Not the most pressing issue in the world, but the teams I love and follow and have a bit invested in are all having bad fortnights. The Canadian men’s and women’s Olympic teams both lost their gold medal games to the USA in overtime. Tottenham Hotspur has dropped both games of new manager Igor Tudor’s tenure, including a humiliating 4-1 loss to Arsenal at home and no face a very real possibility of relegation. The Toronto Maple Leafs are sitting well outside the playoffs and not playing like they mean to change anything over the next 24 games. And last night, in the presence of quite a few supporters, our TSS Rovers Women were unable to secure a point against Coquitlam Metro Ford Galaxy in their quest to become champions of the Metro Women’s Soccer League. We have one game left to do it.
It’s funny how things converge like that. At the least the Canadian Women’s national soccer team beat Colombia 4-1 in their first game of the She Believes Cup, a four game tournament that alos features the USA and Argentina. The real test comes Wednesday when we play the USA although a 4-1 rout over the 2023 Quarter Finalists is nothing to sneeze at.