Canada's women's soccer team has its first medal in Olympic history.
Diana Matheson scored in the 92nd minute to give the Canadians the bronze medal at the London Olympics with a thrilling 1-0 victory over France.
The bronze marks the country's first Summer Games medal in a traditional team sport since a silver in men's basketball in 1936.
The five-foot midfielder from Oakville, Ont., fired a long shot past France goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi to lift the Canadians over a stunned French side that had been hammering Canada's net all game long.They missed a penalty in their 2-1 defeat by Japan in their semi-final and in Coventry on Thursday afternoon they were made to pay once again for failing to take their opportunities.
Canada were perhaps still tired and mentally drained after their dramatic extra-time defeat by the United States at Old Trafford on Monday.
And after a cagey first half, Bruno Bini's French team took control after the restart, crafting three excellent chances in as many minutes. A bronze isn't what the Canadians came for, but it's some solace after their heartbreaking 4-3 defeat in the semifinals. Plus, it's the first medal in a team sport for Canada since the men's basketball team took silver in 1936.
This is also good news for any of you fans of transitive property banking on the bronze medal match to determine whether the loser of USA-Canada was better than the loser of Japan-France.
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