HUGE night for Canada but they're going to have to really step it up to compete against the likes of the USA and Mexico in competitive matches. They gave away possession cheaply, make a host of terrible, misplaced passes, and despite the three goals, struggled mightily with finishing.
Haiti were an embarrassment tonight. Someone posted in this thread that they were missing some of the players due to visa issues and I really hope that's true because they certainly didn't look like they belonged in this stage of qualifying at all.
Alphonso Davies is obviously the best player on the pitch every time he steps onto it against these Mickey Mouse teams, but Canada will have to do much better to find space when he's double and tripled teamed. I lost count of how many times he was able to dribble past two or three players without looking like he was putting in any effort at all, and he won't be able to do that against the bigger countries.
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