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Result and details of the Tuesday July 14, 2015 Gold Cup Game between the men's national teams of Canada and Costa Rica played at BMO Field in Toronto at 8:30pm.
Canada (all red, white names and numbers)
.....................Kenny Stamatopolous
20 Karl Ouimette...12 Dejan Jakovic...5 David Edgar...17 Marcel De Jong
9 Tosaint Ricketts...6 Julian De Guzman (cpt)...15 Adam Straith...13 Jonathan Osorio...16 Maxim Tissot
.......................11 Marcus Haber
Subs:...18 Quillan Roberts (gk)...3 Ashtone Morgan...4 Andre Hainault...7 Russell Tiebert...8 Kyle Bekker...10 Simeon Jackson
...19 Pedro Pacheco...21 Cyle Larin...23 Tesho Akindele
team officials:...head coach Benito Floro
Costa Rica (all white, black names and numbers, red collars)
........................23 Estaban Alvarado
5 Celso Borges...3 Giancarlo Gonzalez...2 Francisco Calvo...15 Junior Diaz
............16 Cristian Gamboa...20 David Guzman...10 Bryan Ruiz (cpt)
...........17 Johan Venegas...21 David Ramirez...14 Deyver Vega
Subs:...1 Dany Carvajal (gk)...18 Patrick Pemberton (gk)...6 Keyner Brown...7 Elias Aguilar...8 Dave Myrie
...9 Alvaro Saborio...11 Jonathan McDonald...12 Joel Campbell...13 Marvin Angulo...19 Roy Miller...22 Jose Miguel Cubero
team officials:...head coach Paulo Wanchope
Game officials:...referee Hector Rodriguez (Guatemala)...referee's assistants Charles Morgante (USA) and Daniel Williamson (Panama)
....fourth official Jair Marrugo (USA)...(all black uniforms)
1st Half:...game start 8:47pm...Canada defends south end...it started to rain very hard right before game time. The players for both
teams change their shoes.
3 min...CR Ruiz 35 yard freekick up middle is over to right and CR Gonzalez at 12 yards on right is headed down by defender at 8 yards and Gonzalez
low recross from 15 yards has another defender and 6 yards boot ball upfield.
5 min...Can De Jong throw-in from left has defender clear ball from left edge of box for quick breakout.
5 min...Can Ricketts cross from 18 yards on right has CR Calvo head ball away at 10 yards in middle.
6 min...Can de Guzman cuts low 25 yard shot down middle well wide left of net.
7 min...Can Tissot 35 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away on edge of box.
10 min...CR Ramirez long run to ball on left and cross deflects off Can Ouimette before entering box.
13 min...Can Ouimette cross from 25 yards on right has goalie punch ball away at 12 yards. Can de Guzman heads ball from 20 yards that goalie catches
at 8 yards even with right post.
15 min...CR Ruiz cross from near left cornerflag has Can defender head ball away at 7 yards in center of box. CR Borges chips cross from 25 yards
on right and Can Ouimette heads ball over end line to stop CR Ruiz from 7 yard header on left post.
16 min...CR players work out short cornerkick from left and cross into box from 25 yards has Diaz header tipped wide right by Can Edgar for cornerkick
on right.
16 min...CR Ruiz low cornerkick from right is cleared on diving header.
16 min...CR Ramirez misses bicycle kick at 8 yards.
17 min...CR Raimirez blasts 25 yarder from left is just wide left of post.
19 min...Can Tissot 30 yard freekick from right has leapng Can Haber miss header but also goalie misses and ball bounces wide left after
hitting outside of post.
20 min...Can De Jong cross from 25 yards on left into box and Can Haber shoots 12 yarder from center of box that's blocked by CR Calvo hitting him
on the arm. Ball deflects to Can Tissot at 10 yards on left and he shoots just over net.
21 min...CR Guzman shoots 25 yarder up middle wide right.
22 min...CR Gamboa bicycle kick clearance at 15 yards to clear chipped pass into CR box.
