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Soccer

Canada defeat USA to reach women's Olympic soccer final

Alexander Netherton
Canada defeat USA to reach women's Olympic soccer finalDAZN
Jessie Fleming's late goal was the difference

Canada reached the finals of the women’s Olympics football final with a 1-0 win over USA.

The match at the Ibaraki Kashima Stadium was settled by a single, late goal for the Canadians when Jessie Fleming broke the deadlock with a quarter of an hour remaining.

The US side, four-time world champions, had a difficult group stage with defeat to Sweden, and also had a tough time of it when they negotiated their way past the Netherlands.

Canada meanwhile had to wait for penalties to beat Brazil in their quarter-final match.

The winner will now play the victor of Sweden vs.Australia, who also play on Monday.