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Women's World Cup Quarterfinals Field Complete
"When that ball came across, it was just sitting in front of me," Salisbury said. "I saw all the Canadian players going in one direction, so I just thought I'd put it behind them. It all seemed so slow and calm, and then the place just erupted _ it was an awesome feeling."
Canada went ahead 1-0 on the second-fastest goal in Women's World Cup history when Melissa Tancredi scored on a volley after 32 seconds to beat goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri. Colette McCallum equalized for Australia early in the 53rd.
The quickest goal came in 30 seconds at the 1991 World Cup by Sweden's Lena Videkull.
Brazil, with star Marta directing traffic, dominated Denmark but could not score until the first minute of injury time when substitute Pretinha raced onto a through ball and lifted it over the onrushing Danish goalkeeper Heidi Johansen.
Brazil could have scored more except for poor finishing and great goalkeeping by Johansen.
The pro-Brazilian crowd at the Hangzhou Dragon Stadium oohed and awed each time Marta touched the ball, and she did not disappoint, launching passes around the field and dribbling past defenders.
Li Jie and Xie Caixia scored in the second half in China's victory over New Zealand, which lost its three games.
China launched repeated attacks but wasn't able to crack the gritty New Zealand defense until the 57th minute when Li scored off a free kick from Zhou Gaoping, heading the ball over keeper Jenny Bindon.
Xie added another in the 79th minute, deftly outdribbling a defender and launching a left-footed shot from close range.


