{
    "title": "Canada To Play Mexico For Trip To Athens",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:53:45",
    "published_at": "2004-03-01 10:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-to-play-mexico-for-trip-to-athens",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/ZTFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Goals by Christine Latham and Aysha Jamani led Canada to a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica on Monday in women\u2019s Olympic soccer qualifying, late Monday in Costa Rica. Canada will now face Mexico in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament semi-final on Wednesday while Costa Rica will face the United St\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-to-play-mexico-for-trip-to-athens",
    "body": "<p>Goals by Christine Latham and Aysha Jamani led Canada to a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica on Monday in women&rsquo;s Olympic soccer qualifying, late Monday in Costa Rica.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada will now face Mexico in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament semi-final on Wednesday while Costa Rica will face the United States, winner of the other group. The winners of those games will go to Athens.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada, which finished fourth at the 2003 World Cup, pressed hard at the start of the match at Costa Rica&rsquo;s National Stadium. Latham struck six minutes into the match. Jamani added a second goal at 20 minutes with a shot that went through the legs of defender Monica Salazar, confusing goalkeeper Alejandra Alvarez.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bShirley Cruz scored for Costa Rica in the 63rd minute.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bIn the evening&rsquo;s first game, Raiza Gutierrez scored two goals for Panama in a 3-0 victory over Jamaica.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bGutierrez broke a scoreless tie with a penalty kick at 60 minutes and added a second goal at 81 minutes. Maritzenia Bedoya scored four minutes later.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bfiles from AP<br>\u200b</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}