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Match Thread: Copa America Group A - Matchday 3 - Canada v Chile - June 29, 2024 - 8pm local time (ET) / 5pm PT


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Canada v Chile
Saturday, June 29, 2024
8pm ET / 5pm PT
Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Florida USA

Broadcast in Canada:
TSN1/4, CTV2, RDS

Radio:

TSN 1050 AM Toronto

Canada's roster:

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Dayne St. Clair May 9, 1997 (age 27) 5 0 United States Minnesota United
16 GK Maxime Crépeau April 11, 1994 (age 30) 17 0 United States Portland Timbers
18 GK Tom McGill March 25, 2000 (age 24) 0 0 England Brighton & Hove Albion

2 DF Alistair Johnston October 8, 1998 (age 25) 42 1 Scotland Celtic
3 DF Luc de Fougerolles October 12, 2005 (age 18) 1 0 England Fulham
4 DF Kamal Miller May 16, 1997 (age 27) 43 0 United States Portland Timbers
5 DF Joel Waterman January 24, 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Canada CF Montréal
13 DF Derek Cornelius November 25, 1997 (age 26) 20 0 Sweden Malmö FF
15 DF Moïse Bombito March 30, 2000 (age 24) 6 0 United States Colorado Rapids
19 DF Alphonso Davies (captain) November 2, 2000 (age 23) 47 15 Germany Bayern Munich
22 DF Richie Laryea January 7, 1995 (age 29) 49 1 Canada Toronto FC
20 DF Ali Ahmed October 10, 2000 (age 23) 4 0 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
26 DF Kyle Hiebert July 30, 1997 (age 26) 2 0 United States St. Louis City

6 MF Samuel Piette November 12, 1994 (age 29) 69 0 Canada CF Montréal
7 MF Stephen Eustáquio (vice-captain) December 21, 1996 (age 27) 37 4 Portugal Porto
8 MF Ismaël Koné June 16, 2002 (age 22) 19 2 England Watford
21 MF Jonathan Osorio June 12, 1992 (age 32) 72 9 Canada Toronto FC
24 MF Mathieu Choinière February 7, 1999 (age 25) 3 0 Canada CF Montréal

9 FW Cyle Larin April 17, 1995 (age 29) 68 29 Spain Mallorca
10 FW Jonathan David January 14, 2000 (age 24) 48 26 France Lille
11 FW Theo Bair August 27, 1999 (age 24) 2 1 Scotland Motherwell
12 FW Jacen Russell-Rowe September 13, 2002 (age 21) 5 0 United States Columbus Crew
14 FW Jacob Shaffelburg November 26, 1999 (age 24) 10 2 United States Nashville SC
17 FW Tajon Buchanan February 8, 1999 (age 25) 38 4 Italy Inter Milan
23 FW Liam Millar September 27, 1999 (age 24) 26 1 England Preston North End
25 FW Tani Oluwaseyi May 15, 2000 (age 24) 1 0 United States Minnesota United

 

Chile's roster:

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Claudio Bravo (captain) 13 April 1983 (age 41) 150 0 Spain Betis
12 GK Gabriel Arias 13 September 1987 (age 36) 16 0 Argentina Racing
23 GK Brayan Cortés 11 March 1995 (age 29) 16 0 Chile Colo-Colo

2 DF Gabriel Suazo 9 August 1997 (age 26) 27 0 France Toulouse
3 DF Guillermo Maripán 6 May 1994 (age 30) 47 2 Monaco Monaco
4 DF Mauricio Isla 12 June 1988 (age 36) 141 5 Argentina Independiente
5 DF Paulo Díaz 25 August 1994 (age 29) 48 1 Argentina River Plate
6 DF Thomas Galdames 20 November 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Argentina Godoy Cruz
16 DF Igor Lichnovsky 7 March 1994 (age 30) 12 0 Mexico América
21 DF Matías Catalán 19 August 1992 (age 31) 7 0 Argentina Talleres
25 DF Benjamín Kuscevic 2 May 1996 (age 28) 8 0 Brazil Fortaleza
26 DF Nicolás Fernández 3 August 1999 (age 24) 3 0 Chile Audax Italiano

7 MF Marcelino Núñez 1 March 2000 (age 24) 27 5 England Norwich City
8 MF Darío Osorio 24 January 2004 (age 20) 10 1 Denmark Midtjylland
13 MF Erick Pulgar 15 January 1994 (age 30) 51 4 Brazil Flamengo
15 MF Diego Valdés 30 January 1994 (age 30) 32 2 Mexico América
17 MF Esteban Pavez 1 May 1990 (age 34) 13 0 Chile Colo-Colo
18 MF Rodrigo Echeverría 17 April 1995 (age 29) 13 1 Argentina Huracán
24 MF César Pérez 29 November 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Chile Unión La Calera

9 FW Víctor Dávila 4 November 1997 (age 26) 13 3 Russia CSKA Moscow
10 FW Alexis Sánchez (vice-captain) 19 December 1988 (age 35) 165 51 Italy Internazionale
11 FW Eduardo Vargas 20 November 1989 (age 34) 111 42 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
14 FW Cristián Zavala 3 August 1999 (age 24) 3 0 Chile Colo-Colo
19 FW Marcos Bolados 28 February 1996 (age 28) 9 2 Chile Colo-Colo
20 FW Maximiliano Guerrero 15 January 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Chile Universidad de Chile
22 FW Ben Brereton Díaz 18 April 1999 (age 25) 32 7 Spain Villarreal

Referee:

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Injuries:

Chile: To be confirmed

Canada: To be confirmed.

