Canada looks to snap a four-game slide and end the year on a winning note Tuesday when it takes on Japan in the second of two meetings in the FIFA women’s international window.

The ninth-ranked Canadians were outplayed Saturday in a 3-0 loss to No. 8 Japan at Nagasaki’s Peace Stadium.

But assistant coach Natalie Henderson knows there is no quick fix for a team that has not won or scored since a 4-1 victory over No. 43 Costa Rica on June 27 in Toronto.

“We’re going through a transition phase with this team,” said Henderson, who is running the side while head coach Casey Stoney is back in England with her ailing mother. “We’re trying to build a whole new identity. We’re trying to build a new way of playing and new style of play that Casey wants us to play.

“We want to be brave with the b

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