Canada scores in 92nd minute to earn first World Cup knockout stage victory over South Africa

Canada entered Sunday’s Round of 32 lucifer arsenic a important favourite to beforehand to the Round of 16 with a triumph implicit South Africa. But it wasn't arsenic casual for the Canadians arsenic the likelihood mightiness person indicated.

The 2 teams entered second-half stoppage clip locked successful a 0-0 draw. But Canada managed to people the victor successful the 92nd minute. A transverse into the container by the Canadians landed straight connected the caput of a South African defender, but the header bounced close to the thorax of Canadian midfielder Stephen Eustáquio.

Canada players observe aft winning their 2026 World Cup Round of 32 lucifer against South Africa astatine Los Angeles Stadium. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)

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Eustáquio settled the shot onto his close ft and past made nary mistake, ripping a changeable into the lower-left country of the net, past South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams.

Canada generated the amended chances throughout, putting 7 shots connected extremity to South Africa's 1 and holding a 1.32-0.13 borderline successful expected goals, but the Canadians couldn't interruption done until Eustáquio's precocious winner.

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The extremity propelled Canada to its first-ever knockout-match triumph astatine a World Cup.

Canada is serving arsenic 1 of 3 co-hosts of the 2026 World Cup, on with the United States and Mexico. The Canadians played each 3 of their radical matches connected location soil, but defeated South Africa astatine Los Angeles Stadium connected Sunday successful Inglewood, Calif.

Canada won a knockout signifier crippled astatine the World Cup for the archetypal clip ever. (Anne-Marie Sorvin/Imagn Images)

Canada was forced to play distant from location aft losing to Switzerland successful its group-stage finale, which near it 2nd successful Group B.

Canada volition adjacent look the victor of Netherlands vs. Morocco successful Houston connected July 4.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, the third-place squad from Group B, faces the United States connected Wednesday, July 1, astatine San Francisco Bay Area Stadium successful Santa Clara, California. Unlike Canada, the United States won its group.

Team USA takes connected Bosnia and Herzegovina successful the Round of 32 connected Wednesday night. (Keith Birmingham/Pasadena Star-News)

Team USA is simply a dense favourite to decision Bosnia (-700 astatine DraftKings) and beforehand to the Round of 16. Should the United States instrumentality attraction of business, it would look the victor of Belgium vs. Senegal connected July 6.

Canada survived its scare. Now, the United States gets its accidental to articulation its chap North American co-host successful the Round of 16.