The Canadian women’s national soccer team had the perfect sendoff at BMO Field on Saturday, beating Mexico 3-0 in its final game on home soil before the Women’s World Cup. Christine Sinclair used two touches to put the ball between Mexican goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago and the post in the 53rd minute. Midfielder Jessie Fleming got things started for Canada in the 20th minute, converting a cutback from Sinclair for her eighth international marker. “We dominated them from minute zero … hopefully a performance we can carry with us moving forward.”ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWCanada’s sights are set on beating their best World Cup finish to date, fourth place in 2003. ‘We’ve got a lot of different structures within this team, so it’s from game to game,” Heiner-Moller said.

Source: thestar May 18, 2019 19:07 UTC