Canada's stunning upset over the United States in women's soccer Monday, its first victory over its neighbors to the south in two decades, catapulted them into the gold medal game against Sweden Thursday.
The team's improved defense will be key to surviving the onslaught of a Swedish team that has very much looked like the class of these games, which began with a 3-0 shellacking of that same American team.
That match-up headlines a day that will also see the previously favored US women's national team battle Australia for the bronze medal.
Schedule
Thursday, August 5: United States vs.