Goals by Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies moved the Canadian men to within one win of their first trophy in 23 years with a 2-0 victory Thursday over Panama in CONCACAF Nations League semifinal play.
Canada, ranked 47th in the world, will play either the 13th-ranked U.S. or No. 15 Mexico in Sunday's final with a winner's purse of some US$1 million on the line.David put Canada ahead in the 25th minute, thanks to a perfect pass from Kamal Miller that sliced open the Panama defence. David saw the opening and pointed to where he wanted the ball as he ran towards space.
The Canada-Panama contest was the opener of a doubleheader at Allegiant Stadium, the 65,000-capacity climate-controlled home of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders. The stadium, which cost a reported US$1.9 billion, boasts 2,300 TVs and almost 7,000 square metres of video board. Canadian defender Steven Vitoria found Sam Adekugbe with a terrific long ball in the seventh minute but Adekugbe squibbed his shot and the offside flag also came up.Its first real chance came in the 27th minute, with Borjan punching away Ismael Diaz's long-range shot. A minute later, Fidel Escobar's low, dipping free kick from outside the Canadian penalty box almost eluded Borjan.
The Nations League features 41 teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean split into three tiers: League A , B and C . The four group winners in League A advanced to the final four.
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