Olympics Gold Medal Final: Canada vs. Sweden - Friday, August 6th - Tokyo, Japan - 8 am Eastern / 5 am Pacific

[Cblake]

[gator]

I am so proud of this team, the mental toughness they showed was incredible, even the eternal pessimist in me had not given up when it was not looking good in the pk’s! Well done ladies and absolutely deserved, I am so happy for them!

[Pottsy3]

3 minutes ago, JohnnyFranchise said:

How about a gold medal? 🤣

I definitely meant to say a statue LOL, my brain is all over the place right now

[JohnnyFranchise]

11 minutes ago, spinrack said:

They win gold without scoring a goal from open play during the knockout stages.

Crazy, there's no way that's ever been done before

[Dominic94]

Amazing, so proud, finally got what they deserved

[SkuseisLoose]

We’re the greatest team in the world!!!!

[An Observer]

Labbe was brilliant on the penalties. She stared them down with this cheeky grin on her face. The swedes just went to pieces in penalties (we weren’t much better). 

[_Vic_]

Too speechless to even say anything.

Never thought I would see it in my lifetime.

If you look at the resume of a few of our players this year we have a few serious Ballon d'Or candidates.

Tempted to mention some names like Labbe but everyone played a massive part in that and it's a team sport and you win or lose as a mental, physical and spiritual unit.

Couldn't happen to a nice group of people.

Wow.

[JohnnyFranchise]

Just now, Pottsy3 said:

I definitely meant to say a statue LOL, my brain is all over the place right now

Name a stadium after her or something. She was outstanding this tournament.

[Obinna]

mmmm....this side of the forum smells like winning. 

Congrats to the CWNT! This one has been a long time coming! 

[Unnamed Trialist]

Great performance. Weak first half, got into it second. Very good changes by Priestman at the half, as Beckie was not into playing and Quinn coughed it up for the goal. Brave coaching. Almost all individual performances very strong, I felt Rose was the only weak piece after the changes.

We had some strong phases, had possession, when we wanted we passed out as well as any team out there. 

Fleming, for me, WOTM. Labbé, great mentality.

@Gian-Luca @AvroArrowsorry to have bothered you, thanks for the dicks and balls nitpicking, now you can go back to your man caves.

[JohnnyFranchise]

5 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said:

quality of play in this tournament which seemed to drop considerably from the 2019 World Cup IMO (maybe because fewer Euro teams were here)

I've been thinking the same thing, just didn't want to be the debbie downer that said it first 🤣

[Aird25]

👏👏👏

[An Observer]

They definitely had the never give up spirit.  Both in this match and against the US. Even when the play was against them which it was for long periods, they just kept going.  Everyone played their guts out. Lawrence was a beast, so was Gilles.  Grosso made a big difference when she came on. Price was our best player until subbed.  Great all round effort. 

[ShaneC06]

This is the greatest moment in Canadian soccer history. I can't believe it. Holy shit. 

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Hopefully this gets the mainstream media coverage it deserves.

[JohnnyFranchise]

Too soon to start an "Australia 2023" thread?

[An Observer]

And agree on priestman, made some really good sub decisions. Especially the two to start the second half. Changed the game. 

[Nick P]

What an amazing performance by Labbe

[The Beaver 2.0]

Gutty, determined and hard-fought performance. A testament to resilience and self-belief.  Our lads are showing this too. Part of Herdman's legacy? Certainly. But let's make this a trait of Canadian football going forward: gritty, never-say-die, well-organized, and tough-as-nails. 

[Greatest Cockney Rip Off]

We’ll done Canada. Especially coming back to win after missing three in row. Gold!

[Cblake]

The CSA better step up and have this team play coast to coast and everywhere for the entire country to celebrate. 

A Gold Medal Tour is a must, simply put, no excuses !!

Edited August 6, 2021 by Cblake

[DavemTFC]

The greatest.

[Weng]

12 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

 

@Gian-Luca @AvroArrowsorry to have bothered you, thanks for the dicks and balls nitpicking, now you can go back to your man caves.

You’re just itching for arguments.  What’s going on?

[Chad_Impact]

The medal presentations and anthem right in front of the Americans...love it. 😍🎉