Canada on verge of World Cup after win in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Captain Atiba Hutchinson, on the verge of his 39th birthday, and young gun Jonathan David ensured unbeaten Canada kept rolling towards Qatar 2022.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Captain Atiba Hutchinson, on the verge of his 39th birthday, and young gun Jonathan David ensured unbeaten Canada kept rolling towards Qatar 2022.
It used to be that the Canadian men's team cowered at the feet of CONCACAF's elite nations.
The race to the 2022 World Cup finals is drawing to a close, with three rounds of games to be played in March to decide which nations from the CONCACAF region will head to Qatar in November.
The Canadian men flew south to El Salvador on Tuesday to take the next step on their remarkable World Cup qualifying journey.
John Herdman said all the right things Sunday after Canada dispatched the United States at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field to move closer to qualifying for 2022 World Cup.
Canada took a giant step towards their first World Cup qualification in 36 years on Sunday after scoring an upset 2-0 victory over arch-rivals the United States in CONCACAF qualifiers. A Cyle Larin goal after just seven minutes and an injury time effort from Sam Adekugbe secured all three points for the Canadians at a frigid Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton to extend the home side's lead at the top of the CONCACAF standings. The unbeaten Canadians now have 22 points from four games with four fixtures remaining, pulling four points clear of the USA who are second with 18 points.
El entrenador, Gregg Berhalter, advirtió que a pesar de ser visitantes el domingo en Canadá, es una oportunidad importante para la selección de poder asaltar la cima del Octagonal Final de la Concacaf, un objetivo que tienen pensado al finalizar las eliminatorias.
Canada hosts the United States in men's World Cup qualifying on Sunday — a clash of the best and second-best teams in CONCACAF, at least by the table's current reckoning.