IFFHS OLYMPIC NEWS AND STATISTICS - DAY 7
Picture : Alyssa Naeher was the US Matchwinner !
OLYMPIC GAMES 2020 - FOOTBALL DAY 7
THE GOALKEEPER’S DAY
It was the day of the Goalkeepers today at the Olympic Women Quarter Finals ! Teegan Micah (Australia), Stephanie Labbe (Canada) and Alyssa Naeher (USA) stopped important penalties today and leaded their teams to the semi finals ! Particularly Alyssa Naeher was brilliant, saving a penalty in the last ten minutes of normal time and did so twice in the shoot-out !
SWEDEN IMPRESSIVE
Canada will play their third consecutive Olympic semi final, USA will try to win their fifth olympic title in 7 participations, Australia counted on Samantha Kerr and teenager Mary Fowler to beat Great Britain despite of Ellen White’s treble , Sweden proved too strong quick and athletic for Japan. With 4 wins in 4 games, Sweden is really the favorite of the Tournament.
23 GOALS
In total, the Netherlands have scored 23 goals at Tokyo 2020, the most scored by any team at an Olympics. The previous single-tournament high was 16 goals, set by the USA during its run to gold at the 2012 Olympics in London.
RECORD
Vivianne Miedema’s 10 goals are an Olympic record for the most goals scored by any player in a single Olympics, breaking the record of six previously held by Canada’s Christine Sinclair for her performance at London 2012. Her four-goal effort also tied the Olympic single-game scoring record, matching Germany’s Birgit Prinz, who scored four goals against China during the 2004 Olympics.
100 CAPS
With 83 international goals in 100 career caps, Vivianne Miedema is the top scorer in the history of the Netherlands Women’s National Team. Miedema earned her 100th cap against the United States, which made her the fourth player on the Netherlands Olympic roster with 100+ caps.
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Netherlands’ Olympic roster features 11 of the 13 players who saw action against the United States during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. USA’s Olympic roster features all 13 players who played the FIFA World Cup Final !
FUTURE
Head coach Sarina Wiegman, who won The Best FIFA and IFFHS World’s Best Women’s Coach in 2020, coached her last match today for the Netherlands, as she is slated to take over as head coach of England following the conclusion of the Olympics. Current Portland Thorns FC head coach Mark Parsons will succeed Wiegman as head coach of the Netherlands, following the conclusion of the 2021 NWSL season.
4 COUNTRIES
England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland compose the team Great Britain. Since 2012 (first appearance), Great Britain women’s team participated at the second Olympic Games tournament.
Samantha Kerr is the best Goalscorer in the semi final teams !
DEBUT
Hanna Bennison, 18, is the great hope of Sweden’s future ! She made her Olympic debut against New Zealand and counts already 9 international caps.22 Sweden players have already more than 100 caps, in the current squad Caroline Seger (217), Kosovare Asllani (151), Sofia Jakobsson (126) and Hedvig Lindahl (174).