Stephen Eustáquio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Canada beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday for its first knockout match victory in a World Cup.
A tense match at SoFi Stadium appeared to be headed for extra time until Eustáquio — who plays professionally for Los Angeles FC several miles away — put a stunning volley from outside the penalty area into the bottom corner of Ronwen Williams' net.
Co-host Canada hung on with strong defensive play in the final minutes and advanced to face the Netherlands or Morocco in Houston on Saturday, July 4.
Canada played its first three matches at home in Toronto and Vancouver, but was forced to become the first World Cup host to play on the road when it lost 2-1 to Switzerland last Wednesday.
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Japantime
Congratulations to Canada. Becoming one of the best 16 soccer countries in the world. This will likely boost soccer in Canada. More teams from North America should qualify next World Cup.
stickman1760
Holy schmokes eh,
sunfunbun
Geography 101. Canada and the USA are the only two countries on the North American continent, so impossible to have more.
lostrune2
Mexico would take issue with that - the most WC-tenured North American member
sunfunbun
Geography 102. Mexico is in Central America, not North America....
lostrune2
Yeah it's funny - Canada would play all its remaining possible games never stepping foot again in Canada this World Cup
Mexico would love to be the 2nd such host - because that means they're in the quarterfinals
lostrune2
Geography 103 - Central America is not a continent
You said this: "Canada and the USA are the only two countries on the North American continent"
sunfunbun
Yah, no one in Central America considers themselves part of North America, they're a subregion connecting South America and North America.
Go to Mexico and ask anyone if they're North American. LOL.
sunfunbun
CONCACAF.
Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football.
No need to separate Central from North America, right? except that all the countries in Central America do not actually consider themselves part of North America.
virusrex
https://www.britannica.com/place/North-America
Although at first the term America was applied only to the southern half of the continent, the designation soon was applied to the entire landmass. Those portions that widened out north of the Isthmus of Panama became known as North America, and those that broadened to the south became known as South America. According to some authorities, North America begins not at the Isthmus of Panama but at the narrows of Tehuantepec, with the intervening region called Central America. Under such a definition, part of Mexico must be included in Central America, although that country lies mainly in North America proper.
HopeSpringsEternal
Nice and unexpected win for Canada, so they are just not Hockey players after all, well done!