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Men's National Team

Willemstad, Curacao | Sentro Deportivo Korsou Ergilio Hato

Attendance: 7800

78'

Tajon Buchanan
Jonathan David
Kenji Gorré
Rangelo Janga

71'
70'

Atiba Hutchinson
Stephen Eustáquio
70'

Mark-Anthony Kaye
Ismaël Koné
Kevin Felida
Vurnon Anita

69'
63'

Samuel Adekugbe
Alphonso Davies
63'

Charles-Andreas Brym
Cyle Larin
55'

Steven Vitória
Nathangelo Markelo
Brandley Kuwas

44'
43'

Cyle Larin
Jurien Gaari

34'
23'

Jonathan David
13'

Richie Laryea
Jurien Gaari

13'

Timeline

Curaçao

KO

KO
13 ' | Jurien Gaari
13 ' | Richie Laryea
23 ' | Jonathan David
34 ' | Jurien Gaari
43 ' | Cyle Larin
44 ' | Nathangelo Markelo - Brandley Kuwas
HT

HT
55 ' | Steven Vitória
63 ' | Charles-Andreas Brym - Cyle Larin
63 ' | Samuel Adekugbe - Alphonso Davies
69 ' | Kevin Felida - Vurnon Anita
70 ' | Mark-Anthony Kaye - Ismaël Koné
70 ' | Atiba Hutchinson - Stephen Eustáquio
71 ' | Kenji Gorré - Rangelo Janga
78 ' | Tajon Buchanan - Jonathan David
FT

FT

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Men's National Team

Match Report

CAN 2 : 0 CUW
2023-03-25 Willemstad, Curaçao
Ergilio Hato Stadium att.7,800
Referee / Arbitre : Juan Calderon (William Arrieta, Juan Mora, Waldir Garcia)

Goals / Buts
CAN 23' Jonathan David (right foot / pied droit) 1-0 (a.Richie Laryea)
Red card / carton rouge CUW 37’ Jurien Gaari
CAN 43' Cyle Larin (right foot / pied droit) 2-0 (a. Jonathan David)

CANADA - 18 GK Milan Borjan capt.; 23 Scott Kennedy, 15 Derek Cornelius, 5 Steven Vitória, 22 Richie Laryea, 19 Alphonso Davies (3 Samuel Adekugbe 64'), 7 Stephen Eustáquio (13 Atiba Hutchinson 70'), 8 Ismaël Koné (14 Mark-Anthony Kaye 70'), 21 Jonathan Osorio, 17 Cyle Larin (12 Charles-Andreas Brym 64'), 10 Jonathan David (11 Tajon Buchanan 70'). Co-coaches / entraîneurs Mauro Bielo & Eric Tenllado. Unused substitutes / substituts non utilisés: 1 GK Dayne St. Clair, 16 GK Tom McGill; 4 Dominick Zator, 6 Kyle Hiebert, 9 Ayo Akinola, 20 Victor Loturi. Suspended / suspend : Alistair Johnston, Raheem Edwards, coach / entraîneur John Herdman.

Gatorade Performance of the Match / Performance du match Gatorade :
Richie Laryea

“I thought the players tactically did well today,” said John Herdman, Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach. “We were tight defensively and showed our quality in the moments we needed to do so. The main goal was to keep a clean sheet and put the goal difference out of the grasp of Honduras.”

Canada qualifies for the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup with a 2:0 win against Curaçao in their Saturday Concacaf Nations League match making this their first contest since the 2022 World Cup Qatar.

Coming into the match, Canada was without head coach John Herdman, who was serving a match ban from the previous Nations League window. In his absence, the team picked up all three points and kept a clean sheet on the road.

Canada started on the front foot, launching attacks in waves. One of Canada’s early chances was cleared away by Curaçao but only as far as Stephen Eustaquio, who sprayed the ball out wide to winger Richie Laryea.

With his head up, eyes alert, Laryea faced the Caracoa defender one-on-one before sending a low-driven pass across the face of the goal for striker Jonathan David to tap in at the 23rd-minute mark.

Things would go from bad to worse for Curaçao when Jurien Gaari, who was booked with a yellow card in the 13th minute, was sent off for stopping a Canadian counter-attack 10 minutes later.

Despite the lead, Canada didn’t take its foot off the peddle. Later in the first half, Eustaquio whipped in a curling free kick that found forward Cyle Larin, but his on-target header lacked the power to beat the keeper.

But Larin would have the final say. In the 43rd minute, David was on the edge of Curaçao’s box, surrounded by opposition defenders. He managed to flick the ball past the Curaçao defender to Larin, who turned his body and directed his side-footed shot into the bottom right corner.

Larin’s night came to a close in the 63rd minute when a double substitution saw Larin and Alphonso Davies give way for Charles-Andreas Brym and Samuel Adekugbe. Team veteran Atiba Hutchinson marked his 102nd appearance for Canada when he replaced Eustaquio in the 70th minute. Mark-Anthony Kaye replaced Ismaël Koné in the same minute and Tajon Buchannan sealed the substitutions for Canada, coming on for David in the 78th minute.

Canada’s offensive pressure and one-man advantage were too big of a mountain to climb for Curaçao, who failed to score in the match despite keeping a clean sheet for the ladder 45 minutes. As the second half minutes ticked away, Canada controlled the game — passing the ball around the field, looking to score goals and limiting Curaçao’s goal-scoring opportunities.

Canada need a win or draw against Honduras on Tuesday 28 March in Toronto to win top honours in League A Group C. Winner of the group will advance to the Concacaf Nations League Finals from 15-18 June in Las Vegas, a four-nation series featuring the four group winners from League A competition. The Tuesday night match in Toronto will be Canada’s first home match since the Men’s National Team’s historic run to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.