Canada leaves the Concacaf Nations League with a third place, and a smile after defeating the United States 2-1 on Sunday.
Before the game, the coach of Canada, Jesse Marsch, minimized the backdrop of the political tension between the two American rivals. But he showed his players the film full of fight for the hockey game in front of the four Nations of Canada-United States before the game.
The Canadians will undoubtedly savor the victory over their neighbors to the south.
“Of course, it’s just a third place game, but the man who means a lot, I think for people at home. It means a lot to me,” said Canadian fullback Alistair Johnston, which was exceptional in the day. “And I am very proud of the team. I am proud of each type that came out and took a step forward.”
Mexico faced Panama in the final later on Sunday at the Sofi stadium.
Tani Oluwaseyi and Jonathan David scored for Canada, who finished the game with Marsch watching from a box at the Sofi stadium after receiving a red card in the 54th minute for a lateral explosion in the absence of a penalty call.
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Canada defeated the United States 2-1 on Sunday to claim third place in the Concacaf League after Jonathan David’s goal resembled the winner in Los Angeles.
David scored five minutes after Marsch was expelled.
“Jessie was defending his team. And in the end, surely, he galvanized the children,” said assistant coach Mauro Biello, who intervened for Marsch at the new conference after the game. “They saw trust and how much it means to him and we could return and get that second objective.”
David’s exquisite attack occurred after Ali Ahmed found him in the penalty team. Lille’s striker turned like a killer to get away from a defender and snuggled the ball beyond a Matt Turner diving for his 32 goal for Canada.
The repetitions seemed to show David lost his balance when he tried a quick turn to evade defender Max Arfsten. David had also dropped minutes before in the United States box under the pressure of Tyler Adams with Garcia stirring to play.
The red card means that Marsch will miss the first game of the Concacaf Gold Cup this summer.
Canada was the most dangerous team of the day, clinging in the last minutes while desperate Americans pressed for a draw. Goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair and the Moise Bombito and Derek Cornelius centrals made important late stops.
“I think we show a great character today, even in difficult times,” David said. “We stayed together and finally we got the victory.”
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Patrick Agyeng scored for the United States, which lost 2-1 against Canada the last time they met in a friendly September in Kansas City, the first victory of the Canadians over Americans on American soil since July 1957 (a 3-2 qualification victory in the World Cup in St. Louis).
It marks the first time that Canada has defeated the US in consecutive games since it won 2-1 in a World Cup Classification Championship/Concacaf game in November 1980 and 2-0 in a friendly April 1985, both in Vancouver.
Canada occupied the fifth place (2019-20), the second (2022-23) and the fifth (2023-24) in the three previous editions of the Nations League.
Canada, in the 31st position in the world, lost 2-0 to the number 19 of Mexico in the semifinal game on Thursday, while number 16 qualified for us, admitting a 94-minute goal, they were defeated by 1-0 by number 36 of Panama, finishing their offer for a fourth consecutive title.
Canada surpassed the US.
Overcome Davies’ early
Canada lost Captain Alphonso Davies in the 12th minute on Sunday after the Bayern Munich star fell twice and needed medical attention for a knee problem. It was replaced by Niko Sigur with Johnston, who assumed the position of Captain, changing to the left side.
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The Canadian star Alphonso Davies left the third game of the Concacaf Nations League against the US. UU. With an injury at the bottom of the leg.
There was little flow to the game from the beginning, but Canada began to press the Americans.
Oluwaseyi opened the scoring in the 27th minute after Ahmed sent the ball to the United States penalty. David’s shot at a player left and fell kindly to Oluwaseyi, who hit him from a short distance for his first goal in 11 appearances for Canada. The objective survived a VAR check for offside.
Canadian men improved 12-17-13 of all time against the United States, and 4-3-2 since 2019. Canada has 3-14-11 against Americans on US soil.
Marsch made three changes in his initial alignment with Mathieu Choiniere, Tajon Buchanan and Oluwaseyi for Stephen Eustaquio, Jonathan Osorio and Cyle Larin.
The American coach Mauricio Pochettino had promised changes in an offer to improve the chemistry of the team and opted for five new headlines in Agyamang, Luna, Max Arfsten, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Mark McKenzie.
Canada improved the 6-4-5 record under Marsch, with one of those ties becoming a penalty defeat in No. 11 Uruguay and another for a victory for the shooting over No. 47 Venezuela in the Copa América.
This year’s Nations League is worth $ 2 million in the United States to the winner with the second place raising $ 1 million. The third place has a value of $ 600,000 with $ 200,000 in fourth place.
