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    "title": "Game against Republic of Ireland a test of Canada WNT\u2019s character",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 13:44:04",
    "published_at": "2014-03-11 16:39:00",
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    "subtitle": "In most tournaments, six points in three group stage games would get a team into the knockout rounds.",
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    "body": "<p>But with the unique structure of the 2014 Cyprus Cup, Canada&rsquo;s Women&rsquo;s National Team will play the Republic of Ireland for fifth place on Wednesday afternoon at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, CYP.</p><p>Canada finished second in group A with six points and since Scotland finished with seven points in group B, they&rsquo;ll play for third, which means Canada plays the second place in group C&mdash;a group of teams not playing for the Cyprus Cup title and are more of a development group.</p><p>Moving past the potential confusion of the logistics, Canada will be against an Irish team that has made big steps forward recently and haven&rsquo;t been beaten in three games in the tournament.</p><p>&ldquo;The Irish have beaten the Swiss, drawn with New Zealand and drawn with Korea (Republic) so they&rsquo;re certainly no slouches and from the footage we&rsquo;ve seen they&rsquo;re going to cause us some problems,&rdquo; said Head Coach John Herdman. &ldquo;I think people felt a bit sick last night and this morning, they&rsquo;re just gutted we couldn&rsquo;t do it against England but we&rsquo;ve learned a little bit from that.&rdquo;</p><p>Ireland will likely feature a young team but one that&rsquo;s coming in on form having gone unbeaten in seven games and have lost just once in their last 11.</p><p>They&rsquo;ve achieved seven out of a possible nine points in Group 1 of qualifying for the FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup Canada 2015&trade;. Any team riding a wave of confidence certainly cannot be overlooked.</p><p>&ldquo;We have to do Canada justice and beat the Irish as everyone expects,&rdquo; said Herdman. &ldquo;This is a game that we may face in a World Cup when in one of our group games or in a knockout game you&rsquo;re playing a team that&rsquo;s seen as an underdog so we&rsquo;ve just got to learn to be ruthless in that game.&rdquo;</p><p>)</p><p>Fans can follow the team throughout the tournament on Twitter <a href=\"http://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@CanadaSoccerEN</a> for live match updates, and visit <a href=\"http://canadasoccer.com\">migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io</a> and <a href=\"http://youtube.com/CanadaSoccerTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CanadaSoccerTV</a> for post-match reports and highlights.</p>",
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