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March 27, 2022 Canada Soccer Men's World Cup Qualifier--Canada vs Jamaica game report
(by Rocket Robin)
Canada (all red, white names and numbers)
.......................18 Milan Borjan (captain)
22 Richie Laryea...15 Doneil Henry...23 Scott Kennedy...3 Samuel Adekugbe
..........11 Tajon Buchanan...21 Jonathan Osorio...7 Stephen Eustaquio
...................20 Jonathan David
...........17 Cyle Larin...10 Junior Hoilett
Subs:...1 Dayne St Clair (gk)...16 Maxime Crepeau (gk)...2 Alistair Johnston...4 Kamal Miller
...5 Derek Cornelius...6 Ismael Kone...8 Liam Fraser...9 Lucas Cavallini
...12 Ike Ugbo...13 Atiba Hutchinson...14 Cristian Gutierrez Zuniga...19 Liam Millar
team officials:...head coach John Herdman
Jamaica (yellow socks, black shorts and shirts, white numbers)
...................1 Andre Jason Blake (cpt)
6 Richard King...19 Adrian Mariappa...2 Gregory Leigh...8 Ricardo Thomas
21 Javain Brown...22 Devon Williams...10 Ravel Morrison...16 Daniel Green
..........18 Atapharoy Bygrave...14 Nicholas Nelson
Subs:...13 Jeadine White (gk)...23 Amal Knight (gk)...4 Demar Rose...5 Tarrick Ximines
7 Peter Vassell...9 Alex Marshall...11 Tevin Shaw...12 Lamar Walker
...15 Christopher Pearson...20 Ramone Howell
team officials:...head coach Paul Hall
Game Officials:...referee Fernando Guerrero...referee's assistants Alberto Morin and Miguel Hernandez
...fourth official Jose Torres...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks). All from Mexico.
First Half:...game starts 4:04pm...Canada defends south end on this very cold afternoon with a strong
gusty wind from the north.
1 min...Can Adekugbe cross from 15 yards near left endline has goalie palm through box and Jam Leigh heads away on right post.
Can Osorio chips cross back in from right but defenders clear.
1 min...Can goalie dives forward to smother low cross from 30 yards on left sent in by Jam Green.
3 min...Can David on run up the middle and as being knocked over rolls pass forward from 35 yards to Can Larin who has low
shot from 20 yards saved by diving goalie at 10 yards and ball deflects back to Larin who pops 12 yard shot around defender
and goalie catches at 6 yards.
4 min...Can goalie catches Jam Leigh low cross from 30 yards on bounce as Jam Nelson just ahead of ball runs past him at 5 yards
on near post.
5 min...Can Larin has long run down left side and rolls cross along 15 yard line but retreating defender clears.
5 min...Can Adekugbe rolls ball from left sideline back to Can Hoilett up line who rolls ball forward from 25 yards to Adekugbe
now cutting towards toward goal and his low cross along 6 yard line is cleared by Jam King on edge of 6 yard box for throw-in on left.
5 min...Can Hoilett 22 yard shot from left is between players and straight at goalie for easy catch.
8 min...Can Laryea receives pass back after long run down right and roll centering pass from edge of box which defender clears.
12 min...Canada Cyle Larin GOAL...Can Junior Hoilett centers low cross from 30 yard line on left. Can Stephen Eustaquio
rolls ball forward from 25 yards. Larin steps between defenders up middle and shoots 7 yarder over sliding goalie Andre Blake
at 5 yards to low left corner of net.
14 min...Can Larin runs down left and rolls centering pass along 22 yard line and Can David shoots low 18 yarder just wide left
of post.
15 min...Jam Bygrave and Can Adekugbe injured in collision at Can 45 yard line. Jam awarded freekick because of high boot
by Adekugbe.
16 min...Jam Williams 45 yard freekick from right has charging Jam King head ball wide left from 10 yards.
20 min...Can Adekugbe run down left and low cross from edge of box has Can Buchanan chip 15 yarder down middle over net.
21 min...Jan defenders break up Can short pass sequence in Jam box with no shot being taken.
