Canada tops Costa Rica, wins Oly qualifying group

Canada tops Costa Rica, wins Oly qualifying group

Published Jan. 24, 2012 5:36 a.m. ET

Christine Sinclair scored twice, and Canada clinched first place in its group Monday with a 5-1 win over Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.

The victory means the Canadians will face the second-place team from the other group Friday in a semifinal match that will determine one of the tournament's two berths for the London Games.

Costa Rica will play the other group's winner to settle the other berth.

The United States and Mexico are tied atop the other group and play each other Tuesday to determine first and second. The Americans would win the group with a victory or a tie.

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Sinclair has scored seven goals in the tournament to give her 127 in her international career, one shy of Germany's Birgit Prinz for fourth place all-time.

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