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cJust three days after dispatching England, Canada is back in action Monday as it takes on Nigeria in a women\u2019s soccer friendly in Spain.<\/p>\n

The game is intended to provide the fifth-ranked Canadian women a look at an African team. Canada opens World Cup play in June in France against No. 46 Cameroon before facing No. 19 New Zealand and the eighth-ranked Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Shelina Zadorsky, left, and Germany’s Alexandra Popp fight for the ball during a semi-final match of the women’s Olympic football tournament in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Canada is back in action Monday as it takes on Nigeria in a women’s soccer friendly in Spain.
\nCanada’s Shelina Zadorsky, left, and Germany’s Alexandra Popp fight for the ball during a semi-final match of the women’s Olympic football tournament in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Canada is back in action Monday as it takes on Nigeria in a women’s soccer friendly in Spain. (EUGENIO SAVIO \/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
\n\u201cEven though it\u2019s a different opponent, there is a culture around the continent that\u2019s the same, so that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to expose ourselves to,\u201d Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller said from Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a great match against a team that is the African champion who is also at the World Cup. It\u2019s not just an African opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nigeria, 11-time African champions, have qualified for all eight editions of the Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Canada is 0-1-1 against the Nigerians. Their last meeting was at the 2011 World Cup in Germany where Nigeria won 1-0 in a meaningless pool game given both teams had already missed out on the advancing to the knockout round.<\/p>\n

Heiner-Moller does not expect to rotate his roster too much, despite the short turnaround. The Women\u2019s World Cup is looming and he says there are still partnerships to perfect on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Teams will be allowed six substitutions Monday and Heiner-Moller said his goal is to prevent players from playing back-to-back 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

Defender Shelina Zadorsky, a 26-year-old from London, Ont., who plays for the Orlando Pride, is set to earn her 50th cap for Canada on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very quick to be at 50 caps but … she\u2019s doing very well,\u201d said the Canada coach.<\/p>\n

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On Friday, captain Christine Sinclair scored career goal No. 180 to lift Canada past No. 3 England at Manchester\u2019s Academy Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., is now just four goals back of retired American Abby Wambach\u2019s world record of 184.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The win was a measure of revenge for the Canadian women, who were knocked out of the 2015 World Cup by England in a 2-1 quarterfinal loss in Vancouver. The teams had not met since.<\/p>\n

The Canadian women are unbeaten in six games (4-0-2) in 2019 and have yet to concede a goal.<\/p>\n

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