Canadian women’s hockey coach Laura Schuler called her team’s performance an “embarrassment to our country” after a 5-2 loss to the U.S. on Sunday, according to reports.
The defeat in Quebec City marked the first of at least seven matchups between the bitter rivals leading up to the PyeongChang Olympics in February.
They’ll play again in Boston on Wednesday.
“We played awful,” the 46-year-old Schuler said, according to SB Nation. “It was just a horrible performance from all of our players, and we’ll address it tonight and make sure we’re better and ready in Boston.