Men's National Team

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Barbados

Irvine, California | Orange County Great Park

Attendance: 5

CAN MNT goal by Theo Bair Theo Bair

76'
Noble Okello
Liam Fraser

75'
Theo Bair
Tesho Akindele

71'
Jayden Nelson
Jay Chapman

67'
Charles-Andreas Brym
Tosaint Ricketts

67'
Russell Teibert
Jonathan Osorio

57'
Shamit Shome
Samuel Piette

57'
CAN MNT goal by Jonathan Osorio (assist by Jay Chapman)) Jonathan Osorio

45'
35'

Barbados goal by Armando Lashley (penalty)
34'

CAN MNT goal by Tesho Akindele (assist by Jay Chapman))
CAN MNT goal by Tosaint Ricketts Tosaint Ricketts

7'

Timeline

Men's National Team

KO

KO
7 ' | Tosaint Ricketts
34 ' |
35 ' |
45 ' | Jonathan Osorio
HT

HT
57 ' | Shamit Shome - Samuel Piette
57 ' | Russell Teibert - Jonathan Osorio
67 ' | Charles-Andreas Brym - Tosaint Ricketts
67 ' | Jayden Nelson - Jay Chapman
71 ' | Theo Bair - Tesho Akindele
75 ' | Noble Okello - Liam Fraser
76 ' | Theo Bair
FT

FT

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Barbados

Match Report

Canada opened their 2020 international season with a 4:1 victory over Barbados in a Men’s International Friendly match in California. Veterans Tosaint Ricketts, Tesho Akindele and Jonathan Osorio scored in the first half before debutant Theo Bair scored Canada’s fourth goal in the second half. It marked the fourth consecutive year that Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team opened their season with a victory and it was their 11th win in the past 14 international matches since the start of 2018.

Samuel Piette wore the captain’s armband for the first time and Ricketts moved into fourth place on the Men’s National Team’s all-time goalscorers list (17 goals, five back of leader Dwayne De Rosario). Alongside goalscorer Bair, coach John Herdman introduced five debutants in the second half with Shamit Shome, Jayden Nelson, Charles-Andreas Brym and Noble Okello all featured as substitutes. Twenty-five year old Piette was the fifth youngest player to wear Canada’s armband while 17-year old Nelson was the third youngest player to debut for Canada.

Canada created multiple chances throughout the match. In the seventh minute after Akindele hit the post, Ricketts knocked the ball in for a 1-0 lead. Ten minutes later, it was Jay Chapman’s turn to hit the post, but the ball stayed out. Just a couple of minutes later, Akindele had another big chance, but Barbados goalkeeper Kishmar Primus made the save.

In the 33rd minute, Jay Chapman headed the ball to Tesho Akindele who spun and fired it on goal for a 2-0 lead. Barbados then made it 2-1 on an Armando Lashley penalty after which Canada nearly scored again on a Chapman shot that hit the post. Finally in the dying minutes of the first half, Osorio made it 3-1 after a pass from Chapman.

In the second half, Canada made six substitutions and maintained their lead before debutant Bair made it 4-1 in the 77th minute. There were a couple of other close calls in which an Osorio shot and later a Ricketts header knocked the arms and hands of Barbados players.