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Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics)

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scoring chances during the rest of regulation play. In the 85th minute, Morgan ran into the Canadian box and fired a shot. Wambach stretched out to make contact with it, but her effort went wide. After a shot by Morgan that McLeod saved, Canada had a spell of possession, which culminated in an 89th minute shot by an onrushing Schmidt from the right. The shot, from a tight angle, forced Solo into a save. Added time ended with a header by Leroux off a corner kick that went over the goal, sending the game into extra time.
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The teams continued generating opportunities in the first period of extra time. Rapinoe had a shot go narrowly over the crossbar in the 92nd minute, while a Schmidt free kick in the 96th minute resulted in an overhead kick attempt by Tancredi, which was weakly struck and stopped by Solo. The U.S. had
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found Rapinoe on the right. Her attempt from outside the 18-yard box struck the far post and went into the net for her second goal, making the score 2–2. Shortly afterwards, Canada earned another corner in the 73rd minute, which was taken by Tancredi. Once again, the corner kick reached Sinclair, who
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for the match's first goal. Following the goal, Canada's midfielders began having more success beginning attacks, with less pressing from U.S. defenders than in the early stages of the game. The last couple of scoring chances of the first half fell to the U.S. In the 38th minute, Morgan went on a run
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on 6 August in front of 26,630 spectators. In the opening minutes of the game, the U.S. applied pressure on the Canadian defense but managed little in the way of shot attempts. Writer Cathal Kelly described the early play as "a grind", as Canada sought to employ physical defending against the U.S. In
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called a foul on McLeod for holding the ball in her hands for longer than six seconds without releasing it. The call, which is highly uncommon in soccer, resulted in an indirect free kick being awarded to the U.S. inside Canada's 18-yard box. McLeod had not officially received a warning in the game,
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The U.S. had a chance to equalize early in the second half, as a 51st-minute cross from Morgan found Wambach, whose volley attempt went over the goal. Shortly afterward, the U.S. won a corner kick, which was taken by Rapinoe. She made the ball curl so hard that it bounced into the net along the near
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was critical of Pedersen after the game, saying, "It was taken from us. The referee will have to live with it. We'll move on from this but I wonder if she will be able to." Sinclair remarked in post-match comments that she believed that Pedersen had "decided the result before it started." Following
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Pedersen's foul call against McLeod proved controversial in the aftermath of the game. Murray remarked that "nobody in any form of professional football has been pulled up for since the days crossbars were made out of tape". According to Kelly, Canada had been unable to recover after the call and
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s Graham Parker called "high octane intense soccer." Wambach nearly had a potential game-winning goal in the 119th minute, when Morgan delivered a cross for her to hit a looping header while leaning back, but the attempt went off the crossbar. Going into added time, it appeared that the game was
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opposed Canada in the final game of the teams' group stage play, and scored twice early in the game to take the lead. Tancredi cut Canada's deficit in half near the end of the first half, and added a second in the second half as Canada secured a 2–2 draw. The team finished third in the group and
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Sinclair's suspension came after the Olympics, leaving her available for the bronze medal game. In that match, in which France opposed Canada, the Canadians won 1–0 thanks to a Matheson goal. It was the first time since 1936 that Canada earned a Summer Olympic medal in a traditional team sport.
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tapped the ball to Rapinoe, who attempted a shot. The ball deflected off Matheson and was judged to have been handled by Nault, giving the U.S. a penalty kick. Wambach's spot kick beat McLeod and went into the corner of the net, tying the score at 3–3 in the 80th minute. Both teams had quality
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post to level the score at 1–1. Rapinoe's corner kick goal – known as an "Olympico" or "Olympic goal" – was the first in the history of Olympic soccer. Following the 54th-minute goal, the U.S. continued to put pressure on the Canada defense. In the 60th minute, Canada's
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for the first goal of the match. Later in the first half, Sinclair scored on a free kick to give Canada a 2–0 advantage, which they held until halftime. Scoring chances were limited in number for the rest of the game, and Canada won to earn a semifinal berth.
