Canadian footballers will host Mexico twice before defending their title at the Paris Olympics
Canada's women's soccer team will play two matches against CONCACAF rival Mexico at home in June before focusing on the Paris Olympics, where they will attempt to successfully defend their gold medal.
Billed as the “Farewell Series of the Summer,” Canada Soccer announced Tuesday that the two matches will be played on June 1 in Montreal and June 4 in Toronto.
“The enormous love and support for this team has been felt from coast to coast and this window will be a great opportunity to send this team off in style to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,” said the Canadian coach Bev Priestman in a press release.
“Mexico has recently shown that they are a difficult team to play against, and that is exactly what we need before we finalize our Olympic team.”
At the Paris Olympics, Canada will face France, Colombia and New Zealand in the group stage of the 12-team women's tournament which begins July 25.
At the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, Canada won its first gold medal in women's football by beating Sweden 3-2 on penalties after a final finished 1-1 after regulation time and overtime.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed. Reuters)
first publication: April 24, 2024, 02:00 IST
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