By Kieran Petrik-Bruce 4/8/24 Above: Germany celebrate the penalty shootout win over Canada. Photo: DFB Germany are through after some penalty shoot out heroics from Ann-Katrin Berger. Saving two of the spot kicks before converting the winning penalty, Berger produced a fantastic game to knock Canada out of the tournament. For 120 minutes, it seemedContinue reading “Germany through to Olympic semi finals”
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Late Viens strike seals win for Canada over Matildas
Australia 1-2 Canada by Ben Gilby (13/7/24) Above: Sharn Freier (right, light blue shirt) celebrates her goal for Australia with Mary Fowler. Photo: Football Australia. A goal from Evelyn Viens with less than five minutes remaining ensured that Canada came from 1-0 down to defeat Australia in a ‘B’ international behind closed doors at theContinue reading “Late Viens strike seals win for Canada over Matildas”
Olympics Preview: Canada
by Emma Burke (13/7/24) Above: Defending the gold medal that they won in Tokyo – Canada. Photo: Canada Soccer. When Canada take to the field at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games it will mark their fifth consecutive appearance at the competition and will see them going out to defend the gold medal they won inContinue reading “Olympics Preview: Canada”
What we actually learned from Australia’s losses against Canada
By Kieran Yap 7/12/23 Above: Teagan Micah for Australia. Photo: Caroline Charruyer / Football Australia The Matildas final games of 2023 were not ones to remember from an Australian perspective, but contrary to the loudest voices, that does not mean that there were no lessons to be learned from the games. After we remove theContinue reading “What we actually learned from Australia’s losses against Canada”
Canada send Sinclair off with a win against The Matildas
Canada 1-0 Australia By Emma Burke 6/12/23 Above: Clare Hunt for Australia. Photo: Football Australia Australia have been defeated 1-0 by Canada in their final game of 2023, after a lacklustre performance against the most recent Olympic gold medallists. Head coach Tony Gustavsson made ten changes to the starting xi used in the first CanadaContinue reading “Canada send Sinclair off with a win against The Matildas”
Matildas suffer after they “go extreme”
Canada 5-0 Australia by Ben Gilby (2/12/23). Above: Three of Canada’s four goalscorers come together to celebrate – (from left to right) Adriana Leon, Nichelle Prince, and Cloe Lacasse. Photo: CANWNT. An Australia side, which could be described at best as “experimental” crashed to a 5-0 defeat to Canada on Vancouver Island in the firstContinue reading “Matildas suffer after they “go extreme””
Illustrious Legends: Five of the best
by Emmanuel Faith (15/7/23) Above: Canadian legend Christine Sinclair who will be going all out to add to her world record tally of goals at the World Cup at the age of 40. Photo: City News, Toronto. Recently, Impetus published our list of 23 players under the age of 23 that you should watch outContinue reading “Illustrious Legends: Five of the best”
Everything in the garden is far from rosy ahead of record-breaking World Cup
by Rebecca Hall (30/6/23) Above: The USA lift the World Cup in 2019. Despite this year’s tournament being bigger than ever and with more exposure, too many of the competing nations are having to fight for equality and fairness. Photo: PDA Football. With less than a month to go until the start of the Women’sContinue reading “Everything in the garden is far from rosy ahead of record-breaking World Cup”
World Cup Preview: Canada
by Johnathan Stack (21/6/23) Above: The defending Olympic champions, Canada will be aiming to put off-field problems behind them to reach their potential in Australia. Photo: Canada Soccer. Olympic champions Canada will be looking to put off-field problems behind them as the 2015 hosts look to go build on their performance in Tokyo to goContinue reading “World Cup Preview: Canada”
Canada Loss Underlines The Importance of Building Depth
Impetus’ Kieran Yap reflects on Australia’s defeat to Canada yesterday. With EXCLUSIVE photos by Kris Goman at Allianz Stadium (7/9/22). Above: The Matildas come together in the huddle before their impressive first half showing against Canada yesterday. Photo: Kris Goman for Impetus. “How it looked is how it felt for us” said Caitlin Foord afterContinue reading “Canada Loss Underlines The Importance of Building Depth”
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