Canada shock USA 1-0 to reach women’s football final

Canada`s midfielder Jessie Fleming celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women`s semi-final football match between the United States and Canada at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Kashima on August 2, 2021. Pic/AFP

Jessie Fleming scored a second-half penalty as Canada stunned four-time Olympic women's football champions the United States 1-0 on Monday to reach the final for the first time.

Fleming's nerveless 74th-minute spot-kick earned Canada a first win over their neighbours since 2001 and set up a clash with Sweden or Australia for gold.
Defeat ended the Americans' 36-match unbeaten run against Canada.

"It sucks, obviously, you never want to lose," said US forward Megan Rapinoe. "You never want to lose to Canada, you never want to lose playing the way that we did.
There's 100 things we'd all want to do better. I think that's the most frustrating thing for all of us," she added.

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