The shocking opening-match loss to Norway doesn't matter anymore. The United States' women's soccer team went 2-1 in group playtopping Japan and New Zealand after the lossto advance to the single-elimination final tournament.

The quarterfinals are on Friday, and shape up like this:

USA vs. Canada, 6 a.m. EST

China vs. Japan, 9 a.m. EST

Brazil vs. Norway, 6 a.m. EST

Sweden vs. Germany, 9 a.m. EST

Canada has never had great success against the U.S., but the neighbors to the north are ranked No. 9 in the world by FIFA and have played close matches with the Americans recently. Plus, there's familiarity. Almost all of the Canadian players were collegiate standouts in the United States, including Brittany Timko (Nebraska) and Kara Lang (UCLA).

Timko, Lang and others had nice college careers. But anyone who has followed women's college soccer recently is well aware of Christine Sinclair, who was an All-American at Portland and led the Pilots to the 2005 national championship. Sinclair has played for Canada's national team since she was 16.

Canada went 1-1-1 in group play and slipped into the quarterfinals. As the whistle blew after the final game of group play, Sinclair reportedly turned to a teammate and said "I want to play the Americans, now."

She'll get her chance.