EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsVanessa Gilles scored in the 62nd minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Colombia and send the team into the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday despite losing six points in the tournament because of a drone spying scandal.Canada will face Germany in a quarterfinals Saturday in Marseille.Earlier in the day, the defending Olympic champions lost…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMARSEILLE, France -- Korbin Albert's goal on Wednesday night was impressive. The celebration that followed, though, might have been just as meaningful.Albert's bullet of a strike from about 25 yards out was the difference in the U.S. women's national team's 2-1 victory over Australia, as the 20-year-old Paris Saint-Germain midfielder scored her first international goal in unforgettable fashion.Nearly…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsIt's the hope that kills you. Arguably even more so when the hope has no right to exist.Nothing about this Olympic campaign suggested the Matildas deserved to make it to the knockout stage at Paris 2024, and there was even less evidence that they would have been any good if they had gotten through.Wednesday's 2-1 loss the United…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsTime is not the enemy, U.S. women's national team head coach Emma Hayes has consistently said. Time is simply a circumstance -- one she cannot fight against.The new coach had just four friendly matches and less than two months on the sidelines with the USWNT to prepare the team for the 2024 Olympics. Implementing new ideas and establishing…