The frustrated Guatemalans had two players sent off in the dying seconds, setting the stage for an interesting rematch Wednesday in Edmonton at the Canada Cup tournament.

Guatemala's German Ruano was ejected near the end of a game following a nasty tackle. He then spat at towering Canadian defender Jason DeVos, who had to be restrained by goalie Pat Onstad.

``It's disgraceful,'' DeVos said. ``That's the only word you can use to explain that.

``The guy spit right in my face. There's no place for that in football.''

Erick Miranda was then sent off for toppling Garret Kusch. The Canadian striker said the incident happened off the ball after he was kicked and kneed.

``Finally at the end I was walking to that side and I saw the linesman was watching us,'' Kusch explained. ``And he (Miranda) slapped me in the face so I just fell down. I did what they do.

``It's definitely not my style but if it gives my team an edge, you've got to take it.''

Guatemalan coach Benjamen Monterosso attributed his team's antics to the heat of the moment.

Osieck paid tribute to his squad for keeping their composure and warned: ``We only got some very brief impressions what we are facing if we go down to those countries.''

``Those countries have an enormous amount of pride ... in the dying minutes of the game, they really felt they couldn't turn it around and probably that made them do all the silly stuff,'' he added.

Osieck, whose resume includes stints in the cauldron of Turkish soccer, was unfazed by the Guatemalan shenanigans.

``Let's say, it's common against those teams,'' he said.

Saturday's win should give the Canadians plenty of confidence going into the Canada Cup, which also features Ecuador and Iran. Guatemala is ranked 73rd in the world, 20 places above Canada, although neither team was at full strength Saturday.

``Wednesday is another game,'' said Monterosso. ``We know the Canadian team and we will win.''

The nasty ending followed a game that was hardly classic soccer, although there were exciting moments.

The equally young Guatemalan side showed individual ball skills but the display usually ended with a bigger Canadian bundling a Guatemalan out of the way.

The Canadians came out flying and scored in the fifth minute when Kusch raked a ball across the penalty area and Davide Xausa got a leg to it, directing it into the goal as it was about to go out of bounds. It was his first goal for Canada.

Canada had plenty of other chance, but most went high or wide.

American referee Michael Kennedy was inconsistent and it clearly upset the players. The Canadians sniped at Kennedy and at each other.

While the Canadians were unable to string passes together for long stretches, they did attack and defend in numbers and their physical play blunted the finesse of the Guatemalans.

Canada was missing several key players through injury: starting goalkeeper Craig Forrest (elbow) and forwards Paul Peschisolido (groin), Tomasz Radzinski (leg), Carlo Corazzin (knee) and Alex Bunbury (ankle). Midfielder Jason Bent also was unavailable because of club commitments with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

That left Osieck with just 20 players, three of whom were goalies.

His starting 11 Saturday had a combined 77 international appearances and three goals at the senior level, with midfielder Nick Dasovic (35) and Onstad (14) accounting for 49 of those caps.

The Guatemalans were also missing players. Monterosso had just five members of his senior side and seven from the Olympic team.

Canada tied Northern Ireland 1-1 in Belfast on April 27, Osieck's first game at the helm.

The crowd at Varsity Stadium wasn't announced. Organizers had hoped to draw 6,000.