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Women's World Cup preview: Group-by-group matchups

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FIELD

GROUP A

CANADA

World ranking: 8.

How qualified: Host country.

Last World Cup: 2011, 4th in group.

Best World Cup finish: 4th, 2003.

Key players: F Christine Sinclair, GK Erin McLeod, MF Desiree Scott.

Outlook: Canada hasn't advanced out of the group stage in a World Cup since 2003, the last time the tournament was played in North America. But the host team will be helped here by the home-field — in this case, artificial turf — advantage.