The lock will eventually open in Canada with the Concacaf W Championship

One day, when Christine Sinclair finally decides to cut her boots in a magical career, the Canadian women's national football team needs to find someone to score consistently. there is.

It seems that the way Sinclair is still playing and scoring, the 39-year-old player will retire or should not retire immediately. This is good news for Canada as everyone else seems to have trouble putting the ball behind the net.

Canada's opening match between Trinidad and Tobago at the 2022 Concacaf W Championship at BBVA Stadium in Monterrey, Mexico proves to be nothing more than a shooting practice to defend the Olympic champion. it was done. Unfortunately, despite winning 6-0 with the help of three goals in the second half, Canada seems to need more practice.

Julia Grosso scored two goals after playing in the second half. Sinclair, Jessie Fleming, Janine Beckie and Jordyn Huitema scored other goals.

After all, given the quality of the two opponents, the score seemed appropriate, but Canada took too long to move forward, the first four. I wasted a lot of opportunities in three minutes. game.

All early mistakes were made by Canada in the 27th minute, relying on Sinclair's goal to separate the team.

Not being able to score was a constant story of Canada dating back to the Olympics. They have quality offensive players outside of Sinclair on their roster, but some find a way to freeze in front of the net and somehow miss a great opportunity.

Becky missed the sitter in the first half, Deanne Rose passed alone and couldn't lift the ball to goalkeeper Kimika Forbes. Behind the net, Canadians wore shoes properly in the first half.

Quality strikers like Becky, Rose and the aggressive midfielder Fleming shouldn't need three or four big chances to score a goal. .. Fleming missed the penalty in the 32nd minute and was too accurate from the spot against Forbes.

Fleming tried to select the upper corner, but eventually hit the crossbar. Probably poetic as it was a soft penalty given to Canada after Sinclair was slightly caught when Trinidad and Tobago defender Cecily Stoute placed the ball behind the most skilled international striker in game history. It was justice.

Referee Katya Garcia was summoned to watch the video assistant referee's play, and even if the ball wasn't near Sinclair when contacted, enough contact to justify the penalty. I decided that there was.

Fleming, who scored an important goal from a penalty spot against the United States to win Canada's gold medal in Tokyo, surprisingly missed a match against Trinidad and Tobago. ..

Sinclair scored 15 minutes into the match to overcome his injury and get off to a good start. She headed for the cross from Ashley Lawrence and completed her quality offensive move. This caused Canada to move the ball from one side of the field to the other.

Shortly thereafter, Canada was penalized, Fleming's mistakes launched a series of close calls, and Trinidad and Tobago continued to participate in contests that otherwise did little business. rice field.

In the 35th minute, Becky sent a cross that landed at her feet in Fleming, and she slammed it into the bar. Rose then had a chance and her shot was flipped over the bar by Forbes.

Just before the half-time whistle, Becky seemed to score a second with a cross from Sinclair, but the goal was cut off due to offside. In the replay, when Becky received the pass, she was clearly visible in front of Sinclair and the last defender. In the second half of

, her chances continued as Rose passed through and easily tapped in front of Becky alone, but instead she decided to shoot from a poor angle and her shot. Rubbed a lot.

With just over 30 minutes left in the game, Canadian head coach Beverly Priestman made a big change to look at, Fitema, Adriana Leon, Grosso, Bianca St. George, Allysha Chapman. We welcomed.

Grosso scored by staying in the field for 10 minutes. She took a layoff from Fitema, hit a shot of her left foot, crossed the surface of her net, past Forbes, and cut back into her lower corner.

Grosso added 1 second every 79 minutes when Becky stepped across the ball to the left of the penalty area. Grosso forged a shot with his left foot and cut back to his weak right foot, but was able to muscle the shot into a 3-0 in the near post past Forbes.

Fleming scored 4-0, Becky added a fifth and Fitema was 6-0. In the last 10 minutes, I played against the exhausted Trinidad and Tobago team.

Canada will continue its tournament with Panama on Friday and end its round-robin with Costa Rica on Monday. The top two teams in the group will advance to the semi-finals. The

Regional Championship Tournament doubles as a qualifier for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

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