VANCOUVER — The first seven months of Casey Stoney's tenure at the helm of Canada's women's soccer team has come with a lot of lessons.

She knows there'll be more — and she's ready for the challenges ahead.

“I'm loving it," the head coach said Friday. "It’s very different than the club game, so I'm not working day to day with players in terms of development, which I miss, openly and honestly. But at the same time, I feel like I've been able to get into clubs, meet with different staff, see the players, step back a little bit.”

A former England captain who played her club soccer with Arsenal, Charlton, Chelsea, Lincoln and Liverpool, Stoney took over the Canadian squad in January. Before coming to the national team, she served as the first-ever coach for both Manchester United women and

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