Men's National Team

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Denmark

Tucson, Arizona | Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium

Attendance: 3042

Mason Trafford
Tosaint Ricketts

85'
Philippe Davies
Terry Dunfield

77'
Kyle Porter
Russell Teibert

68'
Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault
Kyle Bekker

67'
66'

Denmark Goal: Goal Scorer. Assist: Goal Scorer
Evan James
Dwayne De Rosario

60'
Caution: Henry, Doneil (CAN MNT) Doneil Henry

55'
Simon Thomas
Lars Hirschfeld

46'
35'

Denmark Goal: Goal Scorer. Assist: Goal Scorer
10'

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8'

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Timeline

Men's National Team

KO

KO
8 ' |
10 ' |
35 ' |
HT

HT
46 ' | Simon Thomas - Lars Hirschfeld
55 ' | Doneil Henry
60 ' | Evan James - Dwayne De Rosario
66 ' |
67 ' | Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault - Kyle Bekker
68 ' | Kyle Porter - Russell Teibert
77 ' | Philippe Davies - Terry Dunfield
85 ' | Mason Trafford - Tosaint Ricketts
FT

FT

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Denmark

Match Report

An inexperienced Canadian team was overpowered 4:0 by a quality Denmark side in a Men’s International Friendly on 26 January 2013 in Tucson, AZ.

Interim Canadian Head Coach Colin Miller gave debuts to six new players on the day as Canada took its first step forward following its elimination from FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014™ Qualifiers.

It was Canada who had the first real chance of the game when Ashtone Morgan burst down the left wing and delivered a quality ball. Neither Tosaint Ricketts nor the on-rushing Nik Ledgerwood were able to connect, and a follow-up opportunity for Dwayne De Rosario was blocked.

Denmark wasted little time punishing Canada for its miss.

Andreas Cornelius buried a free header to the bottom right corner in the 8^th minute to give the Danes the 1-0 lead. Kasper Lorentzen then cut through the Canadian back-line with relative ease and coolly finished to put Denmark 2-0 ahead in the 11^th minute.

Denmark’s third goal came from a corner, as a first attempt crashed off the cross-bar before the chance was tucked away from close range by Cornelius for this second of the match in the 35^th minute.

Canada’s defensive shape improved in the second half and chances for either team were limited.

Russell Teibert and Tosaint Rickets combined to carve out a decent chance for the Canadians early in the second period.

Teibert, played a one-two pass with Ricketts before hitting a firm effort from 22 yards. The shot was well saved by Danish goalkeeper Steffen Rasmussen.

Denmark then extended its lead to four on the next real chance.

The Danes worked a play down the left wing before the ball was centered to Cornelius who made no mistake completing his hat trick from there on 66 minutes.

Ricketts tested the Danish goalkeeper with a long-range effort minutes later, but that’s as close as Canada would come to pulling one back.

Attendance for the match at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium was 3,042.

CANADA-DENMARK LINEUPS:
Canada started the match with Lars Hirschfeld in goal, Doneil Henry at right back, Nana Attakora and Dejan Jakovic at centre back, Ashtone Morgan at left back, and Terry Dunfield, Kyle Bekker, Nik Ledgerwood, Russell Teibert, Dwayne De Rosario and Tosaint Ricketts from the midfield up through to the attack.

In the second half, coach Colin Miller replaced Hirschfeld with Simon Thomas (46'), De Rosario with Evan James (60'), Bekker with Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault (67'), Teibert with Kyle Porter (68'), Dunfield with Philippe Davies (77'), and Ricketts with Mason Trafford (85').

Denmark started the match with Steffen Rasmussen (goal), Michael Silberbauer, Jores Okore, Kris Stadsgaard, Mikkel Kirkeskov, Lars Jacobsen, Casper Sloth, Kasper Lorentzen, Nicolai Jørgensen, Dennis Rommedahl and Andreas Cornelius.

In the second half, coach Morten Olsen replaced Silberbauer, Jacobsen and Rommedahl with Kasper Kusk, Henrik Dalsgaard and Mads Albæk (46'), Jørgensen with Emil Larsen (60'), Cornelius with Nicklas Helenius (67'), and Okore with Daniel Høgh (71').