{ "title": "China Defeats Canada 2-1", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:54:30", "published_at": "2004-01-30 10:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/china-defeats-canada-2-1", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/vUFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canadian Women\u2019s World Cup Team lost a close match to China PR at the Four Nation Women\u2019s Tournament on Friday, January 30, 2004. This was Canada\u2019s first match of a single round robin format in which two players earned their first international cap with the senior team. Veronique M\u2026", "slug": "china-defeats-canada-2-1", "body": "

Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canadian Women’s World Cup Team lost a close match to China PR at the Four Nation Women’s Tournament on Friday, January 30, 2004. This was Canada’s first match of a single round robin format in which two players earned their first international cap with the senior team.
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\u200bVeronique Maranda of Montreal, scored Canada’s lone goal in the 87th minute to bring Canada back from a 2-0 deficit. The 17 year-old earned her first international goal during her sixth cap with the senior squad.
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\u200bAysha Jamani and Marie-Eve Nault both earned their first cap with the senior women’s team after substituting in for Diana Matheson in the 46th minute and Isabelle Morneau in the 71st minute respectfully. Jamani recently finished a successful three game tour of T&T with the Women’s Under-19 Team, scoring four goals for Canada. Nault, a Trois-Rivieres, Quebec native, attended the senior camp in December 2003 but has never played a game until today.
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\u200bTeng Wei, of China PR, took advantage of the early minutes in both halves by scoring both goals in the 12th minute and the 52nd minute.
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\u200b\u0093Other than the first 15 minutes of each half, there are reasons to be pleased with the team’s performance,\u0094 said head coach Even Pellerud. \u0093Despite an overall good game, it was obvious that the winter break affected many of the players. The fitness was good but lack of intensity in the midfield was a minus. I will have to address the lack of aggressiveness leading up to the next game. Veronique scored our goal and had an outstanding second half. Marie-Eve Nault and Aysha Jamani played their first international senior game. Both these players proved to become players for the future.\u0094
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\u200bCanada’s next game is on Sunday, February 1 against Sweden who is ranked fifth in the world and earned the silver medal at the 2003 Women’s World Cup in USA. Canada will then finish the tournament with a game against USA on Wednesday, February 3.
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\u200bResults
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\u200b01/30/04tUSA vs Sweden (3:0)
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\u200bttChina PR vs Canada (2:1)
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\u200bGames
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\u200b02/01/04tCanada vs. Sweden
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\u200bttChina PR vs USA
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\u200b02/03/04tUSA vs Canada
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\u200bttChina vs Sweden
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\u200bJanuary 30, 2004 \u0096 Four Nation Women’s Tournament – China
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\u200bShenzhen Stadium
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\u200bShenzhen, China
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\u200bCanada 1 (0)
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\u200bChina PR 2 (1)
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\u200bGoals: Canada \u0096 Veronique Maranda (87); China PR \u0096 Teng Wei (12, 52)
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\u200bCanada: 1-Erin McLeod; 11-Randee Hermus; 5-Andrea Neil (3-Carmelina Moscato, 67); 10-Charmaine Hooper; 15-Veronique Maranda; 13-Diana Matheson (14-Aysha Jamani, 46); 7\u0096Isabelle Morneau (2-Marie-Eve Nault, 71); 6-Sharolta Nonen; 12-Christine Sinclair; 9-Rhian Wilkinson (17-Tanya Dennis, 84);16-Brittany Timko; Head coach: Even Pellerud.

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