Unser Chat » Marcel Hirscher of Austria overcame a

The Canadian womens soccer team will play a pair of home games against the reigning World Cup champions from Japan in October. The first match will take place on October 25th in Edmonton and will be followed by a second match on October 28th in Vancouver. "Playing the reigning world champions Japan in a FIFA Womens World Cup Canada 2015 Official Host City not only provides our Womens National Team with the best preparation possible, but also gives Alberta fans across the soccer community a tremendous opportunity to experience firsthand what the worlds best womens soccer nations have to offer," said Peter Montopoli, Canada Soccers General Secretary. Edmonton will also be the site of Canadas two initial group stage matches at the 2015 Womens World Cup. KITZBUEHEL, Austria - Screaming for joy and smashing his poles on the snow, Swedish skier Mattias Hargin celebrated his first career World Cup victory on Sunday.Third after the opening leg, Hargin used a flawless second run to land his maiden win at the slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm races.Normally, I am very calm but this is incredible, Hargin said. Finally Ive made it. It feels great the win has come here in Kitz.Hargin posted the second-fastest time in the final run and finished in a total of 1 minute, 43.10 seconds.First-run leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria overcame a mistake halfway down his final run to finish 0.49 behind in second.Felix Neureuther of Germany, who won the race a year ago and also triumphed in Wengen, Switzerland, last week, finished third and remained in the lead of the discipline standings with 480 points, 24 clear of Hirscher.Usually I lose time in the second run, Hargin said. Maybe it was an advantage not to lead after the first run and to just push hard in the second.The 29-year-old Hargin has finished on a podium three times since making his World Cup debut eight years ago. He came closest to a win last season when he finished runner-up to Olympic champion Mario Matt of Austria at a slalom in Val dIsere, France.Its so hard to win a race competing against guys like Hirscher and Neureuther, Hargin said.The Swede drew praise from his rivals for landing Swedens first World Cup victory since Andre Myhrer won a slalom in Levi in November 2012.Mattias has raced incredibly. Hats off! Hes the deserved winner, Hirscher said.The Austrian led Hargin by 0.42 after the opening run and extendeed that lead to 0.dddddddddddd62 before a costly mistake threw him off the race line. He quickly recovered to stay in the race but had lost seven-tenths.The course worsened during the race, with ruts getting deeper and the cloudy weather limiting visibility.With second place and 160 points this weekend, I cant complain, said Hirscher, who also finished runner-up in Fridays combined event. A home race in Kitzbuehel doesnt leave me cold. I do get nervous standing in the start gate and thousands of people waiting for your run.Hirscher was chasing his 16th career win in the discipline, which would have placed him in shared third with Luxembourgs Marc Girardelli on the all-time winners list behind Swedens Ingemar Stenmark (40) and Italys Alberto Tomba (35).Neureuther was fifth after the opening leg, as he was last week on his way to victory in Wengen. The German has won nine World Cup races but is yet to win back-to-back slaloms.Its a different race. The course set is different, the hill is different, the German skier said. I am totally happy. You cant begrudge it to (Mattias) as this was a convincing and deserved win.Alexander Khoroshilov of Russia, who was 0.19 behind Hirscher in second after the opening leg, struggled in his final run and lost speed after several mistakes before finishing in sixth.Ted Ligety was disqualified for missing a gate in the first run, leaving David Chodounsky in 26th as the only American to score World Cup points.The mens World Cup travels to nearby Schladming for a night slalom on Tuesday, the final race before the world championships start in Beaver Creek on Feb. 2. 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