adminEngland ended hosts’ Canada’s dream at the Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 win on Saturday to advance to the semi-finals for the first time where they play defending champions Japan who beat Australia 1-0.
An early goal blitz from Jodie Taylor and Lucy Bronze dampened the cheers of the 54 027 crowd in BC Place Stadium and kept England on track after losing their opening game of the tournament against France.
“The dream’s over, it’s not how we imagined it to end,” said Canada coach John Herdman.
“We hadn’t written the script to be 2-0 down that early. Gutted, gutted for all of Canada.
“They (England) were hard to break down. They went for it, good on them, they got their tactics right and won the match.”
‘The Three Lionesses’ next meet Japan who dominated against Australia but needed an 87th minute goal from substitute Mana Iwabuchi to advance in their quarter-final game in Edmonton.
Former two-time winners Germany and the United States play the second semi-final in Ottawa tomorrow, with England meeting Japan on Wednesday in Edmonton. — AP
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