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World Cup Matchday 9: Fernandes Shines, Onana sent home
Cameroon and Serbia ignite the day with a 3-3 goalfest Cameroon and Serbia were involved in a goalfest to begin the day, culminating in a 3-3 draw. But news broke out early about the Cameroonian manager sending goalkeeper André Onana home after a disagreement, allegedly over playing style. Backup Deis Epassy was called in for […]
World Cup matchday 8: Canada eliminated, Morocco upset Belgium and more
I didn’t have a lot of expectations for Canada heading into the World Cup. I expected nothing and was still let down. *Sigh* But they did score a goal! That’s something! This hurts but I’ll explain later why you should be proud of our Canadian Men’s National Team. But as we have done here at the Area […]
World Cup matchday 7: Socceroos shine, Messi rescues Argentina and more
Groups C and D were in action on matchday 7 of the World Cup in Qatar. Defending Champion France has broken the curse of World Cup Winners being knocked out of the group stage and Lionel Messi sent Argentina fans into hysteria. Let’s recap the action. The Socceroos win at a World Cup for the […]
World Cup Matchday 6: Hosts eliminated, Wales get first red, England reverts back to form
Matchday six brought the second round of matches for the groups stage. It saw the host nation of Qatar become the first team eliminated from this FIFA World Cup. England the the USA also played to a nil-nil day, ending the day. Let’s take a look at all the matches that occurred. Wales on the […]
World Cup Matchday 5: Richarlison wows, Portugal gets by, South Korea stymy Suárez
Match Day Five brought the end of the first round of match for each of the groups. Tournament favourites Brazil finally got underway, while Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo began what will likely be their final FIFA World Cup together. Let’s recap the day that was. Cameroonian-born player wins it for Switzerland Switzerland was made to […]
World Cup Matchday 4: Canada Fall to Belgium, another upset and more
Well. now I know what it is like to have World Cup heartbreak. It isn’t a good feeling. Canada lost their opening match of the tournament to Belgium. Now if you would have told me that a few months ago, I would have been fine with it. I didn’t have many expectations heading into the game other […]
Canada into the semis of Copa América after downing Venezuela on penalties
The Canadian men’s national team made history as they took down Venezuela in penalties, moving into the semi-finals of the Copa América. The scrappy match will be remembered as one of the most entertaining matches of the tournament, complete with great goals at either end, missed chances for many more and questionable calls from the […]
Canada advanced to Copa America quarterfinals but the job isn’t done
Canada is through to the quarterfinals of the Copa America. Was it easy? No it wasn’t. They did it by only scoring one goal in three games. Heading into the Copa America, it would have been a great success for Canada to progress to the quarterfinals. Group A with Argentina, Chile and Peru was going […]
Canada wins first ever Copa America game: Three Takeaways
Heading into the Copa America, the goal for Canada was to win a game. They did just that. It wasn’t pretty and they needed a Peru red card to get them going. However, as the old saying goes: A win is a win. It was also blazing hot at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City. […]
Argentina open Copa América with 2-0 win over Canada
A valiant defensive effort was not enough to keep the defending World Cup and Copa America champions from winning as Canada fell to Argentina 2-0 in the tournament’s opening match. It was new head coach Jesse Marsch’s third game in charge, and he has had a measure of success in getting players to adapt to […]