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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Canada fell shot of an elusive semifinal berth at the FIFA under-17 womens World Cup, but coach Bev Priestman says the Canadians showed they could compete with the best in the world. Marie Levasseur and Sarah Kinzner scored for the Canadians in a 3-2 quarter-final loss to Venezuela on Thursday. The Canadians were hoping to make history as the first Canada side to make the semifinals at the U-17 event. "They outperformed what was expected of them in a very tough group and tried to play a brand of football that were trying to develop throughout our system," Priestman said. Deyna Castellanos, Yosneidy Zambrano and Lourdes Moreno scored for the Venezuelans at the 35,000-seat Nacional Stadium. Castellanos opened scoring in the seventh minute, before goals by Kinzner, in the 19th, and Levasseur, in the 40th, gave the Canadians a 2-1 lead. Zambrano scored the equalizer two minutes before halftime, then Moreno put Venezuela ahead for good in the 62nd minute. "The girls are obviously very disappointed at the moment, but to be fair to them Venezuela really counter-attacked to make it difficult," Priestman said. "You attack but then you lose the ball and youve got to quickly defend." In the preliminary round, Canada played perennial powerhouse Germany to a 2-2 draw before tying 2012 runners-up North Korea 1-1. The Canadians finished the preliminary round by toppling Ghana 2-1. Venezuela went undefeated through the opening round and hadnt conceded a goal until Kinzners. This was the youngest side Canada has fielded at the tournament. Priestman said she expects some of the players to continue to represent Canada in 2016, at either the under-17 World Cup in Jordan or the under-20 tournament in South Africa. "I expect to see quite a few of the players move up the system this summer in Canada," she said. Jordan Clarkson Jersey . Green-Ellis was Cincinnatis leading rusher each of the last two seasons. 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While Lampard had earlier missed a penalty, Roberto Soldado had no such trouble from the spot for Tottenham, scoring on his debut to clinch a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Coach Steve Kerr knew when he arrived at Golden State that Marreese Speights would figure into the mix somehow this season with the Warriors.He never envisioned how big of an impact Speights would have in the teams 13-2 start.I figured he was a guy who could give us a spark off the bench every now and again, but I didnt see him as our full-time backup centre. ... but Mo has been way better than I expected, Kerr said.Kerr even sat out Speights early in the season, saying because Im an idiot. He said hes not going to make the same mistake again.Speights scored 16 of his 27 points to start the fourth quarter, helping the Warriors beat the Charlotte Hornets 106-101 on Friday night for their eighth straight win.He saved us again, Kerr said. Its like the fourth time hes saved us. Hes just having a terrific season.Stephen Curry finished with 26 points despite a poor shooting night from 3-point range, and Klay Thompson added 17 points for the Warriors (13-2).We were struggling to find a rhythm and he came in and dominated, took over the game, Curry said of Speights. He basically won us the game. Without him tonight our team doesnt even come close.Said Speights: I think it shows we got a deep team.Brian Roberts scored 20 points and Al Jefferson had 18 points for the struggling Hornets (4-13), who have lost eight straight games and 10 of their last 11. Cody Zeller had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Kemba Walker had 13 points and 13 rebounds.Curry, making his return to Charlotte where he played high school basketball and starred at nearby Davidson College, made his first 3-pointer then missed his final nine. He still finished 9 of 20 from the field and made all seven free throw attempts.The Warriors out-rebounded the Hornets 16-8 on the offensive glass.It never matters how well you play if youre going to get tattooed on the glasss, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said.ddddddddddddThe Warriors came in having outscored opponents by an average of nearly 15 points during their winning streak, but entered the fourth quarter trailing 80-74.Then Speights got hot.The six-year NBA veteran scored his teams first 16 points of the fourth quarter on 8-of-9 shooting — most of those coming on mid-range jump shots — and the Warriors took a 90-88 lead with five minutes remaining.When Im in a zone, the basket looks like a swimming pool, Speights said.Thompson knocked down a 3-pointer and Curry scored on two run outs as the Warriors pushed the lead to 97-90. Curry was 6 for 6 from the foul line in the final two minutes to seal the victory.Curry, who had 19 points and nine assists in Golden States 25-point win over Charlotte earlier this season, entered the game with a hot hand. He scored 28 points against Orlando and 40 against Miami earlier this week.But after a quick eight points, Curry cooled off and went to the bench with 3:47 left in the first half after picking up his third foul. The Hornets tried to attack Curry in the second half, but he stayed out of more foul trouble.___TIP-INS:Warriors: Speights has 20 or more points in three games this season off the bench.Hornets: Zeller started in place of Marvin Williams, who is out with a strained shoulder. Williams will sit out Saturday night at Atlanta, too.RUNNING OF THE BULLS: Kerr interrupted his post-game press conference twice in the hallway outside the Warriors locker room to say hello to former Chicago Bulls teammates -- first to Dickey Simpkins and then Hornets owner Michael Jordan. Jordan hugged Kerr and told him keep up the good work, kid. After Jordan walked away, Kerr turned to the media and said, Wheres (Scottie) Pippen?UP NEXT:Warriors: Play at Detroit on Sunday.Hornets: Play at Atlanta on Saturday. ' ' '