In the early morning of January 31st, Beijing time, the 10th round of the North American World Cup qualifiers started. The Canadian men's football team defeated and the United States men's football team 2-0. They won 5 consecutive World Cup qualifiers and were undefeated for 10 consecutive rounds. They were the first in North America. The only team to remain undefeated. In addition, this victory was the first time in 50 years that the Canadian team defeated the American team in the world preliminaries.
This is a direct battle between the first and second place in North America. After the two teams won in the last round, the Canadian team accumulated 19 points in 9 rounds and continued to rank first. The American team accumulated 18 points in 9 rounds and continued to rank second. The difference is only 1 point.
The two teams met on September 6 last year, when the American team drew 1-1 at home with the Canadian team. In the latest world rankings of FIFA , the US team ranks 11th and the Canadian team ranks 40th.
In the 6th minute, Jonathan David sent an assist, and Larin scored, helping the Canadian team get a dream start 1-0. The U.S. team then made a crazy counterattack and was unable to equalize the score. They conceded another goal in the 95th minute of the game and ultimately lost 0-2. They had a record of 1 draw and 1 loss against the Canadian team in the two rounds. It was the first time in team history that the U.S. team failed to defeat the Canadian team at the world qualifying level. , creating a new record of shame.
After the victory, the Canadian team reached 22 points, continuing to rank first in North America, and leading the fourth-ranked Panama team by 8 points with one game more, and only 4 games left to qualify for the World Cup.
The Canadian team has only participated in the World Cup finals once in 1986, and has failed in the World Cup qualifying stages continuously since then. Now the team is about to wait for 36 years to realize its dream and return to the World Cup stage through the qualifying rounds. In addition, We Global Football predicts that the Canadian team has a 95% probability of qualifying for the World Cup.
The losing American team is stuck at 18 points, and may be overtaken by the Mexican team, falling to third place, and narrowed by the Panama team behind them. The U.S. team is a regular at the World Cup. It has participated in the competition 10 times, with its best result being third. The team missed the 2018 World Cup.
