This is exactly how Canada painted it: A home game against regional powerhouse Mexico in icy conditions in Edmonton with a chance to take the top spot in the CONCACAF qualifiers with a win in front of more than 50,000 fans.
It was the perfect time for the Canadian men’s team to announce not only that they had become a force in the CONCACAF arena, but also that a World Cup landing was no longer a dream, but a goal within hand.
Canada are the last remaining unbeaten team in the regional qualifiers, and they had a 1-0 home win over Costa Rica last week. Meanwhile, Mexico suffered its first defeat in its campaign against the United States. Another loss will put pressure on coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino.
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Sporting News will follow Canada vs. Mexico and provide score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
Canada vs. Mexico
| 1HOUR | 2 family | Final | |
| Canada | first | first | – |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | – |
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Goal:
CAN – Cyle Larin – 47th minute
CAN – Cyle Larin (Stephen Eustaquio) – 52 minutes.
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76th minute.: Raul Jimenez has a shot from long range, but it goes too high. Time of despair for Mexico. The attack ideas are not clear.
74th minute: SUB – Mexico moved unexpectedly as Edson Alvarez eliminated and brought Andres Guardado in the final 15 minutes.
72nd minute: SUB – Jonathan David replaces Cyle Larin. Replace like-for-like.
Cyle Larin has 22 goals for Canada, surpassing Duane DeRosario all-time.
DeRo did it in 81 games
Larin did it in 44. #CANMNT
– Tom Harrington (@cbctom) November 17, 2021
66th minute: Another mirror plays with the previous one. Cross the Piojo Alvarado and it’s a light touch that doesn’t work.
63 minutes: Penalty shout for Canada! Richie Laryea fouled Jorge Sanchez and it appeared to be a penalty, but the referee didn’t care.
59th minute: SUBS – Mexico needs ideas and Sebastian Cordova replaces Orbelin Pineda.
58th minute: Mexican opportunity. Tecatito passed the ball towards Piojo Alvarado, who attempted a daring flick and it was an easy save for Milan Borjan.
52nd minute: Target is Canada! Cyle Larin opens up about a box installation by Stephen Eustaquio. He just touched it via Memo Ochoa. It’s 2-0 Canada!
50th minute: What an opportunity for Canada! It was Tajon Buchanan and Alphonso Davies being given a 2v1 break, but Buchanan sent the wrong pass to Davies and the opportunity passed in vain.
46th minute: The second half went on with two substitutions for Mexico, and they were very positive: Piojo Alvarado and Tecatito Corona came on for Chucky Lozano and Cata Dominguez. So a defender came out as Mexico chased the results.
Round 1: Canada 1, Mexico 0
46th minute: Target is Canada! Just before halftime, Cyle Larin was the scorer. Alistair Johnston gets the ball, shoots it towards goal and Larin is there to clear it up.
43rd minute .: While Alphonso Davies remained silent, Tajon Buchanan had another goal but missed it.
38th minute: SUB – Well. Canada coach John Herdman did not take advantage of any opportunities. When Doneil Henry was shown a yellow card, they replaced him with veteran midfielder Steven Vitoria.
37th minute .: Canada’s Tajon Buchanan finally had a chance to run in defense and his shot was blocked by Cata Dominguez for a corner.
36th minute: Mexico’s five-man defense is proving useful in stopping wide runs that make the Canadians dangerous.
27th minute.: Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan saves a pass from Jesus Gallardo from the left.
24th minute: Alistair Johnston finds Cyle Larin in the box and his shot goes in, but keeper Memo Ochoa makes a comfortable save. Canada is growing into this game.
23rd minute: Canada dropped a ball into the Mexico area to take advantage of a lucky ball over the freezing sun.
14th minute: Chucky Lozano is booked for a reckless challenge on Stephen Eustaquio. It is yellow for each side and Lozano will miss the next game against Mexico.
12th minute: Yellow card to Doneil Henry, who parried Hector Herrera and stopped a promising attack. Yellow textbook.
5th minute: Measurement starts for this one by both teams. No one wants to make a mistake early. Mexico wants to go along quickly.
First minute: What a mid-air collision between Doneil Henry, who bumped into Hirving “Chucky” Lozano.
First minute: We go.
9:07 pm: Canadian fans won’t forget this night:
8:49 pm: In case you haven’t heard, this match will be called “Iceteca”, which is quite creative:
How to watch Canada vs. Mexico in America
- Day: Tuesday, November 16
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- TV: Telemundo
- Streaming online: fuboTV, Paramount +
The World Cup qualifier between Canada and Mexico from Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium will be broadcast on Telemundo (Spanish) and broadcast on fuboTV, available for new users 7 days free trial.
