The Canadian men's soccer team can win its first trophy in a generation

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Stars Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David scored lovely goals as Canada beat Panama 2-0 last night in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals in Las Vegas. Coming off their first World Cup appearance in 36 years, the Canadian men now have a chance to win their first trophy in 23 years when they face the United States in the final on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET.

This is Canada's first trip to the final of an international men's tournament since its surprising victory in the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The CONCACAF Nations League is less prestigious than the Gold Cup and much newer. This is only the second edition since its inception in 2021, when Canada failed to advance to the final four after placing second to the eventual-champion United States in their group.

This time, the Canadians' improved world ranking from their successful World Cup qualifying campaign afforded the team an easier draw, and they topped Honduras and Curaçao to win their group back in March. That set up last night's win at the Las Vegas Raiders' stadium, where David converted a pinpoint pass from Kamal Miller in the 25th minute before Davies put Panama away with a top-shelf blast in the 70th. Davies, returning from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss the end of his club season with Bayern Munich, entered the game just a few minutes earlier.

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In Sunday's final, Canada will face a U.S. team missing two starters due to automatic suspensions stemming from last