{ "title": "Canada reaches Cyprus Cup final", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:21:19", "published_at": "2009-03-10 10:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-reaches-cyprus-cup-final", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/wIFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team will face England in the Cyprus Women\u2019s Cup Final after finishing first in Group B. Canada defeated Russia 2:0 on goals by Captain Christine Sinclair and Melissa Tancredi. Sinclair\u2019s goal, the 98th of her career moved her closer to the illustrious 100 career goals mark\u2026", "slug": "canada-reaches-cyprus-cup-final", "body": "

Canada’s women’s national team will face England in the Cyprus Women’s Cup Final after finishing first in Group B. Canada defeated Russia 2:0 on goals by Captain Christine Sinclair and Melissa Tancredi. Sinclair’s goal, the 98th of her career moved her closer to the illustrious 100 career goals mark. Canada played through a disjointed first half, which included a penalty shot miss by Russia to roar-back in the second half with fine a performance.
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\u200b\u0093It was a hard match,\u0094 said coach Carolina Morace. \u0093At the beginning I think the players were very emotional and maybe a little tired. In the second half the players were more relaxed and we scored two goals and the game became easy. We continued to not give up goals, which is important for us.\u0094
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\u200bSinclair’s goal was of excellent quality as Canada worked a training ground set-piece to perfection. Sinclair darted out of a pack of players to receive a perfect pass and drilled a first time effort into the Russian net. Tancredi’s goal was a trademark effort as she broke in on a breakaway, used her strength to hold off a Russian defender, and calmly rolled the ball into the back of the net.
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\u200bThe Winners Canadian women’s national team presented by Teck will now prepare to face England in the Cyprus Women’s Cup final on 12 March. England edged out France to win first place in Group A and advance to the final by virtue of a stronger goal differential (+9 for England and +3 for France).
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\u200bIn other Group B action New Zealand defeated Netherlands 2:0 to finish second in the group. In Group A England beat Scotland 3:0 and France beat South Africa 3:2.
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\u200bFinal Standings for the Cyprus Women’s Cup:
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\u200bGroup B
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\u200b1st \u0096 Canada \u0096 Seven points (+3)
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\u200b2nd – New Zealand \u0096 Four points (-1)
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\u200b3rd \u0096 Netherlands \u0096 Three points (-2)
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\u200b4th \u0096 Russia \u0096 Three points (-1)
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\u200bGroup A
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\u200b1st \u0096 England \u0096 Seven points (+9)
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\u200b2nd – France \u0096 Seven points (+3)
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\u200b3rd – South Africa \u0096 Three points (- 5)
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\u200b4th – Scotland \u0096 Zero points (- 7)
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\u200bFor more information on the Cyprus Women’s Cup, please visit www.cypruswomenscup.com.
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\u200bFor more information on Cyprus, please visit www.visitcyprus.com.
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