Women's U-20

6 - 0

Argentina

Kobe, Japan | Kobe Univer Stadium

Attendance: 3468

Goals: Charron-Delage, Catherine scores for canw20 Catherine Charron-Delage

86'
Jade Kovacevic
Vanessa Legault-Cordisco

60'
Nicole Setterlund
Rachel Melhado

46'
Catherine Charron-Delage
Adriana Leon

46'
Goals: Leon, Adriana scores for canw20 Adriana Leon

45'
Goals: Leon, Adriana scores for canw20 Adriana Leon

42'
Yellow card: Leon, Adriana Adriana Leon

28'
Goals: Leon, Adriana scores for canw20 Adriana Leon

22'
Goals: Sawicki, Jaclyn scores for canw20 Jaclyn Sawicki

20'
Goals: Zadorsky, Shelina scores for canw20 Shelina Zadorsky

7'
6'

Red card: Player Carded
1'

Betina Soriano's shot is tipped by Sabrina D'Angelo off the Canadian crossbar.

Timeline

Women's U-20

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1 ' | Betina Soriano's shot is tipped by Sabrina D'Angelo off the Canadian crossbar.
6 ' |
7 ' | Shelina Zadorsky
20 ' | Jaclyn Sawicki
22 ' | Adriana Leon
28 ' | Adriana Leon
42 ' | Adriana Leon
45 ' | Adriana Leon
46 ' | Catherine Charron-Delage - Adriana Leon
46 ' | Nicole Setterlund - Rachel Melhado
60 ' | Jade Kovacevic - Vanessa Legault-Cordisco
86 ' | Catherine Charron-Delage
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Match Report

Up a player after just six minutes, Canada had no trouble scoring six times against a deflated Argentine side in the opening group match of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012. A hat trick from Adriana Leon along with singles from Shelina Zadorsky (penalty), Jaclyn Sawicki and Catherine Charron-Delage secured Canada its full three points in the 20 August match at Kobe Univ Stadium in Kobe, JPN.

Argentina's Betina Soriano produced a decent shot in the opening minute, forcing Canadian goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo to make a good save by tipping the ball off the crossbar. That would be as close as Argentina would get. Just five minutes later, centre back Agustina Barroso body checked Canadian striker Christine Exeter inside the box, taking away a clear chance on goal and prompting referee Esther Staubli to call for a penalty. Barroso was dismissed before Canadian captain Zadorsky fired in the first goal from the penalty mark.

From there, Canada took control of the match with the extra attacker in the field of play. Over 90 minutes, Canada would maintain 67 per cent of the possession while firing 14 shots on goal. Six of those shots would hit the back of the net.

Canada's second goal came in the 20th minute after Jenna Richardson pushed the attack down the right side. She cut a pass back to the top of the box where Sawicki, all in one motion, turned and chipped a shot over Argentina goalkeeper Laurine Oliveros.

Two minutes later, Leon scored her first of three goals in the first half. Exeter's first shot was stopped by Oliveros, but it also drew the goalkeeper out of position. With the rebound at her feet, Exeter passed the ball back to Leon who fired on goal from the top of the box. Leon's shot beat the defender who was standing on the Argentine line.

Then in the 42nd minute, Leon made it 4-0 on a strike from the top of the box. From Rachel Melhado to Jenna Richardson to Jaclyn Sawicki, the ball then found its way to Leon who buried it with a right-footed blast coming in from the top left of the penalty area.

Four minutes later in added time, an errant deflection off an Argentine player fell to an attacking Leon just outside the penalty area. Leon hopped over the sliding Adriana Sachs and then fired her shot from inside the box to give Canada a 5-0 lead.

With the win well secured before the second half, Canada needed to do little in the last 45 minutes. A final goal was scored in the 86th minute after a Jade Kovacevic cross was headed home by Charron-Delage.

Canada's starting XI featured Sabrina D'Angelo in goal, Vanessa Legault-Cordisco at right back, Rachel Melhado and Shelina Zadorsky at centre back, Mélissa Roy at left back, and Sarah Robbins, Danica Wu, Christine Exeter, Jenna Richardson, Jaclyn Sawicki and Adriana Leon from the midfield up through to the attack.

In the second half, coach Andrew Olivieri replaced Melhado with Nicole Setterlund (46'), Leon with Catherine Charron-Delage (46') and Legault-Cordisco with Jade Kovacevic (60'). Of note, Leon had been assessed a caution in the first half.

Argentina's starting XI featured Laurina Oliveros (goal), Agustina Barroso, Noelia Espindola, Adriana Sachs, Camila Gómez Ares, Betina Soriano, Micaela Sandoval, Yael Oviedo, Mariana Larroquette, María Bonsegundo and Gabriela Iribarne. Barroso, however, was ejected after a foul in the penalty area in only the sixth minute of the match.

With Argentina coach Jose Carlos Borrello (suspended) watching from the sidelines, coach Nestor Calvino switched Iribarne with Yanina Hernández (29'), Gómez with Jimena Vera (54'), and Bonsegundo for Erika Cabrera (67').

Along with Borrello in the stands, there were 3,468 fans in attendance for the Canada-Argentina match.

This marked the third time that Canada scored six or more goals in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup match. Canada previously produced wins of 6:2 over England at Canada 2002 and 7:0 over host Thailand at Thailand 2004. Like today's 6:0 win over Argentina with a hat trick by player-of-the-match Leon, those previous big scores also included Canadian hat tricks: Christine Sinclair in 2002 (five goals) and Brittany Timko in 2004 (three goals).