CBC – Canada defeated Sweden 3-2 on penalties in a thrilling finish to take the Olympic title in Tokyo.
Screams of elation erupted in households across the country as the Canadian women’s soccer team secured a gold medal against Sweden on Friday morning — and in one B.C. home, those shouts of joy were followed by a quick video call from the very stadium where history was made.
“Dad, I got to go … I got a gold-medal presentation,” was how Vancouver’s Julia Grosso, 20, ended the call after checking in with her dad Carlos Grosso from Tokyo.
After back-to-back bronze medals at the last two Olympic Games, Canada defeated Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in a thrilling finish to win soccer gold for the first time.
Canada win Olympic title after Julia Grosso sinks Sweden in shootout
TheGuardian – The family and friends of Julia Grosso celebrated Canada’s 3-2 win over Sweden at a private watch party in Coquitlam, B.C., Friday morning. Proud father Carlos Grosso tells Global News what this moment means to him.
The all-time international record goalscorer Christine Sinclair praised Bev Priestman for “changing the attitude of the team” and said they were “claiming” the English manager for their own after she led Canada to Olympic gold and Sinclair to her first major tournament victory at 38.
University of Texas’s Julia Grosso scored the decisive penalty as Canada beat back-to-back silver medallists Sweden in a sudden-death shootout after a Jessie Fleming penalty cancelled out Stina Blackstenius’s first-half strike to force the game beyond 90 minutes. The veteran goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl and her counterpart Stephanie Labbé were the heroes with each team scoring only two of their first five penalties before the latter stopped the Chelsea defender Jonna Andersson’s tame effort and Grosso scored to give Canada the victory.
Vancouver soccer star Julia Grosso fitter, stronger and headed to the Olympics Social Sharing
CBC – Screams of elation erupted in households across the country as the Canadian women’s soccer team secured a gold medal against Sweden on Friday morning — and in one B.C. home, those shouts of joy were followed by a quick video call from the very stadium where history was made.
“Dad, I got to go … I got a gold-medal presentation,” was how Vancouver’s Julia Grosso, 20, ended the call after checking in with her dad Carlos Grosso from Tokyo.
After back-to-back bronze medals at the last two Olympic Games, Canada defeated Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in a thrilling finish to win soccer gold for the first time.
Youth movement: Gold-winning soccer stars inspired by Canada’s past glories
CTVNews – Canada’s gold-medal-winning Olympic women’s soccer team isn’t just inspiring girls across the country; its roster at Tokyo 2020 is made up of young women who were directly inspired by the team’s past performances.
The seeds planted at London 2012, a Games during which Christine Sinclair became a household name, and Rio 2016, not to mention the World Cup hosted by Canada in 2015, have already borne fruit. As high as Team Canada was able to climb at these events, it could never reach the mountaintop. But all of that hard work and heartbreak manifested Friday in the form of 20-year-old Julia Grosso of Vancouver, who with one swift kick turned nearly 10 years of sweat and tears into unbridled joy.
Canada medaglia d’oro olimpica: Svezia ko ai rigori, decide Grosso
SkyNews – Al termine di una lunga serie di calci di rigore, la nazionale femminile del Canada ha vinto la medaglia d’oro battendo la Svezia: decisivo il penalty realizzato da Julia Grosso, madre nata a Vancouver ma di origini italiane.
Incredibile alle Olimpiadi: il rigore decisivo lo segna Grosso
Corriere dello Sport – La nazionale femminile canadese di calcio vince l’oro: l’ultimo penalty lo calcia una giocatrice il cui cognome è molto familiare a noi italiani…
Il Canada ha vinto la medaglia d’oro di calcio femminile alle Olimpiadi di Tokyo 2020. La nazionale biancorossa ha avuto la meglio su quella svedese solo dopo i calci di rigore e per la sesta volta durante queste Olimpiadi sale sul gradino più alto del podio (il medagliere aggiornato). A far notizia, in Italia, è il nome della calciatrice che ha tirato il penalty decisivo, quello che ha regalato la vittoria alla formazione allenata da Bev Priestman (il Commissario Tecnico più giovane delle Olimpiadi con i suoi 35 anni): Julia Grosso, padre portoghese e madre nata a Vancouver ma di origini italiane. Un cognome che a tutti noi italiani evoca dolci ricordi, infatti fu il nostro Fabio (Grosso) a regalarci la vittoria del Mondiale 2006 e sempre dagli 11 metri.
