Canada’s women’s national team will resume their commitments in the 2019 Women’s World Cup today when they face Sweden in their round-of-16 tie, eyeing a second straight quarter-final appearance.
The Canadians finished second in Group E after falling to the Netherlands, the current European champions, in their final group game.
In facing the Swedes, Kenneth Heiner-Moller’s clan will be clashing with a very tough team who actually tried to place second in Group F by leaving majority of their veterans on the bench in their group-winning decider against the United States, in order to avoid a potential quarter-final clash with the hosts France.