22 min...Can Hoilett on left rolls centering pass to Can Larin on left side of box and Jam Leigh pokes ball away at 5 yards
for cornerkick.
23 min...Can Eustaquio cornerkick from left has ball cleared on defender's header and Can David receives pass and sends it back
into 6 yard box where Jam Brown kicks wide left of post to prevent Can Buchanan tap-in at 3 yards.
24 min...Can Eustaquio cornerkick from left has ball partially cleared by header inside 6 yard box and Can David is checked
off ball at 20 yards.
25 min...Can Hoilett low cross from 30 yards on left has Can Larin charging forward but Jam Leigh gets head to ball at 5 yards
knocking it wide left with Can crashing on top of him.
26 min...Can Eustaquio high cross from 35 yards on left has Can player head ball down at 10 yards in box but defender kicks it away.
27 min...Can Eustaquio cornerkick from right is cleared when it lands in box.
28 to 30 mins...Jam have some ball control but no threats on Canadian goal.
31 min...Can Larin finishes play with blocked shot off Jam Leigh at 15 yards.
31 min...Jam Green low 18 yard shot up middle has goalie save with dive to left.
32 min...Can run to near end line on left then rolls ball back into center of box a step behind charging Can Hoilet. Can Osorio blasts
low 18 yard shot up middle that hits defender and deflects to right. Can Larin recovers on right side of box and taps back
to Osorio who chips ball from 18 yards into 6 yard box that has Can Buchanan chest ball down but defender clears.
33 min...Jam players have rush wasted with ball rolled to right side of box but no one rushing forward for it.
34 min...Jam Green is injured at Can 40 yard line away from play and needs trainer.
37 min...Can Adekugbe rush down left and centers ball and Can Larin shoots 15 yarder up middle just wide right of post.
38 min...Can Adekugbe and Jam Brown are injured in collision at Jam 30 yard ine on run up left. Both need their training staff.
Can awarded freekick on play.
41 min...Can Eustaquio freekick from 35 yards on left has Jam player on edge of box head away.
42 min...Jam Williams 35 yard freekick from left has Can Kennedy in crowd of players just inside box head away.
42 min...Jam YELLOW card...Brown earns it for kick on Can Buchanan racing by him on left.
43 min...Can Tajon Buchanan GOAL...Can Stephen Eustaquio 35 yard freekick cross from left has Jam Javain Brown
at 12 yards in middle head ball forward to edge of box. Can Jonathan David recovers and runs towards right
and crosses back to left. Leaping Jam Adrian Mariappa slightly pops header over other players in box. Buchanan
receives ball at 6 yards and has time to control and shoot forward into left side of net.
46 min...half ends 4:51pm.
Halfime:...All the Canadian subs warm up right from the start of the break whereas only a few of the Jamaican subs were
on the field. Later the rest of them came out. All players on both teams warmed up in their parkas.
Second Half:...starts 5:08pm...Jam Bygrave takes kickoff. Now the Canadians have the wind at their back.
halftime subs:...Jam Ximinies replaces Brown.
..........................Jam Walker replaces Nelson.
46 min...Can Larin rolls ball from left along 2 yard line and Can Buchanan just a step behind from tapping into open net.
48 min...Can Hoilett rush up left wing and centers pass to Can Larin who steps then steps around defender and rolls tap over
to Can David who shoots 6 yarder wide left of post.
49 min...Can Eustaquio cornerkick from left is caught by goalie at 3 yards on near post between crowd of players.
53 min...Can Eustaquio and Hoilett line up for freekick from 25 yards on slight left. Eustaquio taps freekick to Can Hoilett
and his shot is wide right.
55 min...Jam sub...Marshall replaces Thomas.
58 min...Can goalie charges forward to 20 yards to clear Jam player's through ball pass.
59 min...Can Henry is injured at Can 40 yard line and needs trainer.
61 min...Can subs...Hutchinson replaces Henry. Borjan runs forward from net to give him captain's armband.
...............................Cavallini replaces Larin.
...............................Johnston replaces Laryea.
63 min...Can Cavallini pass is too far forward to set Cav Hoilett on breakaway at 30 yard line and goalie clears.
