Canada move through to World Cup knockout stages with draw

Hosts Canada are through to the last 16 of the Women's World Cup following a 1-1 draw at home to the Netherlands.

John Herdman's side almost took the lead in the sixth minute when Ashley Lawrence cannoned the ball off the crossbar.

However, four minutes later she found the back of the net with an accurate finish from eight yards out.

It took the Netherlands 15 minutes to put Canada under any sort of pressure, when Vivianne Miedema fired narrowly wide. However, Canada continued to dominate and Lawrence went close to her second just after the break.

The hosts failed to take their chances though, and paid for their poor finishing late in the game when Kristen van de Ven smashed the ball into the top corner from 12 yards.