MARSEILLE, France – On Friday, Kailen Sheridan was asked what it was like to field questions about soccer instead of drone spying and FIFA sanctions for once.

“Weird,” the Canadian women’s national goalkeeper said.

It goes with the territory. The defending champs qualified for the knockout stage of the Olympic tournament despite being docked six points in the standings, losing their head coach and two other staff members and most of them crying their eyes out before that defining outing last week against host France.