Canada muscles out Japan

Canada 17 def Japan 4, a score that implies that Japan was walked over from start to finish.

Not really so. Japan were fast, moved the ball sharply and well and were not afraid to be aggressive. In the second quarter they probably had about 70% of the ball and kept the quarter's score to 2-0 in favour of Canada.

Which brings to their problem. 70% of the ball for zero goals.

Third quarter the Canadians scored 7 goals to nil. They corrected their errors that previously was allowing Japan to control the ball and said to them 'when we have the ball, we WILL score.'

That in loose summary was the difference between the teams. Canadian was physically larger and had the ability to feed in good passes leading to inside shots and goals. Japan, while having a good amount of possession, lacked the size and skills to push in for inside shots. Most of their time in attack seemed to be spent looking for the shot that never came.

Still, a very entertaining game and Japan is definitely showing that are a true Blue Division team.