The Matildas Olympic line-up is the strongest national womens side that veteran defender Clare Polkinghorne can remember.Australias first Olympic womens football campaign in 12 years will kick-off against Canada on August 3 after a warm-up friendly with Brazil on Sunday.Its the first game between the countries since the Matildas famously defeated Brazil 1-0 in the round of 16 of last years Womens World Cup.On that occasion an 80th minute strike from Kyah Simon got the Matildas over the line and into a quarter-final, which they would lose 1-0 to Japan.While a win would be great Polkinghorne insists the match will be a chance for plenty of players to push for a Rio starting berth.One of our key areas is the depth weve got in the squad, Polkinghorne said.Were got 18 to 20 players here ... who can step in at any time and do a job.There is real competition for starting spots and I think that continues to help us to push each other and reach higher levels of play.Defender Alanna Kennedy, who goes to Rio on the back of solid form in the US National Womens Soccer League, said the Matildas would use the friendly to re-build their confidence.They last played together in a 1-1 farewell friendly draw against New Zealand in early June, three days after they beat the Football Ferns 2-0.Were confident that well be able to break down any of the attacks that we come against and thats starting all the way back, Kennedy said.After playing Canada, the Matildas will face Germany and Zimbabwe in the group stage. Garrett Celek Super Bowl Jersey . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Tom Rathman Super Bowl Jersey . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. http://www.49ersofficialfanshop.com/solomon-thomas-jersey-sales.html . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. DeForest Buckner Super Bowl Jersey . That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. Steve Young Super Bowl Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. THIBODAUX, La. -- Julius Maracalin ran for a career-high three touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana survived a frantic finish to beat Nicholls 44-42 on Thursday night.Nicholls scored on a 5-yard pass from Chase Fourcade to Damion Jeanpiere with 1:18 left, added the two-point conversion, recovered an onside kick and scored again on Fourcades 2-yard run. That two-point try failed but Nicholls again recovered an onside kick and a penalty on Southeastern Louisiana on the play left the Colonels with the ball on the Lions 37 with two seconds remaining. Fourcade scrambled and threw it into the end zone where the Hail MMary pass was batted and fell incomplete.ddddddddddddThe victory in the regular-season finale for both teams ensured a third-place finish for the Lions (7-4, 7-2) and enhanced their hopes for a berth in the FCS playoffs for the third time in four seasons.The game seesawed with the Lions leading 14-0 after the first quarter, the Colonels up 21-14 at halftime and then the Lions scoring 13 points in the third to retake the lead before the teams combined for 38 points in the final quarter. ' ' '