Canada ties Guatemala, has back against wall in Gold Cup after second straight draw
Canada battled to a 0-0 draw towards Guatemala Saturday night time, a end result that left the nationwide males’s soccer crew with its again towards the wall in CONCACAF Gold Cup play.
Canada went into the match hoping for a win to spice up their probabilities of advancing out of Group D play however had been outplayed by Guatemala for lengthy stretches.
Canada pressed within the recreation’s late phases.
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Forward Jacob Shaffelburg had an opportunity within the seventy fifth minute however couldn’t get a clear shot away permitting goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen to make the save. Zac McGraw had an opportunity on the identical sequence however put the ball over the online.
A couple of minutes later centre again Steven Vitoria blasted a shot that Hagen stopped.
Guadeloupe and Guatemala led Group D with 4 factors from a win and a draw.
Canada has two factors from the 2 attracts.
Canada, ranked forty seventh on the planet, faces No. 165-ranked Cuba Tuesday in Houston in a must- win recreation.
The recreation was performed earlier than a vocal, pro-Guatemala crowd in 34 Celsius warmth and 65 per cent humidity at Shell Energy Stadium.
Canada was booed by a hometown crowd in Toronto after they opened Group D play with a 2-2 draw towards Guadeloupe Tuesday. Guatemala defeated Cuba 1-0 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in its first recreation of the match.
Guadeloupe defeated Cuba 4-1 earlier Saturday.
Guatemala, ranked 116th on the planet, got here shut within the opening minutes of the second half. A sliding Carlos Mejia had an open internet however the midfielder simply missed connecting with the ball.
Canada’s greatest scoring likelihood of the opening half got here within the twenty ninth minute. Lucas Cavallini headed a ball to ahead Junior Hoilett who twisted and fired a shot that sailed over the online.
A Canadian giveaway allowed Guatemala to threaten within the twentieth minute. Forward Nathaniel Mendez had a transparent shot from the highest of the field however goalkeeper Milan Borjan made the save.
Midfielder Liam Miller raised Canadian hopes with a tough shot from distance within the twenty third minute that Hagen scooped up.
Canada obtained fortunate within the thirty third minute. Aaron Herrera despatched a nook kick into the field and a defensive lapse left defender Jose Ardon on their lonesome, however he did not make contact with the ball.
A couple of minutes later Herrera simply missed the highest nook of the online on a free kick.
The 16-country match runs by way of July 16 throughout 15 stadiums in 14 cities.
Canada is lacking a few of its greatest names with Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David, Cyle Larin, Tajon Buchanan, Alistair Johnston, Atiba Hutchinson and Ismael Kone not enjoying.
NOTES
Canada didn’t get a nook kick till the sport’s 63rd minute. … Canada bumped into foul bother early within the opening half when midfielder Liam Fraser and fullback Kamal Miller earned yellow playing cards two minutes aside. … In their solely different Gold Cup assembly Canada beat Guatemala 3-0 within the quarterfinals of the 2007 match. … The final time the groups performed one another was in 2015 when Canada received a 1-0 pleasant.
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