69 min...Jam sub...Vassell replaces Green.
..............Can sub...Fraser replaces Eustaquio.
71 min...Can players rush into Jam box but no shot is taken.
72 min...Can Hoilett chips 30 yard shot bwtween defenders which goalie catches on bounce.
75 min...Can Buchanan wins cornerkick off Jam Mariappa on cross from right.
75 min...Can sub...Miller replaces Osorio.
76 min...Can Fraser high cornerkick from right has Can Buchanan recover loose ball and tap back to right and Fraser sends
high recross has Can Miller in crowd of players head 7 yarder from left that's caught by goalie. Jam King was injured on play.
77 min...Can Cavallini low 20 yard blast up middle stopped by goalie.
79 min...Jam Ximines shoots 28 yarder from far right behind net.
79 min...Can Adekugbe on run up left near sideline rolls centering pass forward to find charging Can Cavallini behind defenders
at 15 yard line and his 12 yard shot is stopped point blank by sliding goalie at 12 yards. Ball pops up and defender clears
for cornerkick.
81 min...Can Cavallini wins cornerkick on check on left as he cuts into box.
81 min...Can Fraser cornerkick from left has Can Buchanan jump up and flick kick from 8 yards and Jam Marshall guarding
left post deflects it wide.
81 min...Canada Junior Hoilett GOAL...Can Liam Fraser low cornerkick from left has Jam Morrison as nearest man
on edge of box stop ball. Can Tajon Buchanan comes from behind him to check him off ball. Buchanan turns and sends
short pass to Hoilett running up middle who chips 12 yarder between players into right corner of net.
84 min...Can Adekugbe rush up left and centering cross for Buchanan but defender pops it up for cornerkick.
85 min...Can Fraser cornerkick from left is cleared from box. Can Adekugbe chips 35 yard clearance down middle over net.
86 min...Can Cavallini high cross from left has goalie make overhead catch on right post and survives crash with Can Buchanan
trying for header with goalkeeper bumping back into post.
87 min...Canada (Jamaica own goal) GOAL...Canada Samuel Adekugbe low cross from 20 yards near left end line has
retreating Jamaica Adrian Mariappa cut in front of his own goalie to shank kick into own net from 3 yards on left post.
89 min...Jam goalie makes save on Can Buchanan low shot from 15 yards on left as multi players break up the middle.
90 min...game ends 5:53pm with no extra time added.
Final Score:...Canada......4.....Jamaica......0.....
As soon as the game ended, fans were singing 'O Canada' and started another Viking clap with Jonathan Osorio beating a fan drum. This celebration was held in the center circle where it would play out better on TV. The players then walked to the south east corner again to meet with the Voyageur fans. Players came back to the sideline at the center line to put on new black t-shirts over their winter jackets. The logo on the front in white was 'We Can' and on the back in red was 'Canada' (as the player name) and the number '22'. I'm sure those will be available to the public soon! A Canadian team documentary played on the scoreboard. I was surprised that 75% of the fans stayed for the final presentations. Veteran players from the CMNT were introduced like Dwayne DeRosario Iain Hume (who was signing autographs at a table before the game), Julian DeGuzman etc. Last was Paul Dolan who had played on the Canadian World Cup team in 1986. A message from Alphonso Davies who is still recovering from a hear ailment and missed the last two WCQ cycles was played. A twitch stream exists of his reaction of him watching the team qualify. The current players of the team were announced with the ones that weren't in today's game introduced first before the starters. A sign board had been prepared with the team logo and 'qualified' printed on it. The center circle had a cover unrolled that had the Canada Soccer logo and above it 'qualified' and below it 'FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022'. The team lined up behind the sign board for photos and later family and friends posed behind it too. Attendance was announced as 29,122. This is a record at this stadium for an CMNT game. The first game in this cycle the attendance was restricted to 15,000 because of COVID protocals but almost half the fans were cheering for Honduras. This game the tickets mostly sold out during pre-sale and the crowd was wildly pro-Canadian. Jamaica had been eliminated in the last FIFA window so used an experimental side today but were widely outplayed with few threats on goal. Canada outshot them 20-2. There was a CPL player in today's game but he was Alex Marshall on the Jamaican