Canadian defender Shelina Zadorsky had a night to remember Wednesday, after a year she would probably like to forget.
The 31-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., scored twice from set pieces to help Canada blank Costa Rica 3-0 and remain perfect at the CONCACAF W Gold Cup with three wins and the top seeding heading into the weekend quarterfinals.
Last April, Zadorsky detailed a medical ordeal that started when she contracted COVID-19 in mid-December.
“In my own experience over the last three-and-a-half months, I have been dealing with health challenges relating to COVID, illness, fatigue and honestly every sick symptom you can name,” Zadorsky wrote
