Canada vs Paraguay - Sunday, February 25th - 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern - Houston, TX

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

W Gold Cup - Group Stage Match #2
Canada vs Paraguay
Sunday, February 25, 2024
5pm Eastern / 2pm Pacific
4pm Central (local)
Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, Texas

Broadcast in Canada:
ONESOCCER (live - online)

Broadcast in the USA:
Paramount+, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+

Broadcast in a region where no one has bought the broadcast rights:
CONCACAF GO's YouTube channel

Rosters:
https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/f56b85f4-5cf6-ab85-7b83-cc6aaa6b9942/24_WGC_Final_Rosters.pdf

Sydney Collins replaced by Bianca St-Georges
Jayde Riviere replaced by Marie-Yasmine Alidou
No replacements that I am aware of for Paraguay

Canadian players that played for the whole game in the previous match:
Buchanan
Quinn
Lacasse
Jade Rose
Zadorksy
D'Angelo (GK)

Canadian players that didn't play a single minute in the previous match:
Awujo
Gilles
Larisey
Lawrence
St-Georges
Proulx (GK)
Sheridan (GK)

Referee:
Natalie Simon
An American ref who has overseen matches in MLS and USL.
She was our ref for the match we lost to Brazil in October last year at Stade Saputo.
https://www.concacaf.com/w-gold-cup/news/referees-announced-for-matches-10-to-15-of-the-group-stage-of-the-2024-w-gold-cup/

Weather:
Sunny and about 23°C

[narduch]

Paraguay beat Costa Rica 1-0 in their opening match

[narduch]

 

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

47 minutes ago, narduch said:

 

 

Shit. Have they announced a replacement?

[narduch]

1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Shit. Have they announced a replacement?

Can they?

[toontownman]

Crappy news for Prince. Think it's too late for a replacement. We do have decent depth to replace her though.

[narduch]

This dropped early.

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

A first actual start for Smith as all her previous appearances were as a sub.

She has earned it!

Edited February 25 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Canuckia]

Goal!!!! Leon

[narduch]

VAR had to review that one

[narduch]

Smith makes it 2-0

[phil03]

Overall its definitely promising, especially since Paraguay was touted as a solid defensive side. The disaster of the World Cup seems to be behind us

[narduch]

Sweet goal for Leon to complete her hat trick. 

It's 4-0 now

[Canuckia]

1 minute ago, narduch said:

Sweet goal for Leon to complete her hat trick. 

It's 4-0 now

[narduch]

Thought Paraguay would be a tougher opponent as they did beat Costa Rica 

[Colonel Green]

Leon's Golden Boot campaign is off to the races.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

The game was good fun.

I was there along with two other V's from Calgary who are headed to Orlando for the Cavalry game down there too.

Smith's family was there (parents & sister) as well as the wife of Sheridan and all Sheridan's in-laws.

Buchanan, Fleming, Gilles and Sheridan were very patient and took plenty of pics with fans at the end. (Girls in Canada colours, girls in El Salvador blue etc..)

Edited February 26 by Olympique_de_Marseille