23 min...Can De Jong takes quick throw-in from left at 30 yard line and ball bounces to left edge of CR box. Can de Guzman charges across from right
and flicks header from 12 yards back to charging Can Haber who shoots low 10 yarder that goalie slides to save at 4 yards. Can Haber gets to rebound
at 7 yards on left and sliding CR Diaz deflects his shot wide left.
24 min...Can Tissot cornerkick from left is eventually knocked over right end line for goalkick.
25 min...Can Tissot cornerkick from right has defender pop up on header at 12 yards and ball is cleared to left.
31 min... Can Ouimette long run from 65 yards down right side and crosses from 18 yards near right edge of box. Can Haber chests ball down from 18 yards
in center of box and taps pass back but CR defenders overwhelm Can Osorio at 22 yards and clear ball.
32 min...CR Guzman crosses ball from 40 yards on right and CR Ruiz can't change direction on flicked header at 16 yards.
32 min...CR Venegas cross from 20 yards on left edge of box is over players in box.
33 min...CR Venegas is injured on tackle by Can Straith at CR 40 yard sideline.
35 min...CR Borges 30 yard freekick from right has CR Gonzalez pop 8 yard header on left over net.
36 min...Can De Jong long throw-in from left to box is cleared on left side.
39 min...Can Tissot low 28 yard shot up middle is wide right.
41 min...CR Vega rushes on right to save ball crossing the end line. He crosses from 22 yards and Can defender heads away at 5 yards near left post.
CR Borges shoots from 15 yards up middle but ball deflects off two defenders and out of box. CR player blasts 20 yard shot that hits CR Ruiz
and deflects away. CR player taps pass to right for CR Venegas who has 16 yard shot deflected off Can Straith at 14 yards for cornerkick.
42 min...CR Ruiz cornerkick from right has CR Gonzalez in crowd of players head ball over net from 10 yards.
42 min...it starts to rain hard again.
43 min...CR Ruiz appears contained at left cornerflag but chips ball by defender along end line and shoots 15 yarder that hits outside of post
with goalie defending angle. Ball deflects off post back into play and defender clears at 8 yards.
45 min...CR Vega 15 yard low shot from right has diving goalie at 6 yards deflect wide left of post.
45 min...CR Broges cornerkick from left has Can defenders head ball away at 8 yards in crowd of players.
46 min...half ends 9:33pm.
Halftime entertainment: none. Only the Canadian subs stay out in the rain to practice.
2nd Half:...starts 9:49pm. It's now not raining as hard as the end of the first half.
46 min...Can goalie runs forward to catch high bounced cross from left ahead of CR Ramirez.
48 min...CR Venegas turns to elude Can Ouimette and 12 yard shot from left has goalie slide and push ball wide left.
49 min...CR Ruiz cornerkick from left has defender head out of box.
50 min...Can Tissot cornerkick from right has defender head out of box. Can Edgar been injured just outside of box before cornerkick.
51 min...CR Ramirez gets dropped back pass and shoots low 30 yarder wide right.
54 min...CR Ruiz cross from 25 yards on right into box and Can Edgar makes important header at 8 yards to clear.
55 min...CR Ramirez gets ball back on deflection and low 28 yard shot up middle is smothered by goalie.
56 min...Can Tissot 35 yard freekick from right bounces for goalie to catch.
60 min...Can Tissot cornerkick from left has ball chested down by Can Haber at 15 yards but defender clears.
61 min...CR Venegas 25 yard shot down middle has goalie push ball wide right of top corner of net.
62 min...CR Borges low cornerkick from right has CR Guzman 30 yard shot is blocked on edge of box.
62 min...CR Guzman 25 yard low shot up middle between defenders is wide left of net.
63 min...CR Ramirez 30 yard shot from left is over net.
64 min...Can Tissot 20 yard freekick on far right deflects off CR player at 5 yards and deflects for break out.
65 min...CR YELLOW card...Borges earns it for clipping Can de Guzman at CR 35 yard line.
66 min...Can sub...Teibert replaces Ricketts.
67 min...Can sub...Larin replaces Tissot.
67 min...Can De Jong 40 yard freekick from left has Can Haber charge forward and kicks in from 8 yards but called
back offside. CR Borges is treated for an injury in crash in box.
68 min...Can sub...Hainault replaces Osorio.
