CONCACAF · Group B
Canada
Squad value $215M · #26 of 48 by price
About Canada
Population 41.6M
- Canada has the longest coastline of any country on Earth — about 243,000 km, more than the rest of the world's nations combined.
- It holds over two million lakes — 563 of them bigger than 100 square kilometres — and a huge share of the planet's fresh water.
- Its boreal forest is reckoned the largest intact forest on Earth, roughly 3 million square kilometres untouched by roads or cities.
- The world's northernmost permanently inhabited place, CFS Alert, sits at 82.5°N — just 817 km from the North Pole.
- The country has been officially bilingual in English and French since 1969.
Source: Wikipedia
The Journey
Group B- 1
Toronto · BMO Field
Bosnia and Herzegovina ·Jun 12 D 1–1
80 m · 45k · open · 26°C
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Canada 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Behind early, on top throughout, and level by the end through sheer persistence. Lukic put Bosnia ahead in the twenty-first minute, but Canada owned the ball with sixty-one percent and forced nine corners before Cyle Larin, set up by Jonathan David, found the equaliser in the seventy-eighth. The xG of 1.23 to 0.96 reflects an afternoon they shaped more than they were allowed to win. A point that felt like less than the performance deserved. They will take it, and want more.
Goals 21' J. Lukic · 78' C. Larin
xG 1.23–0.96 ·Poss 61% ·Shots 13 (4 on target) ·Corners 9 ·GK saves 2
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Vancouver · BC Place
Qatar ·Jun 18 W 6–0
0 m · 54k · retractable · 21°C
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Canada 6–0 Qatar
Canada were irresistible from the first whistle. Larin opened inside sixteen minutes, David had his second before the half-hour, and from there it was less a contest than an exhibition. David completed his hat-trick at the death, with Saliba and an own goal rounding out a 6-0 that the expected goals — 4.11 to 0.18 — barely flatter. Thirty shots, seventy-nine percent of the ball, eighteen corners: as complete a night as this team has had, and a forward who will remember it forever.
Goals 16' C. Larin · 29' J. David · 45' J. David · 64' N. Saliba · 75' M. Al Mannai (OG) · 90' J. David
xG 4.11–0.18 ·Poss 79% ·Shots 30 (10 on target) ·Corners 18 ·GK saves 0
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Vancouver · BC Place
at Switzerland ·Jun 24 L 1–2
0 m · 54k · retractable · 21°C
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Canada 1–2 Switzerland
Canada will struggle to understand how they lost this. They carried the game — thirteen shots to six, seven on target to four, an expected-goals edge of 1.27 to 1.06 — and were undone by a ruthless Swiss quarter-hour. Ruben Vargas and Johan Manzambi struck either side of the hour, and suddenly a match Canada had shaped was two goals gone. Jonathan David's reply set up a finish that never quite arrived. There is no lesson here but the oldest one: territory and shots count for nothing beside the ones that go in.
Goals 46' R. Vargas · 57' J. Manzambi · 76' P. David
xG 1.27–1.06 ·Poss 45% ·Shots 13 (7 on target) ·Corners 7 ·GK saves 2
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Los Angeles · SoFi Stadium
at South Africa ·Jun 28
30 m · 70k · fixed · 27°C
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Canada 1–0 South Africa
Canada are into the last sixteen, and they did it the hard way. For ninety minutes South Africa, ranked fortieth in the field, defended deep and well, their goalkeeper turning aside everything Canada threw — five saves, and a clean sheet that looked like taking the tie to extra time. Then, two minutes into stoppage, Stephen Eustaquio found the gap. An expected-goals line of 1.32 to 0.13 says the win was deserved, even if it arrived with almost the last kick. Knockout football rewards the patient, and Canada go on.
Goals 92' S. Eustaquio
xG 1.32–0.13 ·Poss 42% ·Shots 12 (7 on target) ·Corners 4 ·GK saves 1
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Houston · NRG Stadium
Morocco ·Jul 4
15 m · 72k · retractable · 34°C
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Canada 0–3 Morocco
The co-hosts had the possession, eleven corners and the crowd, and none of it mattered. Canada created 0.86 expected goals and could not convert their pressure into anything Morocco feared, while at the other end three chances became three goals. Abdelhamid Ounahi's brace and a late Soufiane Rahimi strike made the scoreline look brutal on a night Canada dominated the ball and lost the game. A home tournament ends with plenty of the play and nothing to show. Canada are out.
Goals 50' A. Ounahi · 82' A. Ounahi · 90+8' S. Rahimi
xG 0.86–0.78 ·Poss 45% ·Shots 11 (3 on target) ·Corners 11 ·GK saves 1
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Belief
Underwater- 4
- 5.22
- #20
- #26
Belief −1.2 · Merit + Finishing
- +0.6 did the underlying play beat the market
- −1.8 did the scoreboard beat the play — conversion, keeping, luck
xG 6.61–2.2 · deserved 5.78 pts
Form & Shape
4-4-2- DWLWL
- 9–6
- 2
- 1
Aggregate form via API-Football. Most-used shape: 4-4-2.
Friendship
Friendship 82Friendship 82 = co-starts + club chemistry +5
- 78
- 15
Friendship blends realized national co-starts with a club-chemistry bonus, so a settled XI and a club-spine squad both score high. Near 100 the total eases so the most-settled squads stay separated rather than all tying out. Gold lines trace the spine: teammates who share a club right now.
The squad
Tap a player for their card · the two numbers are Jornata ratings (0–99): pre-tournament capability and live tournament form · values are Jornata estimates.