{
    "title": "Canada Defeats Mexico 2-1",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:58:47",
    "published_at": "2003-06-16 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-defeats-mexico-2-1",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/mWFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canada\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup Team defeated Mexico 2-1 in front of 2,123 on Sunday in an international friendly in Mazatlan, Mexico while preparing for the 2003 Women\u2019s World Cup. Mexico opened the scoring in the seventh minute and kept the lead until the 54th minute when Christine Si\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-defeats-mexico-2-1",
    "body": "<p>Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canada&rsquo;s Women&rsquo;s World Cup Team defeated Mexico 2-1 in front of 2,123 on Sunday in an international friendly in Mazatlan, Mexico while preparing for the 2003 Women&rsquo;s World Cup.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bMexico opened the scoring in the seventh minute and kept the lead until the 54th minute when Christine Sinclair tied the game. Sinclair has now tied Silvana Burtini as Canada&rsquo;s second highest goal scorer with a total of 38 goals with the Women&rsquo;s World Cup team.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bOakville, Ontario native Diana Matheson scored the game winner and her first international goal in the 90th minute.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b\u0093We won the game more because of a strong desire than a great performance,\u0094 said head coach Even Pellerud. \u0093Disastrous playing conditions made great play impossible, but we compensated by a better fitness level and some great individual performances. Diana Matheson was one good example; she earned the match winner when she was pushed higher in the last part of the game.\u0094<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada&rsquo;s next series is against Brazil on Thursday, July 17 at Molson Stadium in Montreal and Sunday, July 20th at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bJune 15, 2003 \u0096 International Friendly<br>\u200b<br>\u200bMazatlan, Mexico<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada t2 (0)<br>\u200b<br>\u200bMexicot1 (1)<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCautions: Canada \u0096 Andrea Neil (21), Kristina Kiss (32), Clare Rustad (90)<br>\u200b<br>\u200bGoals: Christine Sinclair (54); Diana Matheson (90)<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada: Erin McLeod; Randee Hermus; Sasha Andrews; Candace Chapman; Clare Rustad; Melanie Booth; Kristina Kiss (Amber Allen, 58); Diana Matheson; Andrea Neil; Kara Lang; Christine Sinclair (Veronique Maranda, 66)<br>\u200b<br>\u200bHead Coach: Even Pellerud.</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}