History has been made. Canada has won Gold in soccer. The Canadian women’s national soccer team has won an Olympic gold medal against Sweden in penalty kicks 3-2.
HISTORY IS MADE 🇨🇦🥇#TeamCanada | @CanadaSoccerEN pic.twitter.com/aZNKsqTzOu
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 6, 2021
.@sincy12 finally gets her gold 🥺🇨🇦🥇 https://t.co/fHsRIk4bL1
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 6, 2021
Julia Grosso scored the winning goal to the end.
OLYMPIC CHAMPS 🤩🎉🙌@GrossoJulia scores ⚽️ to seal #TeamCanada’s gold medal win at #Tokyo2020 🥇
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 6, 2021
See the moment on @CBCOlympics ⬇️
pic.twitter.com/t2StiMHAVj
Sweden’s Stina Blackstenius scored in the 34th minute but Jessie Fleming took advantage from the penalty spot in the 67th minute.
Burnaby's Christine Sinclair as Team Captain has been pushing for this moment for 20 years.
It’s the first-ever Olympic title for the Canadian women’s soccer team.
Photo courtesy of Team Canada (Twitter)