team coming on at 55 minutes. He plays for HFX Wanderers. The officiating crew were all from Mexico and were hardly noticeable as there was only one Yellow card given out. There was no added time given at the end of the second half as the score was out of hand and I'm sure they'd like to get back to the warmth of the dressing room. The first half had only one minute added despite there being two injuries requiring trainers from both teams so I thought four minutes would be fair. Today's CONCACAF games had staggered starting times and for a game in Canada at this time of year, it would not have been fair to have this game start at night when it would be even colder. There were times in this game where snow was being blowing in from the north end on a strong wind. Canada played against the wind in the first half giving me the idea that they'd lost the coin toss but it may have been the plan to have the wind at their backs for the second half. It was very important that the Canadian score early to keep the crowd in the game so 12 minutes was the perfect time. Getting their second goal just before halftime was also a boost for confidence. Wow this qualifying will happen today! Wrapping it up early was important because the longer the game is close something like a Red card or a fluke own goal like the retreating Jamaican player put in could turn the situation around. I thought Stephen Eustaquio was the best player on Canada. He took most of the cornerkicks and sent many crosses into the Jamaica box during open play. I watched the game from the press box as the COVID protocol rules have been relaxed. If I'd had to sit outside, (I had the Voyageurs codes to buy the presale offer), I don't think I would have taken my mittens off to write anything! My mind drifted back to the first time I saw the national team. It was 1986 and the team had qualified for the World Cup. They held an exhibition game at Varsity Stadium (while it was full capicity before they gradually condemmed sections) and the opponent was Wales who did not qualify to play in Mexico. I don't remember much about the game except I sat in the end zone and the Canadians won 2-0. The fan support was more than 90% Welsh. Some sorehead said that both goals were offside but I couldn't really judge the angle from where I was sitting. In those days the rules were still get behind the last TWO men back and you were considered offside. I never thought Canada would not qualify again. In recent years it got worse in that Canada wouldn't even make the Hexagon so many times in a row. This cycle Canada had must win games against Surinam and Haiti that would have ended their campaign last year! I get a thrill when I see a national team player and can say "Sigma FC" or "Woodbridge" watching them as a teenager. A new season is starting next month in the leagues I cover and I'll be busier than ever. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
Canada starters
Jamaican starters
Canadian Cyle Larin (17) has taken opening kickoff.
Canadian Reggie Laryea (22) controls ball near sideline.
Collision injuries between Canadian Samuel Adekugbe (3) and Jamaican Javain Brown (21) require the training staffs.
Jamaican Atapharoy Bygrave (18) takes second half kickoff.
Canadian Stephen Eustaquio (7) cornerkick from left.
The moment after the final whistle.
Most of the celebrations were in the center circle.
The players make a second visit to the Voyageurs in the south end stands.
Past Canadian Men's National Team legends form a gauntlet for the current team.
Players don 'We Can/Canada 22' t-shirts pulled out of newly opened cartons.
Players pose behind the banner.
The tail end of fans welcoming the Canadian players's bus with cheers and smoke cannisters before the game.
Team stats (from Fotmob app)
Canada Jamaica
ball possession 53.7% 46.3%
totals shots 20 2
chances created 19 2
big chances 3 0
accurate passes 430 372
pass success 84% 82%
fouls 14 11
corners 9 0
offsides 1 0
total shots 20 2
shots on target 7 1
shots off target 9 1
blocked shots 4 0
shots off woodwork 0 0
shots inside box 14 1
shots outside box 6 1
accurate passes 430 372
........in opposition half 186 83
........in own half 244 289
passes 512 451
pass success 84% 82%
long balls 34 32
accurate long balls 20 10
crosses 23 7
accurate crosses 5 1
duels 88 88
duels won 44 44
duels lost 44 44
dribbles attempted 23 12
dribbles succeeded 15 11
tackles attempted 13 18
tackles succeddeded 11 11
aerials won 8 4
interceptions 25 11
disipline yellow cards 0 1
disipline red cards 0 0
keeper saves 1 6
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