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By Steve Keating VANCOUVER (Reuters) - England scored twice in the opening half and then held on to reach the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup with a tense 2-1 win over Canada on Saturday. The schedule was setup for a potential Canada Day party on July 1 but the hosts could not secure an invitation as England gained revenge for a quarter-final loss to Canada at the 2012 London Olympics to reach the last four of a World Cup for the first time. After conceding just one goal in four matches, Canada surrendered two in three minutes early in the opening half and fell into a hole out of which they could not climb.
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