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Canada out of U17 women’s World Cup with 3-2 quarter-final loss to Venezuela
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Canada’s run through the FIFA under-17 women’s World Cup is over.
Marie Levasseur and Sarah Kinzner scored for the Canadians in a 3-2 quarter-final loss to Venezuela on Thursday.
The Canadians were hoping to make history as the first Canada side to make the semifinals at the U-17 event.
Deyna Castellanos, Yosneidy Zambrano and Lourdes Moreno scored for the Venezuelans at the 35,000-seat Nacional Stadium.
Castellanos opened scoring in the seventh minute, before goals by Kinzner, in the 19th, and Levasseur, in the 40th, gave the Canadians a 2-1 lead.
Zambrano scored the equalizer two minutes before halftime, then Moreno put Venezuela ahead for good in the 62nd minute.
In the preliminary round, Canada played perennial powerhouse Germany to a 2-2 draw before tying 2012 runners-up North Korea 1-1. The Canadians finished the preliminary round by toppling Ghana 2-1.
Venezuela went undefeated through the opening round and hadn’t conceded a goal until Kinzner’s.
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