Weather Forecast:

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Current Group Standings:

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This is pretty huge for us.  This is our chance to advance into the knockout rounds in a major international tournament.  Chile will be tough as hell with everything left to play for.   A win over us means they advance unless Peru pull off an unlikely upset over Argentina by a greater goal margin - so you know they are going to be going for it right from the opening whistle.  I have seen a few games where the South American teams come flying out of the gate and don’t let up and I expect that approach in this one.  We better be prepared to battle for all 90+ minutes.  

But we have the team to do it.  Just need to execute.  

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Something needs to be said. It would be foolish to underestimate the Chilean attack because of a scoreless draw with Peru. 

Look at their recent friendlies and the amount of goals produced. Davila and Vargas have been productive. Sanchez is an experienced and quality player still playing among the world's best.

We need to be compact and see out the match. A win is always the goal, but a draw will do. 

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^Agreed. A narrative has taken hold that we are “better” than Peru and Chile (mostly because their stars are old). It can be very easily argued that we in fact weren't/ aren’t better, and that's before considering how important these games are to our opponents. We probably shouldn’t be considered favourites in either game, and we saw evidence of that Wednesday.

The obvious is to weather the storm, and counter. They know it, we know it. It's a major opportunity to see how Marsch and the players handle this situation. 

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Because it’s been scientifically proven there’s a direct correlation between some random guy following the CMNT across the country and their on-field results: In Atlanta I went for a 30-minute run the morning of the match and Canada lost; in KC I went for a 40-minute run and Canada won. This morning in Orlando I went for a 35-minute run to ensure a draw in tonight’s match.

Y’all (as they’d say here) can thank me later.

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5 hours ago, scullion44 said:

Their right back is 36 and has played 177 out of 180 minutes so far. If he starts again then I’d love to see Shaffeburg in from the beginning.

There are lots of options.  Another is to put Richie at LB and Phonzie up top to start and run at their RB (maybe later he shifts into the back so Richie can be subbed out early due to fitness and to bring Shaff’s fresh legs into the equation in attack).    

Curious what Marsch will do.   

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My thoughts:

I haven't had a chance to follow Chile's matches, but one would think they started the tournament with a similar mindset and plan to us.  Thinking a loss vs Argentina, go for a result vs Peru and us.  Is it possible they were cruising vs Argentina and coming into this game relatively in good shape and everything going according to plan?  

We're younger and quicker, but they have a lot more experience than us at this level and type of tournament.  They know we can out run and out play them.  They'll be looking to outsmart us, it's gonna be dirty.

If we go by odds, I'm thinking Shaff is due for an off game and will be mostly ineffective vs Chile and Tajon & Kone tear it up.  The guy that needs to stay the most consistant is Crepeau.

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1 hour ago, Treppy2 said:

Because it’s been scientifically proven there’s a direct correlation between some random guy following the CMNT across the country and their on-field results: In Atlanta I went for a 30-minute run the morning of the match and Canada lost; in KC I went for a 40-minute run and Canada won. This morning in Orlando I went for a 35-minute run to ensure a draw in tonight’s match.

Y’all (as they’d say here) can thank me later.

I'll thank you right now. It's an incredible power and I appreciate your devotion to securing results for this team.

Just one thing: Can you segment daily runs / go for another five mins and guarantee the W?

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Should be a cracker this. I'm not optimistic but that's nothing new for me!

Chile is the type of side we should be measuring up against in where we are at. For where we want to be, getting past them and out of the group would be massive. 

We will absolutely have to be at our best. We simply can't panic and lose all control of the basics when we are pressed hard back and brutalized like we were against Peru. 10 or so degrees cooler will hopefully help.

I love the shaff but not convinced he is at his best for us as a weapon by starting. Big chance for him to prove otherwise if he is handing a start.

Let's go!

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I feel like we have had good experiences with this Stadium in Orlando. Cyle Larin has scored multiple goals here in his time with Orlando. Eustaqio made his debut. I remember we played a bunch of games in Orlando during Covid including some important wins to get us to the qualifying stage. It SHOULD feel like home to our guys and very familiar. 

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5 minutes ago, pod818 said:

I feel like we have had good experiences with this Stadium in Orlando. Cyle Larin has scored multiple goals here in his time with Orlando. Eustaqio made his debut. I remember we played a bunch of games in Orlando during Covid including some important wins to get us to the qualifying stage. It SHOULD feel like home to our guys and very familiar. 

This is where we played Bermuda behind closed doors to kick off our epic WCQ run.

Remember when some people were worried about Nahki Wells lol.

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