Anyone wishing to watch Chilliwack91裸聊视频檚 Jordyn Huitema and Abbotsford91裸聊视频檚 Sophie Schmidt play in the gold medal women91裸聊视频檚 soccer match at the Tokyo Olympics will have to stay up really late or get up early.

Game time has been switched to 5 a.m. PST Friday (Aug. 6) after originally being scheduled for 7 p.m. PST Thursday (Aug. 5).

The game is being shifted out of concern for the athletes, who would have been playing in scorching hot mid-day temperatures in Japan. The weather forecast for Friday in Tokyo calls for a high of 33C, but with the game now starting at 9 p.m. local time the temperature will be more tolerable in the mid 20s.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a gold-medal match. They would have played morning, night. They were ready,91裸聊视频� said Canadian head coach Bev Priestman during a press conference. 91裸聊视频淏ut I think the change makes absolute sense for the spectacle of what the game could be.91裸聊视频�

Swedish head coach Peter Gerhardsson said the move to a nighttime game is a 91裸聊视频渁 very, very, very, very, very good decision.91裸聊视频�

Huitema, Schmidt and company will take on Sweden at Yokohama Stadium.

The game was originally supposed to be played at Tokyo91裸聊视频檚 Olympic Stadium, but track and field is taking place that night.

Canada is playing in the gold medal match for the first time ever after blanking the United States 1-0 in a dramatic semi-final.

Canada has won bronze in the last two Olympics.

91裸聊视频淲e have come this far, so we want to come back home with a gold medal,91裸聊视频� Priestman said. 91裸聊视频淭he team won91裸聊视频檛 go into that final just happy to be there and go home with silver. We have a group of 22 players who are ready for that final, who are ready to do something special for our country.91裸聊视频�

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