The women's national team's 2014 schedule is coming into clearer view, with one home friendly already locked down and two more to be confirmed by mid-week.
With Friday's 1-0 loss to the U.S. still fresh on fans' minds, it was announced Monday that Big Red will tangle with their cross-border rivals once again in three months' time -- Thursday, May 8 at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg.
There's more to come -- the CSA will make home-game announcements in Edmonton on Tuesday, then in Vancouver on Wednesday. It's all part of the organization's plan to showcase the CanWNT in all six host cities in the run-up to the 2015 Women's World Cup (the other three are, of course, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton).
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Before any of those, Canada will once again take part in the Cyprus Cup, with group-stage matches against Finland (March 5), Italy (March 7) and England (March 10). Canada has been in the final of this tournament every time it's been held (six years), winning it three times. Last year's final ended in a 1-0 loss to England, so surely the team will have revenge on their minds heading into Cyprus.
Much like they'll have revenge on their minds heading into the showdown with the Yanks on May 8.
Much like they'll have revenge on their minds in 2015, after their disastrous last-place finish at the 2011 Women's World Cup.
So, yeah, plenty of vengeance on the horizon.
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