69 min...CR Borges is stretchered off field.
70 min...play finally resumes.
70 min...CR Gamboa 12 yard shot near right end line is over net.
71 min...CR Borges returns to game.
72 min...CR Venegas cross from 8 yards along left end line is blocked by sliding goalie near left post for cornerkick.
73 min...CR sub...Miller replaces Vega.
73 min...CR Ruiz cornerkick from left is headed out of box from 6 yards in center of box.
75 min...CR Gamboa rush on right and taps ball back for CR Ramirez to shoot 22 yarder that's deflected high and drops for goalie to catch at 4 yards
near left post.
76 min...CR sub...Campbell replaces Ramirez.
76 min...CR Diaz is injured.
77 min...CR Ruiz 40 yard freekick is rolled forward and right and CR Borges 30 yard shot is blocked by Can Larin.
79 min...CR YELLOW card...Guzman earns it for knocking over Can de Guzman on right sideline at 15 yard line.
79 min...Can Teibert freekick from 25 yards right is headed over box.
79 min...Can YELLOW card...Teibert earns it for not waiting for whistle.
80 min...Can Teibert 25 yard freekick from right has goalie leap to catch ball overhead at 4 yards but drop ball. Can Hainault charges up and
shoots 4 yarder that CR Ruiz lifts leg and stops on the goal line. A CR Miller on left post rolls it across box and CR Guzman blasts clearance.
Can player blasts low 35 yarder up middle that's deflected wide left of net by defender at 15 yards.
81 min...Can Teibert cornerkick from left has play whistled down in box.
81 min...CR sub...Cubero replaces Guzman.
82 min...Can de Guzman chips high through ball from 30 yards down middle and Can Teibert shot from 10 yards on far left has defender block.
82 min...Can Ouimette blasts 23 yarder from right well over net.
86 min...Can De Jong checks CR Campbell off ball on right after long run into box and clears.
88 min...CR Campbell wins cornerkick on deflection off Can Edgar on cross from 30 yards on left.
89 min...CR Campbell and Ruiz work out short cornerkick from left but wasted although they were really trying to waste time.
90 min...Can goalie 70 yard freekick from right has CR defender head out of box at 15 yards in crowd of players and Can Teibert bounces low 22 yard
shot from right wide right of net.
92 min...Can Teibert 40 yard freekick has CR Gonzalez leap to head away on edge of box.
93 min...Can Teibert cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball wide left and out of box.
93 min...game ends 10:37pm.
Final Score:......Canada.........0........Costa Rica........0.........
Attendance was listed as 16674. I didn't hear an announcement at the game but found the stat on mlssoccer.com. The crowd gradually built up from about 5:00pm when the gates were opened through the 6:00pm start of the Jamaica vs El Salvador match at about 5000. That game had more blue of El Salvador supporters. Jamaica won that game 1-0 on a goal against the run of play.
The threat of rain which had been forecast for days may have killed some of the walk up crowd but people knew that Canada had a chance to advance if they outright won this game.
Canada got to host a Gold Cup game for the first time. Critics can use today's crowd as an answer to those Toronto-centric complainers who said Toronto deserved to host some of the Women's World Cup games last month. Across the parking lot the PanAm games were hosting beach volleyball in a temporary facility...actually the stands and sand took up a large chunk of the parking lot. There was also a large stage that was hosting bands for PanAm attendees.
Kenny Stamatopolous earned the shutout for the Canadians. He had to make some good saves some of which were palmed or punched away rather than caught which was understandable with a wet ball and the rain falling. His counterpart Esteban Alvarado needed more goalmouth clearance from his defenders but also kept Canada off the board. I felt Costa Rica's Johan Venegas had two of their best chances, at 48 and 61 minutes, both requiring good saves.
Possession seemed to even out as Canada were pressing at the end. It became clear that Costa Rica was playing for the tie in the second half as they slowed down and resorted to time wasting while making subs or taking throw-ins. As the other result in their group was known as it had finished only half hour before this one began, they knew they needed only a point to advance.
Referee Hector Rodriguez gave out three Yellow cards--two to Costa Rica--all in the last third of the game. He gave Canada a lot of freekicks in that time too but it was up to Canada to capitalise and they couldn't.
