Janine Beckie has now scored one more goal in Ottawa than her brother Drew, who was a defender for the Fury the last two years.

But those modest family bragging rights aside, she was not satisfied with simply giving Canada a 1-0 victory over Brazil at TD Place on Wednesday night.

Earlier, Beckie, who entered the game well into the second half, missed two great scoring opportunities, including one in the 88th minute.

Her goal came in added time.

“I wasn’t the only one with chances,” said Beckie, who was right on about that as Canada outplayed a Brazil squad that did not use many of its starters. “But to me, I’ll look back and say those two should be goals. I’m someone that would like to finish those two.”

Canadian coach John Herdman liked what he heard from Beckie, whom he said had a “restless mind.” Beckie has been Canada’s most consistent scorer of late, but to her it’s not about what she’s done lately. She wants to make a difference in Rio.

“I’m getting myself in positions, and that’s what’s important,” said Beckie, who was born in Colorado but has duel citizenship because both her parents are from Saskatchewan. “But going into the Olympics, those chances are going to be less and less, so the ratio starts to be important.

“The less chances you have, the more you have to put the ball in the goal. I’m really happy there was a third chance, but that’s not always going to be the case. I’ll go back and look at those and fix them for next time.”

Watch for her to star when Canada tries to pick up a shinier medal than bronze at the Olympics.

JUST FOR KICKS

Nineteen of 20 players on the Brazilian roster were identified only by one name, with the exception being A. Alves. Curiously, she was the only Alves on the team. The ‘A’ seems a little unnecessary … Marta, who is Brazil’s best player, had a different label given to her by Pele, who was widely acknowledged as the best soccer player in the world. He called her “Pele in skirts.” It should be Peleinskirts … I like the Brazilian national anthem. Kinda makes you want to dance … Should not have had to tell “friendly” colleague Tim Baines that just because the women on the field were holding hands for the songs of both countries, it didn’t mean we had to … Tim probably didn’t realize it at the time, but he had a much better option on the other side of him. I wonder if even the Brazilian reporters go by just one name.

STRIKING OUT

For your first visit to a sports event at TD Place this year you will notice that the price of beer has been raised by a quarter. That probably means less to the consumer than it does to the hard working vendor who sees his tip money shrinking annually, as he now gets to keep 50 cents instead of 75 went handed a $10 bill … From Captain Obvious: Having parts of Queen Elizabeth Driveway closed for construction makes for a tough time getting to TD Place on game days … Jessie Fleming had the first scoring chance in the ninth minute. Her attempt went wide, and what seemed like two seconds later, the crowd reacted. Or was that just me? … Ashley Lawrence appeared to be the victim of some rough play in the early going. She never stayed down (Don Cherry would appreciate that) but she never really acknowledged what looked to be apologies either (he’d probably appreciate that too).

GOING ON THE PITCH

A reporter tried to check out Team Canada’s practice Monday, not realizing he only had a 15-minute window through which to watch. He was promptly chased away from the field. And I thought ridiculously tight security was only a FIFA thing … The weather was weird Tuesday night. In the first half there was light rain while the sun shone brightly. At halftime, the meanest and ugliest clouds hovered, but never did they burst. Kind of disappointing … Not sure how it looked from your angle, but I thought Christine Sinclair’s free kick in the 55th minute was going wide … Great game by Canadian keeper Stephanie Labbe. Did she even have to stop a shot? ... The attendance of 23,568 was the largest turnout for a national team’s game ever in Ottawa. The last time the girls played here was 2003, when Brazil provided the opposition and 18,000 turned out. Wonder if it will take another 13 years for the soccer folks to realize they have a good thing here in the capital?