Canada beat Costa Rica 2-0 yesterday at the women's Olympic soccer qualification tournament in Juárez, Mexico, following the Ticas' 2-2 tie Saturday with Trinidad and Tobago.

The games came in a week of female feuding in the CONCACAF – Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football – tournament.

Yesterday morning, Melissa Tancredi's goal in the 14th minute and Christine Sinclair's at the 72 mark handed Canada a second straight victory that secured the national team's top spot in Group B. Canada looks set to clinch its first-ever berth in the Olympics, according to The Canadian Press.

The Ticas' defeat slid them through to the semifinals, as the daily La Nación reported ahead of the match. Costa Rica had to, at worst, lose by under six goals to advance.

It helped that on Saturday the Costa Ricans put on a show for their northern Mexican host, just dodging defeat thanks to a 92-minute goal by Cristín Granados. Her kick followed Amara Wilson's goal 20 minutes in, reaching a draw against T&T's early, 7th-minute score by Kenya Cordner and another by Maylee Attin Johnson in the 35th, newswire EFE reported.

Canada fared much better against Trinidad and Tobago. In their opening game at the CONCACAF Wednesday night, the Canadiennes dominated throughout, battering T&T with six goals to their nil. The second of the six was fired by Jonelle Filigno, age 17, the youngest member of the team, reported Canwest News Service.

-Tico Times and wire reports