With goals from Alphonso Davis and Lucas Cavallini, the Canadian team beat this Tuesday 2-0 to its similar state United and settled on top of Group A of the League of Nations of Concacaf.
The goals were scored by Davis, at minute 63, Cavallini in the late 90s.
With the victory, Canada became leader of Group A with 9 points, followed by USA with 3 and Cuba without units with three losses.
Front center Davis He started the threats early by taking a left-footed shot about 30 meters in front of the US goal, but the ball went to the goalkeeper's hands Zack Steffen
Davis himself, at 15 minutes, failed again another shot, this one even more dangerous when from the left corner of the small area kicked hard but the ball was crossed out stuck to the second stick.
At minute 31, state United He was about to open the scoring when Cristian Roldan missed a header from the left side of the Canadian mark. The assistance was from the battering ram Christian Pulisic with a center to the small area.
The first half was quite even with a 52% domination of the premises and 48% of the bars and stars, with Canada with good scoring opportunities.
In the second half, Jordan Morris he assisted Pulisic in the 50th minute in front of the goal, but the second shot was rejected by goalkeeper Borjan in a risky play.
Finally, both the pitcher goes to the source until it broke and so it was that Davis drilled the fence contrary to the minute 63 with a flashing entrance to push the ball left-handed despite the effort of the goal Borjan.
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At 90, the forward Cavallini He received a cross from the right wing and with a diagonal right-sided mocked the goalkeeper Steffen to nest the second goal of the Canadian team.
In the previous five games against Canada the selection of state United He had three wins (1-0, 2-0 and 2-1), with two draws. The last meeting between the two had been a friendly one in February 2016 that was resolved with a 1-0 win in favor of the ‘Uncle Sam’ boys.
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