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Vancouver Sun
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Canada 6, Honduras 0: Hometown boy kick-starts Gold Cup demolition at B.C. Place
The last time he was in B.C. Place , Niko Sigur was a wide-eyed ball boy, watching Jonathan David and the Canadian men's national team thump French Guiana 4-1 in Nations League qualifying. Tuesday night, the Burnaby native was on the receiving end of a give and go with the star Canadian striker, scoring his first goal for the Reds in a 6-0 domination of Honduras. It was Canada's opening match in the Gold Cup tournament, which will continue for them next week in Houston. It was the sixth cap for the 21-year-old, who had dozens of friends and family who were part of the 24,286 in the stands at B.C. Place . He'd said Friday he wasn't just here to soak up the experience. He wanted to contribute. GOAL 🇨🇦 NIKO SIGUR SCORES HIS FIRST FOR THE #CANMNT 😎 Canada go up 1-0 over Honduras with a smooth give-and-go, finished perfectly 💪 🔴 Watch Gold Cup on OneSoccer & TSN When he was that ballboy watching play in 2019, he wasn't just soaking up the experience. He was judging, assessing, comparing, and pondering if he had the technical ability to play at that level on this day. 'I always knew in the back of my mind that I could play there one day, and here I am,' said the utility back, who held down the right side of Canada's back line on Tuesday. 'I'm not really happy just being here and being a part of it. I want to contribute, and I know I can contribute. It's nice to be here, but I also want to make an impact and help the team.' For Sigur, it's been a long and winding road to the national team. From the Whitecaps academy, to York University, to a stint with the League One Vaughn Azzuri in Ontario, he moved to Slovenia, playing for Radomlje's youth team, eventually transferring to the academy of Croatia's Hajduk Split in 2022. By 2023, he'd played his way onto the first team. A year later, the Croatian-Canadian dual citizen switched his national team allegiance to Canada. And Tuesday, a nation applauded him. GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦 It's TANI TIME 😎 #CanMNT are up 2-0 over Honduras 🇭🇳 at the stroke of half-time as Tani Oluwaseyi finds a near-impossible angle and smacks it home 🚀 🔴 Watch Gold Cup on OneSoccer & TSN David's flick of Sigur's pass split two defenders, and Sigur took two calm touches, the second one a slicing shot past Honduran keeper Edrick Menjívar into the near side corner 27 minutes into the game. Tani Oluwaseyi made it 2-0 in first-half injury time, turning and roofing a ball from a sharp angle 10 yards out. He had a hand in Canada's third goal, getting a slight touch on a Richie Laryea cross, shifting its trajectory to a wide-open Tajon Buchanan at the back post, and he, too, put it in the top netting to make it 3-0 in the 48th minute. GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 TAJON MAKES IT 3️⃣ It's 3-0 for the #CanMNT vs. Honduras as Tajon Buchanan finishes off pass across goal with his first touch 💪 🔴 Watch Gold Cup on OneSoccer & TSN Honduras had only one shot in the first half; a weak, rolling effort from long distance that Dayne St. Clair easily scooped up. St. Clair stopped a semi breakaway in the 50th minute, then made another post-blank stop on the ensuing corner to keep Honduras off the scoresheet. They finished with five shots — three on target — but the game was thoroughly controlled and measured by the Canadians. They held 57 per cent of the ball and outshot the visitors, putting 18 on frame — eight of those on target. GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #CanMNT are cruising to victory, now up 4-0 over Honduras 🇭🇳 as Tajon Buchanan notches a 2nd from a corner kick 🎯 🔴 Watch Gold Cup on OneSoccer & TSN Promise David scored his second goal in as many games as he finds his feet with his new national team , collecting a tough leading pass from Ali Ahmed before chopping it back across Menjívar into the back of the net. Anderlecht-bound Nathan Saliba, late of Montreal FC , completed the destruction with his 90th-minute golazo, a curling, left-footed strike from 20 yards out that Menjívar had no chance at. Canada has a few more training days here before heading South for their next games. They play Curaçao on Saturday at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, then face El Salvador on Tuesday — also in Houston. GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 PROMISE DAVID MAKES IT 5 🔥 Look at the footwork on this effort as the #CanMNT go up 5-0 over Honduras 🇭🇳 amid chants of "We want six!" 🔴 Watch Gold Cup on OneSoccer & TSN
CBC
a day ago
- Sport
- CBC
Is Canada ready to win the Gold Cup? Plus, Holly Ward talks her NSL journey
Andi Petrillo is joined by former CanMNT goalkeeper Craig Forrest to break down whether Canada can finally end a 25-year Gold Cup drought. Plus, Vancouver Rises star Holly Ward stops by to talk NSL and playing for the CanWNT national team.
Telegraph
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
I'm ashamed of Donald Trump, says Canada's football manager
Jesse Marsch has said he is 'ashamed' of Donald Trump's 'ridiculous rhetoric' towards the country since the US president's return to the White House. The Canada coach ferociously hit back at Trump's 'arrogance and disregard' for suggesting earlier this month that Canada could become the 51st state of the US. Marsch is American, but on Wednesday he said that the acceptance from his players since taking the national team job nine months ago has made him feel like a Canadian. 'If I have one message to our president, it's: lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being the 51st state,' said the former Leeds United manager appearing on a four-person panel ahead of next month's Concacaf Nations League finals in Los Angeles. 'As an American, I'm ashamed of the arrogance and disregard we've shown one of our historically oldest, strongest and most loyal allies.' Tensions have already boiled over in an ice hockey match Earlier this month, Trump described Canada as a 'very serious contender' to become a 51st US state during a press briefing in the Oval Office. 'Why would we pay $200 billion a year in subsidies to Canada when they are not a state? You do that for a state, but you don't do that for somebody else's country,' Trump said. Cross-border tensions have already played out in sport in February, with choruses of anti-Donald Trump booing and fights between players at the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey in Canada. When asked about the potential of tensions if Canada play the US in the Nations League next month, Marsch said he found some of the rhetoric in recent weeks as 'unsettling and frankly insulting '. 'Canada is a strong, independent nation that's deeply rooted in decency, and it's a place that values high ethics and respect, unlike the polarised, disrespectful and often now, hate-fuelled climate that's in the US,' he said. 'Canada values a lot of fairness and unity. It's a place that I've learned as the Canada coach where people really believe that their differences make them stronger and honestly, it's one of the things that I've enjoyed the most about our team, is that they exemplify this as human beings and as a team. 'They're almost all first- and second-generation Canadians coming from different heritage and cultures, but they uniquely are incredibly proud Canadians to represent their country, to give everything to each other and the love that they have for each other and playing for their country.' Jesse Marsch on President Trump: "Lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being the 51st state; as an American, I'm ashamed of the arrogance and disregard we've shown one of our historically oldest, strongest and most loyal allies." #USMNT | #CanMNT — Canadian Soccer Daily (@CANSoccerDaily) February 26, 2025 Since his inauguration last month, Trump has also labelled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as 'the Governor of Canada'. Marsch added: 'I couldn't be prouder to be the Canadian national team coach. I found a place where that embodies, for me, the ideals and morals of what not just football and a team is, but what life is, and that's integrity, respect and the belief that good people can do great things together. 'One thing's for sure: When I look forward to a month from now, is I know that this will fuel our team, the mentality we have, the will we have to play for our country, the desire we have to go after this tournament in every way and to show on and off the pitch exactly what Canadian character is. 'So, obviously I really look forward to the challenge of playing Mexico but the tournament as a whole, and I guarantee that our team will be ready.'
