A great, great, evening, with hopefully more like it to come. It was hard to watch the last, oh, 83 minutes of the match, as China came at the Canadians looking for the equalizer, but Taryn Swiatek played about as close to a perfect game as you can in goal. She wasn't often spectacular, but sometimes that's the mark of 'keeper having a great game.

Someone, I think it was Nick Hornby, said that supporting a soccer team is not a fun exercise in and of itself, and he's right. Of course, the reward comes in those few minutes of ecstasy after a goal or the days of ecstasy after the final whistle of an important win (see above), which makes it all worthwhile. However, if you take those away, the actual act of supporting your team is pretty much heavy anxiety mixed with anger and disappointment. It's good to have games like last night's to remind us of why we go through it all.

Bring on the Swedes!