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Canada’s Olympic rollercoaster ends with quarterfinal defeat to Germany

PARIS — Germany will face the United States in the semi-finals of the Olympic women's football tournament, while Spain will take on Brazil after a frenetic day of quarter-final action marked by late goals and plenty of shootout drama on Saturday.

Defending champions Canada's rollercoaster ride at the Games ended with penalties heartbreak after a 0-0 draw with Germany in Marseille, with goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger saving twice and scoring the winner to send "Die Nationalelf" through.

Canada pull off the unthinkable and finish second in group despite 6-point deduction

Defending champions Canada reached the quarter-finals of the women's Olympic football tournament on Wednesday thanks to a 1-0 win over Colombia in Nice hours after they had an appeal against their six-point deduction dismissed.

Colombia also booked their spot in the knockouts on Wednesday, along with France, Germany, Japan and Brazil, but Australia missed out.

Wednesday's results set up some tantalizing last-eight ties with Canada taking on Germany, the U.S. playing Japan, Spain facing Colombia and France playing Brazil, with the quarter-finals being held on Saturday.

USMNT’s Tyler Adams reacts to Canada drone scandal: 'I know for a fact every team does it'

Tyler Adams was not surprised over Canada’s drone spying scandal, saying that every team partakes in some sort of spying on their opponents. Well, maybe not with drones.

Tyler Adams reaction to Canada drone scandal — "Every team does it."

U.S. men’s national team and AFC Bournemouth player Adams had an interesting reaction to Canada’s men’s and women’s national teams being found guilty of spying on opponents with the use of drones in multiple international tournaments in the past years.

Canada score late-winner against hosts France to keep Olympic dreams alive

PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) - Reigning champions Canada got a lifeline at the Paris Games following a 2-1 last-gasp win over hosts France, while Spain and the United States claimed wins to reach the quarter-finals on the second matchday of Olympic women's football on Sunday.

Canada score last-minute winner against hosts France to keep Olympics hopes alive

Canada deducted 6 POINTS for drone scandal, head coach receives 1-year ban

PARIS — Canada were deducted six points from the Olympic women's soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing body FIFA said on Saturday, following a drone spying scandal that has tainted their gold medal defense.

Priestman, who has coached the team since 2020, and Canadian officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander have been banned from any soccer-related activity for one year for "offensive behavior and violation of the principles of fair play", FIFA said.

Canada points deducted in Olympics

Watch: USWNT’s Midge Purce tells Canada to ‘call Bill Belichick’ amid drone spying scandal

United States women’s national team forward Midge Purce humorously weighed in on Canada Soccer’s drone scandal joking that they needed to “cheat better.”

Canada’s soccer programs are in hot water after the women’s team were discovered spying on New Zealand’s private practices at the Paris Olympics. It’s now been reported that both the men’s and women’s have a history of using drones to spy on opponents.

Canada have been spying with drones for years including at 2024 Copa América and 2020 Olympics

PARIS — New information from Soccer Canada showed suspended women's head coach Bev Priestman was likely aware of the drone use that has caused a scandal at the Paris Olympics, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker said on Friday.

The COC removed head coach Priestman on Thursday after her suspension by Canada Soccer. The decision followed complaints from New Zealand that Canada flew drones over two of their training sessions before the two sides met in their opening Olympic fixture, which Canada won 2-1.

Canada defeat New Zealand in their Olympic opener after spying on NZ with drone earlier in the week

ST-ETIENNE — Defending champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their Paris Olympics opening game on Thursday overshadowed by a spying scandal that has engulfed the women's tournament.

Cloe Lacasse and Evelyne Viens scored on a night that might have been a routine group win for Canada before it was thrust into the global spotlight due to a scandal that saw manager Bev Priestman sit out Thursday's game and two staff members sent home amid allegations of drone use at two New Zealand practices.

Alyssa Naeher’s penalty shootout vs. Canada will go down as one of the most legendary in USWNT history

Alyssa Naeher had a penalty shootout performance against Canada in the Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal that etched new lore in United States women’s national team history.

It’s important to add some context to what must have been going through Naeher’s mind before the shootout began.

She had just conceded and failed to save the penalty kick in the final seconds to send the game to a shootout.

"Terrifying to watch" — Weather and pitch conditions for USWNT-Canada cause wave of reactions on social media

The USWNT and Canada faced off in the Women’s Gold Cup semifinals this Wednesday, promising an entertaining match of soccer between two of the best women’s national teams in the world… ruined by the state of the weather, pitch and for many fans, by Concacaf’s poor lack of judgement.

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