(Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil)
Four days after opening her Olympic career in spectacular fashion, Janine Beckie continued to shine on Saturday.
Beckie, the graduate of Valor Christian, scored two goals to help Canada’s women’s soccer team beat Zimbabwe 3-1 in group play on Saturday. Both goals came in the first half as Canada improved to 2-0 during the Summer Olympics in Rio.
Beckie scored in the seventh minute, and then added her second goal in the 35th minute.
The goals brought Beckie’s two-game total to three tallies. She scored the opening goal in Canada’s 2-0 win over Australia on Wednesday — it was the fastest goal in Olympic history, coming just 20 seconds in.
Beckie, born in Highlands Ranch, graduated from Valor Christian in 2012. She was named the Gatorade girls soccer player of the year as a senior, and then went on to play college soccer at Texas Tech.
Both of Beckie’s parents are from Saskatchewan, and her three older siblings were born in Canada. She has dual citizenship.