Rose scores, Canadian women's soccer team blanks Argentina 3-0

Gemma Karstens-Smith · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 05, 2025 7:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Jade Rose knows replays of her archetypal extremity for Canada's women's shot squad volition amusement her shocked face.

The infinitesimal was "kind of crazy" aft all, she said.

"I didn't expect it. Which was, I consciousness like, disposable connected my face," Rose said Friday aft helping Canada to a 3-0 triumph implicit Argentina successful a affable matchup astatine B.C. Place.

"It's an unthinkable feeling. It's large to person my archetypal extremity backmost connected location soil, to person my ma successful the stands, it's my sister [Nyah's] birthday — it's conscionable a batch of things that made it a truly large day."

The seventh-ranked Canadians dominated the crippled from the beginning, investigating No. 33 Argentina aboriginal and often.

"I deliberation we've ever got to beryllium blessed erstwhile we've won and observe the wins," said caput manager Casey Stoney. "I deliberation there's inactive tons of enactment for america to do."

Thirteen minutes in, the location broadside won a escaped footwear erstwhile skipper Jessie Fleming was chopped down arsenic she charged up the field. Fleming sent the shot sailing into the six-yard container wherever Argentine 'keeper Solana Pereyra jumped up to cod it.

Another acceptable portion got Canada connected the committee successful the 24th minute.

Adriana Leon floated a escaped footwear into the punishment country and Vanessa Gilles nodded a header toward the Argentine goal. Pereyra got a interaction connected the shot, but couldn't power the shot and Rose rushed successful to pat it successful implicit the line.

Canada had different premier accidental successful the 33rd infinitesimal erstwhile Marie-Yasmine Alidou blasted a header connected net, but Pereyra stretched retired and batted the changeable away.

The Canadians bested the Argentine 'keeper again successful the 39th minute.

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Leon deked and twisted astir respective defenders, past slipped a transverse to Nichelle Prince astatine the backmost post. The seasoned guardant unleashed a changeable and Pereyra got successful beforehand of it, but Prince stayed with it and booted the rebound successful to springiness Canada a 2-0 lead.

Janine Sonis started the enactment with a large play down the wing, Leon said.

"I conscionable thought it was successful the last 3rd and I was looking to get a transverse disconnected and immoderate magic happened, not rather sure," she said. "And I recovered immoderate space, crossed it into Nichelle, and it was, I thought, wide a truly large extremity from the team."

The Canadians appeared to adhd pad their pb successful the 49th infinitesimal erstwhile Leon fired successful a changeable from the apical of the punishment area, but the offside emblem darted up, nullifying the goal.

Julia Grosso, who came connected for Alidou successful the 59th minute, made it 3-0 for Canada successful the 87th infinitesimal aft Sonis' changeable pinged disconnected the post.

Grosso collected the shot and sent a long-range blast sailing in, drafting enthusiastic cheers from the hometown talent's 60 oregon truthful friends and household successful the stands.

"Really pleased for Julia to people astatine home. I deliberation she's got fantastic feet, fantastic ability," Stoney said of the 24-year-old forward.

The triumph punctuated Stoney's archetypal crippled connected location ungraded since being appointed caput manager of the Canadian squad successful mid-January. The squad is present 3-0-1 during her tenure.

An announced assemblage of 12,219 took successful the crippled — a fig Stoney wants to spot turn astatine aboriginal matches.

"I thought the assemblage was good. I'd emotion to spot much radical here, supporting the team," she said. "I deliberation we tin thrust attendance more. This squad deserves it."

The 2 countries volition conscionable again for different affable successful Langford, B.C., connected Tuesday.