CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025: Canada thrashes Honduras 6-0
Tajon Buchanan scored two second-half goals and Canada routed Honduras 6-0 on Tuesday in Vancouver in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener for both sides.
Niko Sigur and Tani Oluwaseyi added first-half goals for the host before Promise Akinpelu and Nathan Saliba rounded out the scoring.
The result leaves Canada atop Group B after the group's other two teams, Curacao and El Salvador, played to a scoreless draw in San Jose, Calif., earlier on Tuesday.
Sigur netted his first goal for his country to open the scoring in the 27th minute. The 21-year-old played 1-2 passing sequence with Jonathan David while entering the Honduras 18-yard box, and he knocked in a right-footed shot.
Oluwaseyi took a pass from Richie Laryea and blasted a 6-yard left-footed shot over Honduras goalie Edrick Menjivar to double the lead in first-half stoppage time.
Buchanan (48th and 65th minutes), Akinpelu (75th minute) and Saliba (90th minute) turned the contest into a blowout.
Canada will face Curacao in Houston on Saturday ahead of the Honduras-El Salvador matchup at the same venue that day.
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