Canada awaits Olympic make or break clash

Even though the clash will determine whether or not the side makes the quarter-finals, it will be a special match for Canada's head coach John Herdman, who grew up in the nearby County Durham town of Consett as a Magpies fan.

In honour of its manager, Canada will abandon its usual red and white warm-up tops for something more appropriate.

Herdman said: "The girls are planning to wear black and white tops in the warm-up because they are conscious they are wearing red and white, the Sunderland colours, in the game.

"Hopefully we can win over the Geordies and get them behind us."

Herdman's coaching career includes a spell at Sunderland's Academy, but his boyhood love of arch-rivals has never left him, and he will have a large contingent of family in the stands tomorrow afternoon.

He said: "It is a bit surreal to be standing in (Newcastle manager) Alan Pardew's dugout, but we have to make sure we stay focused during the game and not (get) carried away.

"It is one of those great moments and we must use it for the motivation it can bring.

"I feel a bit parochial on home territory and I want to come away with what we want. Sweden are coming into our den."