Canada Goes on to the Olympics to Watch?

Seeing as this is a sports blog i get a chance to discuss my sport of choice which is soccer, specifically the CONCACAF Women`s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. There are only two available tickets to the 2012 London Olympic Football Tournament and Canada is in the running to gain one of these precious tickets. The teams are divided into two groups, group Awhich consists of Canada, Costa Rica, and Haiti; while Group B consists of the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Dominican republic. 

Thanks to the wonders of pvr i managed to record a few of these games to watch, being a fellow soccer player i wish i had even an ounce of the talent that some of the players have. I managed to record a Canada game as well as two US games. Canada and the US both emerged with wins by alot of goals. The games that i got a chance to watch were very entertaining and both teams played with a tremendous amount of skill.

However even though Canada is on their way to the Olympics can they even compare to the vast amount of skill of theUnited Sates or is it just a lost cause? The two teams came head to head and the US came out the winner with four goals. watching both games i have noticed that the US seems much more aggressive as well as some serious offensive players like Abby Wambach and brand new player who scored five goals in her first game as an American player Sydney Leroux.

So the real question is can Canada compete with the power of the US or will they simply be showing up? This should`nt be all negative though Canada has some very strong players as well who have helped to bring them as far as they have come already. When i say these very strong players I obviously am talking about Christine Sinclair who has been called one of the best soccer players of all time. She is Canada`s all time leading goal scorer and is the reigning six time Canadian Soccer Association Player of the year. we have also seen and heard great things from Melissa Tancredi who has set up some great plays resulting in goals.

I think the only thing that can be done is Canada can practice and work on some new offensive plays and hopefully give the US some competition. So all we can do now is hang tight and wait for the Olympics and hope for the best.