India defeats Canada in Surrey

June 20, 2010

The Canadian women’s national team were defeated 4-1 by India in the third match of the Canada-India Cup 2010 from Surrey, British Columbia.  Game four occurs at 4:00pm (PST) in Vancouver today.

Azelia Liu was called upon early to make a couple of saves, however, Canada settled down and scored the first goal of the game in the 10th minute on a penalty corner on a nice deflection by Anna Kozniuk.  

India received the next 4 penalty corners of the game and they scored on the fourth one at the 17th minute mark.

India was quick to score again on a free play goal 4 minutes later on a free play goal.

India received a penalty corner early in the second half and score at the 38th minute mark to make the score 3-1

In the 51st minute India struck again on a free play goal making it 4-1

“The girls competed well and had a good start to the game, unfortunately we were unlucky on many of the calls”  Coach Mendonca.

Congratulations to Carolina Romeo on playing in her first international game.

We were very happy to have Hans Excavating Company provide both the teams and crowds with food and refreshments.