Canada wraps up Concacaf Under-17 Championship journey in Semi-Finals after 0:2 loss to USA

Canada will look ahead to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2023 after they wrapped up their Concacaf journey in Guatemala on Friday night. Just two nights after qualifying for their eighth FIFA U-17 World Cup, Canada were eliminated from the Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship after a narrow 0:2 loss to USA at the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores. USA’s Micah Burton scored the winner on free kick in the first half while Keyrol Figueroa scored the second goal on the last play of the match in added time. Canadian midfielder Jeevan Badwal earned Canada’s Player of the Match honours.

After reaching the Semi-Finals at the Concacaf Under-17 Championship Canada, will play in the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup which will be held in Peru. The FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2023 will be held from 10 November to 2 December with 16 nations, including Canada, Mexico, Panama and USA from Concacaf.

Across six matches, Canada posted four wins with 11 goals scored and three clean sheets. In the group phase, Canada were 3:2 winners over Trinidad and Tobago, 2:0 winners over Barbados, and then lost 0:1 to USA. In the knockout phase, Canada then won 3:0 over Haiti in the Round of 16 and won 3:0 over Puerto Rico in the Quarter-Finals. 

CAN 0 : 2 USA
2023-02-24 Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, att.162
Referee / Arbitre : Christopher (Mason, Kemar Gayle, William Chow, Okeito Nicholson)  

Goals / Buts
USA 36′ Micah Burton (FK right foot / pied droit) 1-0
USA 93′ Keyrol Figueroa (right foot / pied droit) 2-0 (a.David Vázquez)

CANADA –  18 GK Alexander O’Brien; 3 Gaël de Montigny, 5 Chimere Omeze, 6 Lazar Stefanovic capt., 13 Richard Chukwu, 2 Theo Rigopoulos (12 Aidan Fong 84′), 4 Alessandro Biello, 8 Jeevan Badwal, 17 Liam MacKenzie (10 Antoine N’Diaye 59′), 20 Andrei Dumitru (11 Lucas Ozimec 72′), 19 Kyler Vojvodic (9 Erik Pop 59′). Coach / entraîneur Andrew Olivieri. Unused substitutes / substituts non utilisés:1 GK Nathaniel Abraham; 7 Ibrahim Higazy, 14 Ruben de Sa, 15 Victor Fung, 16 Étienne Godin,

Gatorade Performance of the Match / Performance du match Gatorade :
Jeevan Badwal

CANADA SOCCER’S MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team are the reigning Kings of Concacaf, having finished first overall in the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers from September 2021 to March 2022. It marked the third time that Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team won a Concacaf title, having previously won the 1985 Concacaf Championship and the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup.
 
Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Youth Teams have won two Concacaf titles: both the 1986 and 1996 Concacaf Men’s Youth Championships. Canada have qualified for 16 FIFA men’s youth tournaments: eight editions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and eight editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Across Brazil 2019 and Peru 2023, Canada have qualified for back-to-back FIFA U-17 World Cups.

Canada Soccer’s Men’s EXCEL Program channels our nation’s exceptional players into the best soccer environments. The Canada Soccer Pathway works in collaboration with our provincial and territory partners as well as the professional clubs and academies. For Canada’s elite players, the program emphasizes player development on the pathway to representing Canada’s Men’s National Team in international soccer.