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but the topic of speeding up her taking of kicks had been brought up to her by an assistant referee during halftime. Wambach had started loudly counting the seconds McLeod was holding the ball in an effort to draw the referee's attention. On the free kick,
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for "unsporting behaviour"; the suspension was due to comments directly made to an official after the game. Pedersen did not referee a major international match again following the 2012 Olympic semifinals.
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delivered a cross into the Canadian box, which Morgan headed past McLeod into the top right corner of the goal. The strike gave the U.S. a 4–3 lead, which they held until the end of the contest.
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a couple of other shot attempts and controlled most of the play until halfway through extra time, but no goals were scored. In the second period of extra time, the teams maintained what
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was shown a yellow card for a foul she committed to halt a U.S. attack. Having ceded control of the game for much of the second half, Canada earned a corner kick in the 67th minute.
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The matchup between the U.S. and Canada was the 52nd in the history of the series. The U.S. held a 43–3–5 advantage, and they had not lost to Canada since 2001. At the previous
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on 31 July. A 25-minute goal by Wambach was enough to give the U.S. a 1–0 victory and first place in the group. In the quarterfinal stage, the Americans were opposed by
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finished a counterattack by hitting a right-footed shot into the corner of the net, a goal that clinched a 2–0 U.S. win and a spot in the semifinals against Canada.
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advanced to the quarterfinals, having finished with the best record of any team outside the top two in their group. In that round, they faced the host nation,
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that had been won by Japan. Behind a pair of goals by Lloyd, the U.S. prevailed 2–1 to win a third consecutive Olympic gold medal. U.S. head coach
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Sinclair's performance in the semifinal was called the best of her career by Kelly. In the months after the Olympics, she was awarded the
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converted it in the 80th minute to tie the score at 3–3, and the game went into extra time. On the verge of a potential penalty shootout,
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resigned in the months following the Americans' win, to accept the same position with the national team of her native Sweden.
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doubled Japan's lead with a headed goal in the 44th minute, and came close to another goal in the 51st minute, when Canada's
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was forced into a goal-line clearance. After a slow start to the game, Canada pulled a goal back in the 56th minute as
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to give the U.S. the first goal of the game. The score remained the same until the 87th minute, when U.S. substitute
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Scott Murray called the U.S.–Canada semifinal "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since the
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headed in the winning goal for the U.S. during the third minute of added time after the 30 additional minutes.
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on the right side of the field and crossed to Wambach, whose header went narrowly wide. Just before halftime,
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Canada opened the group stage of the tournament on 25 July against Japan, who was coming off victory in the
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was off her line, but it also went wide of the goal. Canada held a 1–0 lead going into the halftime break.
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The U.S. entered the Olympic tournament as one of the favorites. They opened the group stage on 25 July at
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opened the scoring for Canada, who remained up 1–0 into halftime. Nine minutes into the second half,
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scored, but the match ended 2–1 in favor of Japan. Canada's next game was three days later against
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Megan Rapinoe scored once in the group stage and twice in the second half against Canada.
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The game was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football since
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for holding the ball longer than six seconds led to a free kick which resulted in a
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beat two defenders and fired a header to the far post that completed a hat-trick.
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The U.S. later faced Japan in the gold medal match. It was a rematch of the
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and spin to create space in the box, where her shot beat U.S. goalkeeper
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heading to a penalty shootout, but in the 123rd minute, U.S. substitute
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attempted a long-range chip shot, having noticed that Canada goalkeeper
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Nine years after the 2012 game, Canada and the U.S. again played in an
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In the 76th minute, the U.S. made a substitution when Leroux replaced
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Old Trafford played host to the last U.S. group stage game, against
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of the U.S., the Americans won in extra time following a goal by
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the 22nd minute, a Canada move saw Sinclair receive a pass from
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subsequent awarding of the penalty kick. Canada head coach
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the semifinal round, she received a four-match ban from
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Manchester
Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Canada
United States
Canada
United States
extra time
Old Trafford
Manchester
Referee
Christina Pedersen
Norway
2008
2016
2012 Olympic women's soccer
Canada
United States
Old Trafford
Manchester
Japan
Christine Sinclair
Megan Rapinoe
scoring directly from a corner kick
Erin McLeod
penalty kick
Abby Wambach
Alex Morgan
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