Canada arrives in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Canada has arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico in advance of its Tuesday match in CONCACAF Stage 2 of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The team arrived in the early evening, just over 48 hours out from its 20.00 ET kickoff on 6 September 2011 against Puerto Rico.



Canada’s second match in the qualification phase will be broadcast live on Rogers Sportsnet One, with supplemental live coverage via twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN. Full post-match coverage will be available via CanadaSoccer.com and its youtube.com/CanadaSoccerTV channel.



Canada leads Group D of CONCACAF Stage 2 with three points following a 4:1 victory over St. Lucia on Friday 2 September at BMO Field in Toronto. That same night, Puerto Rico drew 0:0 with St. Kitts and Nevis. While Canada visits Puerto Rico on Tuesday, St. Kitts and Nevis visits St. Lucia.



After the Friday match, the Canadian team spent an additional day in Toronto before traveling to Puerto Rico on Sunday. Canada will be back on the pitch for the Official Training Session on Monday at the Estadio Juán Rámon Loubriel.







CANADA’S NEXT HOME MATCH

Canada’s next home match is Tuesday 11 October 2011 at BMO Field in Toronto. Canada hosts Puerto Rico on Match Day 4 of CONCACAF Stage 2 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Tickets to the home match are available via Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.ca / 1-855-985-5000).