The most impressive performers of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament thus far have been Canada. Locked into a difficult group with Germany and Australia, they were expected to have to scrape and claw for a draw from one of those games in order to progress in third place. Instead, they’re the only team in the tournament to have won all three of their games.
Canada vs. France 2016 live stream: Start time, TV schedule and how to watch Olympic soccer online
Two of the best teams in the world face off in the quarterfinals, and only one can go to the medal round.
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Their reward? A quarterfinal date with France, the No. 3 ranked team in the world.
The match gets underway at 6 p.m. ET from Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo. CNBC will televise the match, and you can catch the game online at NBCOlympics.com. For TV and stream listings from other countries, check out Live Soccer TV.
France might have the most talented first XI on earth, but they haven’t been able to turn that into major tournament success yet. Their group stage game against the United States was a perfect example of what makes them so frustrating -- they were the better team for most of the game, but they lacked the Americans’ direct passing and killer instinct around goal.
Les Bleus were vastly improved against New Zealand, but they’re still slight underdogs with Canada’s Christine Sinclair on top of her game and an athletic young team around her. First time Olympian and first year pro Janine Beckie is also in great form, co-leading the tournament with three goals so far.
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