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Canada qualified for the Copa América for the first time on Saturday by defeating Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in a play-off match played in Frisco (Texas).
The North American squad will face the current champion Argentina on June 20 in the opening match of the continental tournament in Group A, which also includes Chile and Peru.
The other ticket at stake for the Copa América will be played between Costa Rica and Honduras also this Saturday at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco.
The playoff day started with a victory for Canada with goals from Cyle Larin and Jacob Shaffelburg in the 61st and 90th minutes.
The squad led by Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), who played all 90 minutes, continues to make progress after playing its first World Cup in 36 years in Qatar in 2022 and reaching the final of the League in 2023. Concacaf Nations.
“It means a lot to us as a team, I am happy to have scored and to advance to the Copa América,” declared Cyle Larin after the victory.
“It was a good performance by the boys. We knew it was going to be difficult to defeat them, but we stuck to the game, we stayed united and we achieved victory,” he remarked.
Against Trinidad and Tobago, which was also fighting for its first presence in the Copa América, it took Canada 61 minutes of dominance to take the lead thanks to Larin’s initial goal.
The Spanish Mallorca striker culminated a combination of the Canadian attack with a tight cross shot.
In injury time, substitute Jacob Shaffelburg, a winger for MLS Nashville, sealed the deal by completing a counterattack with a powerful left footed shot.
Canada will thus be the rival of Lionel Messi’s Argentina in Atlanta (Georgia) in the opening game of the Copa América, which will be played throughout the United States until the final on July 14 in Miami (Florida).
Source: Elcomercio
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