Canada will require one more home-and-home series of World Cup qualifying in September before joining a group of four teams and need to finish top two to advance to the hex. Ties are OK in a two team series but in group games they are almost a loss for both teams.
Canada will not be going to a newly formatted Copa America to play against South American teams--I'd heard maybe five Concacaf teams would be joining that contest as soon as the next cycle.
Final group standings were: Jamaica 7, Costa Rica 3, El Salvador 2, Canada 2. Canada finishes last because although they had the same -1 goal difference, they didn't score any goals while El Salavador at least scored one. These results should hurt Canada's FIFA ranking. Up to three teams in the groups can go through but it looks doubtful that two points are enough as one win bypasses that total.
Perhaps Canadian fans hopes were raised too high and maybe a backlash will result of the 'same old Canada' like around ten years ago when we had the same problem of not being able to score.
This was the second Gold Cup in a row that Canada has not scored a goal. This time they were one tie better getting two instead of one.
Canada's new young strike force of Cyle Larin and Tesho Akindele never got a chance to connect as Larin didn't enter the game until 67 minutes and Akindele didn't play at all. Canada only had one striker at the start of the game with Marcus Haber the only forward.
After the game there were two press conferences one after another with the coach and one star player from each team. I should have the complete audio of each posted on my web site in the next week.
Costa Rican coach Paulo Wanchope and defender Giancarlo Gonzalez were up first (19 minutes) and they spoke in Spanish with delayed translation. Wanchope said it was tough to qualify as they were all tough opponents but in football, it's not who 'deserves' to win but it comes down to the result. He did feel however that tonight's result was fair but they deserved to win their game against El Salvador. (An injury time goal earned El Salvador a tie). He said they now had to prepare in the next few days and improve and with video analysis will choose his best team. He said tonight they stood up to Canada's aerial game. Canada was always trying to play the ball to their #9. He said it was chaotic at the end when Canada put on more forwards. He felt his team had the better control of play.
Canada's coach Benito Floro (he also used a translator but could answer in English) and David Edgar were the Canadian reps (32 minutes). Floro said he had to balance the results of this tournament with the team's progress. We finished the group with two points and almost three except for allowing the injury time goal against Jamaica. He's not happy but very positive in that they kept their formation, and good positioning will help them grow. We wanted to go as far as possible and this was a real test and he saw more positive than negative. He answered that they have deep enough talent but six important players are out of the lineup. Maybe one out is OK but without six they didn't have enough to beat Costa Rica and Jamaica. He said his players are skilled but could dribble better. He said we are on the way but are in a difficult position as our players are not all starters on their club teams and some of their players are off for the summer. He wouldn't nominate a player he's most proud of in growth. The team is very defensive as in 1.5 years they've had twelve games and only three have been at home. They've scored 17 and only allowed 6 and they've played some good teams during that time. Later he said that Canada should have it's own league and the youth players should play the style of the first team.
As the two press conferences went on so long, all the players had vanished although David Edgar stayed behind to answer a few more questions in a hallway interview.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
game stats from mlssoccer.com Goals and Assists None Disciplinary 67' Celso Borges Reason: Dissent 80' David Guzmán Reason: Foul 81' Russell Teibert Reason: Unsporting behaviour Match Information Gold Cup at BMO Field Attendance 16674 Team Statistics Canada Costa Rica 11 Shots 18 3 Shots on Target 5 5 Shots off Target 8 3 Blocked Shots 5 6 Corners 8 16 Crosses 17 1 Offsides 0 12 Fouls 15 1 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 0 283 Total Passes 331 63 % Passing Accuracy 75 % 46.3 % Possession 53.7 % 64 Duels Won 53 18 Tackles Won 10 5 Saves 2 24 Clearances 41
Canada starters
Costa Rica starters
Canada Marcus Haber (11) and Jonathan Osorio (13) take opening kickoff.
Canada ???????? (xx) takes freekick.
Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz (10) and David Ramirez (21) take second half kickoff.
Canadian player clears ball.
midfield play
Canadian players salute fans in the south stands.
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