Meet the Olympic soccer team

 Here we are, on Olympic day (the modern Olympic Games were started on this day in 1894), and one month from Tokyo, the Canadian soccer team was unveiled.  The players are: Janine Beckie, Jessie Fleming, Stephanie Labbe, Ashley Lawrence, Kadeisha Buchanan, Quinn, Jayde Riviere, Desiree Scott, Christine Sinclair, Evelyne Viens, Nichelle Prince, Allysha Chapman, Vanessa Gilles, Julia Grosso, Adriana Leon, Kailen Sheridan and Shelina Zadorsky.  Can they get a third straight bronze or will they improve on it? We'll find out soon enough.

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