Canada enters FIFA Women’s World Cup round of 16 after beating New Zealand 2-0 - Global News

Jessie Fleming and Nichelle Prince scored second-half goals as Canada moved into the round of 16 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 2-0 win over New Zealand on Saturday.READ MORE: 2019 Women’s World Cup: Christine Sinclair has a chance to break a world recordAs in the opening 1-0 win over No. 46 Cameroon, goals proved hard to come by initially for the fifth-ranked Canadians despite dominating play.Story continues belowThe breakthrough came in the 48th minute. A probing long ball found Prince down the left flank and the speedy forward outraced two defenders before squaring the ball for the 21-year-old Fleming to slot in her ninth goal in 68 appearances — and first at the World Cup.Captain Christine Sinclair almost made it 2-0 soon after, but her redirect from in front went high. And Sinclair set up the 24-year-old Prince in the 72nd minute, only to have her header acrobatically steered away by goalkeeper Erin Nayler in a marvellous one-handed save.Prince made it 2-0 in the 79th minute, poking a rebound home from close-range after Sinclair’s header hit the goalpost for the second time in the game. It was Prince’s 11th goal for Canada and first at a World Cup.WATCH: Christine Sinclair 4 goals away from setting all-time record

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June 16, 2019 at 04:44AM