1Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0

Attacking

0Corners2
3Offsides1
16Free kicks11
1Saves3

Line-ups

Canada
CanadaCAN
China PR
China PRCHN
1
MCLEOD
(GK)
12
WANG F
(GK)
3
BUCHANAN
2
LIU SH SH
9
BELANGER
5
WU H Y
(C)
10
SESSELMANN
6
LI D N
11
SCOTT
71'
9
WANG SH SH
12
SINCLAIR
(C)
10
LI Y
62'
13
SCHMIDT
14
ZHAO R
14
TANCREDI
77'
17
GU YS
87'
15
CHAPMAN
19
TAN R Y
16
FILIGNO
61'
21
WANG L S
42'
22
LAWRENCE
23
REN G X
SubstitutesSubstitutes
21
LABBE
(GK)
1
ZHANG Y
(GK)
23
LEBLANC
(GK)
22
ZHAO L N
(GK)
2
ZURRER
3
PANG F Y
4
MOSCATO
4
LI J Y
5
GAYLE
7
XU Y L
6
KYLE
61'
8
MA J
87'
7
WILKINSON
11
WANG SH
8
MATHESON
13
TANG J L
17
FLEMING
71'
15
LEI J H
18
IACCHELLI
16
LOU J H
19
LEON
77'
18
HAN P
42'
20
NAULT
20
ZHANG R
62'
CoachCoach
John HERDMAN (ENG)HAO Wei (CHN)

Match Facts

Edmonton

Edmonton
While more than a million people now call Greater Edmonton home, it has lost none of the small-town friendliness and western hospitality for which it has always been famous.

Commonwealth Stadium

SSI Err

Weather

  • Partly Cloudy
  • 26° CTemperature
  • 16 m/sWind
  • 30 %Humidity

Officials

  • Referee: Kateryna MONZUL
    Ukraine
    UkraineUKR
  • Assistant Referee 1: Natalia RACHYNSKA (UKR)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Sanja RODAK (CRO)
  • Fourth official: Stephanie FRAPPART (FRA)

Groups

Group A
TeamsTeamsTeamsMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
CAN
31202115
China PR
China PR
China PR
China PR
China PR
CHN
31113304
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
NED
31112204
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
NZL
302123-12

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