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September 15, 2003 Australia loses to Canada in final warm up game Canada 2 Australia 0 (0-0) Sunday 14 September 2003 Richardson Stadium, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Attendance: 10,068 (sellout) Conditions : 26C, Windy Scoring Canada Charmaine Hooper 71m, Canada Rhian Wilkinson 73m) Canada LeBlanc, Karina (GK) (Swiatek, Taryn, 83) Latham, Christine (Sinclair, Christine, 46) Neil, Andrea Nonen, Sharolta Kiss, Kristina (Morneau, Isabelle, 76) Wilkinson, Rhian Hooper, Charmaine Lang, Kara (Andrews, Sasha, 76), Timko, Brittany Burtini, Silvana (Matheson, Diana, 57) Dennis, Tanya Substitutes not used Consolante, Linda Moscato, Carmelina McLeod, Erin (Randee Hermus unavailable). Australia Kell, Cassandra (GK) (Barbieri, Melissa, 46) Foster, Gillian Wainwright, Sacha Salisbury, Cheryl (captain) (Grant, Pamela 88) Davies, Rhian Duus, Bryony (Small, Danielle, 77) Mann, April (Golebiowski, Kelly 77) Peters, Joanne Garriock, Heather Reuter, Karla Karp, Tal (Rockall, Taryn 74) Substitutes not used Beattie, Amy (GK) Wilson, Amy Crawford, Hayley (Dianne Alagich unavailable to play - injury). Game The Australian National Team (Qantas Matildas)finished their preparations for the World Cup with a 2-0 loss to Canada. Australia put up their best performance of their Pre-World Cup tour, but paid the price for two mistakes. Canada took advantage of the errors and scored a quick pair of goals midway through the second half. Post game quote National Coach Adrian Santrac This was a game that got away from us. The first half was the best we have performed on tour - the game should have been over at half-time. But it's no good creating chances if we don't take them. We left the door open and in the second half, Canada scored from two basic errors of judgement, and we weren't able to recover. The first half at times was outstanding and there are many positives to be drawn out of this performance. The Qantas Matildas again without key defender Dianne Alagich who is still recovering from a hamstring injury.