Haisha Can­tave sec­ond-half head­er earned Con­ca­caf cham­pi­on Cana­da, a nar­row 1-0 win over Ghana in their Group D open­er at the Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Mal­abar on Mon­day night.Ghana of­ten looked the bet­ter side, how­ev­er, the North Amer­i­cans' pa­tient game plan paid div­i­dends and earned them all three points in what is be­ing la­belled the 'group of death' here at these fi­nals.

The lone goal came in the 54th minute when Chan­tale Camp­bell's cor­ner was head­ed home by Haisha Can­tave. The Cana­di­ans, who fin­ished top of their Con­ca­caf qual­i­fy­ing com­pe­ti­tion, will next meet the Re­pub­lic of Ire­land in Ari­ma to­mor­row while Ghana takes on Brazil.

Venue: Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va

Group C

Spain 4 (Ira­ia Perez 26th, Alex­ia Putel­las 28th, Lau­ra Gutier­rez 41st, Raquel Pinel 56th) vs Japan 1 (Ku­mi Yokoya­ma 56th)

Venezuela 2 (Ysaura Vi­so 24th, 67th) vs New Zealand 1 (Kate Loye 10th).

Venue: Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Mal­abar

Group D

Brazil 2 (Glau­cia 4th, 61st) vs Re­pub­lic of Ire­land 1 (Siob­han Killeen 58th).

Cana­da 1 (Haisha Can­tave 54th) vs Ghana 0.