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Diana Mathesons 92nd minute, stoppage time goal led Canada to a 1-0, bronze medal victory over France in womens soccer at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Bernard Pierce Jersey . This is Canadas first medal in a traditional summer team sport since picking up a silver medal in basketball at the Berlin 1936 Games. As time was set to expire in the second half, Canadian midfielder Sophie Schmidt broke in on goal and fired a shot that was deflected away by a French defender. Following up on the play, Matheson found the loose ball in the box and fired it into an open net to earn Canada the victory. "It feels amazing, we felt as a group that we were going to earn this and we did in the last minute," said Matheson. "Our goal coming in was to be on the podium and was had the perfect opportunity to do that, that is what we were focused on." She also feels this victory could be big for the future of soccer in the country. "It means so much to us, we came in wanting to leave a legacy for Canadian soccer and I think we did that," said Matheson. Canadian captain Christine Sinclair, the tournaments leading scorer with six, is proud of the way her teammates competed in the bronze medal game.  "Its been a long battle on this national team and John (Herdman) came on board and completely changed it, Im just so proud of this team," said Sinclair.  "We battled through exhaustion today and came out on top." The winning goal came after a 90 minute contest that was dominated by a France side that never looked to be in danger of losing the game. Wave after wave of French attack was turned away by keeper Erin McLeod and the Canadian defensive line. Twice in a one minute span, France rattled the ball off the Canadian net coming close to taking the lead. Both Gaetane Thiney and Elodie Thomis found enough space to fire open shots at the attacking goal, but both were turned away by the net framework. In fact, France fired 25 shots towards the Canadian goal, compared to just four for the Canadian side. "Today (McLeod) proved that if she is not the best goalkeeper in the world, she should be in the discussion," said Sinclair. "She kept our team in it. She is the most amazing teammate. She is a leader. She saved our butts so many times today it is incredible."  For her part, McLeod was happy to see the improvements her team made over the course of the competition. "At the beginning of the tournament, we played well but I think weve raised the bar as weve gone through," said McLeod. "Weve got better as we went on. Im so proud of the way weve played. Im so proud of everybody." The majority of the French attack took place in the second half of the game as the Canadian team hung on under incredible pressure from their opponents. Though Canada did not generate many scoring chances in the game, there were many members of the team that played a physical defensive style up and down the pitch to help secure the victory. Forward Jonelle Filigno was one of those players and after the game she was very happy to be on the right said of a late game result. "To be honest I dont even think it has real hit me yet, words just cant describe," said Filigno. "It was a heartbreak against the US, so just to come back from that and win the bronze medal for our country feels like a gold to us." Canadas head coach John Herdman felt his team answered everything asked of them coming off an emotional semi-final defeat to claim the bronze. "It was a hell of a game the other night, the big question was could they repeat that? Could they get up again? And to be fair, we wobbled for long times but halfback four, Erin, Desi Scott, they were just remarkable and to see Sophie Schmidt covering the ground, they were posessed," said Herdman. "You know France, all credit to them, they were outstanding, they were the better team for periods but you got to put the ball in the back of the net and we werent going to let them do that today." Herdman also had a message for the next generation of Canadian soccer players. "I just hope those young kids out there watching never give up," said Herdman. "Never give up and youll see what resilience and commitment will do for you.  "Its a hell of a game and youve got to be proud of your girls and Im hoping a couple of them will get up off their bums today, put the football boots on and be ready for 2024." Ed Reed Youth Jersey .C. -- After about 25 years of hard work and sacrifice, Mike Benevides finally got to run a CFL teams training camp as a head coach Sunday. Anthony Allen Womens Jersey . "Ive got to get playing . . . Ive got to get the feeling back, its all mental," he said Tuesday, a day after coach Tim Burke said Volny would be returning to the lineup. 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The second-half substitute also scored in the 76th minute to help San Jose improve to 6-1-1 and 3-0-1 on the road. The Western Conference-leading Earthquakes are 5-0-1 in their last six games. Marvin Chavez assisted on both goals. Gabriel Gomez scored in the 83rd minute for Philaddelphia. Ray Lewis Lights Out Jersey. The Union dropped to 2-4-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 18,581. Philadelphia played without injured midfielders Roger Torres (knee surgery) and Brian Carroll (hamstring). In addition, midfielder Keon Daniel and defender Gabriel Farfan were out because of red cards accrued in the Unions 1-0 victory last week at Chivas USA. Union manager Peter Nowak also was suspended for the game and one next week against Seattle. Assistant John Hackworth filled in. ' ' '