Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 182 but Canada loses 2-1 to Dutch at World Cup
REIMS, France — Canada got a wake-up call at the Women’s World Cup on Thursday, paying for a slow start and some defensive lapses with a 2-1 loss to the European champion Netherlands in their final preliminary-round game.
Both teams had already booked their ticket to the knockout round of 16. But it was the eighth-ranked Dutch celebrating after the match before a largely orange-clad crowd of 19,277 at Stade Auguste-Delaune while the fifth-ranked Canadians wondered why it took them so long to get their game going.
“I didn’t think we were good enough,” said forward Janine Beckie, never one to sugar-coat a pill. “I think the goals they got we gave them.”
“We’ll be pissed off about it tonight and we’ll reset (Friday) and get ready for whoever’s next,” she added.