Likeable matchups for Canada in Group E

ESPN's Julie Foudy feels Canada will clearly emerge from Group E, but questions if they can get over the hurdle in the latter stages.
ESPN's Julie Foudy feels Canada will clearly emerge from Group E, but questions if they can get over the hurdle in the latter stages.
Who needs defenders anyway? Canada's women's team certainly don't after thrashing Trinidad and Tobago 6-0 in an Olympic qualifier on Sunday.
And they did it all with just two players on the back line, using a rarely 2-4-4 formation.
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Centre-backs Shelina Zadorsky and Kadeisha Buchanan had little to do, even without any full-backs next to them.
We understand Canadians are...
Canada conceded only one goal in their first four matches this World Cup but let in two in the first 15 minutes of Saturday's 2-1 quarterfinal loss against England.
Read three observations from the match on espnW.