Match Thread: Copa America Group A - Matchday 1 - Argentina v Canada - June 20, 2024 - 8pm local time (ET) / 5pm PT

[narduch]

Argentina v Canada
Thursday, June 20, 2024
8pm ET / 5pm PT
Marcedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Broadcast in Canada:
TSN1/4, CTV2, RDS2

Radio:

TSN 1050 AM Toronto

Canada's roster:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Dayne St. Clair	May 9, 1997 (age 27)	5	0	Minnesota United
16	GK	Maxime Crépeau	April 11, 1994 (age 30)	17	0	Portland Timbers
18	GK	Tom McGill	March 25, 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
2	DF	Alistair Johnston	October 8, 1998 (age 25)	42	1	Celtic
3	DF	Luc de Fougerolles	October 12, 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Fulham
4	DF	Kamal Miller	May 16, 1997 (age 27)	43	0	Portland Timbers
5	DF	Joel Waterman	January 24, 1996 (age 28)	3	0	CF Montréal
13	DF	Derek Cornelius	November 25, 1997 (age 26)	20	0	Malmö FF
15	DF	Moïse Bombito	March 30, 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Colorado Rapids
19	DF	Alphonso Davies (captain)	November 2, 2000 (age 23)	47	15	Bayern Munich
22	DF	Richie Laryea	January 7, 1995 (age 29)	49	1	Toronto FC
20	DF	Ali Ahmed	October 10, 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
26	DF	Kyle Hiebert	July 30, 1997 (age 26)	2	0	St. Louis City
6	MF	Samuel Piette	November 12, 1994 (age 29)	69	0	CF Montréal
7	MF	Stephen Eustáquio (vice-captain)	December 21, 1996 (age 27)	37	4	Porto
8	MF	Ismaël Koné	June 16, 2002 (age 22)	19	2	Watford
21	MF	Jonathan Osorio	June 12, 1992 (age 32)	72	9	Toronto FC
24	MF	Mathieu Choinière	February 7, 1999 (age 25)	3	0	CF Montréal
9	FW	Cyle Larin	April 17, 1995 (age 29)	68	29	Mallorca
10	FW	Jonathan David	January 14, 2000 (age 24)	48	26	Lille
11	FW	Theo Bair	August 27, 1999 (age 24)	2	1	Motherwell
12	FW	Jacen Russell-Rowe	September 13, 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Columbus Crew
14	FW	Jacob Shaffelburg	November 26, 1999 (age 24)	10	2	Nashville SC
17	FW	Tajon Buchanan	February 8, 1999 (age 25)	38	4	Inter Milan
23	FW	Liam Millar	September 27, 1999 (age 24)	26	1	Preston North End
25	FW	Tani Oluwaseyi	May 15, 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Minnesota United

 

Argentina's roster:

Referee:

Injuries:

Argentina: To be confirmed

Canada: To be confirmed.

Weather Forecast:

Indoor Stadium

Edited June 20 by narduch

[Borjans Sweatpants]

Think its pretty clear to be the standard lineup for us, would be surprising not to be:

-------------------Crepeau--------------------

Johnston --- Bombito --- Cornelius --- Davies

---------------Kone --- Eustaqiao-------------

-------Buchanan --- David --- Millar-----------

---------------------Larin----------------------

 

[Obinna]

6 minutes ago, Borjans Sweatpants said:

Think its pretty clear to be the standard lineup for us, would be surprising not to be:

-------------------Crepeau--------------------

Johnston --- Bombito --- Cornelius --- Davies

---------------Kone --- Eustaqiao-------------

-------Buchanan --- David --- Millar-----------

---------------------Larin----------------------

 

No argument from me. Ball players and pace throughout. Excited to see what the group can do. 

[Obinna]

Another thing:

Will this be the biggest game ever for this group?

It's not the World Cup, but Belgium nor Croatia are Argentina. 

Toss in the fact we have a new manager and it's the opening game of the tournament, maybe there's an argument....

[TGAA_Star]

Gotta go with 4-2-3-1 but the names you had in your 11, I have in my exact 11 but gotta go 4-2-3-1 formation 

[BrennanFan]

Nothing compares to the 6 World Cup games in our history but this is definitely the biggest non-WC game Canada has ever played.  Playing the defending World and Copa Champs in a tournament opener, lining up against the 2nd best player who ever laced up a pair of boots, Wow.  Momentous occasion in our soccer history. 

[TGAA_Star]

Just now, BrennanFan said:

Nothing compares to the 6 World Cup games in our history but this is definitely the biggest non-WC game Canada has ever played.  Playing the defending World and Copa Champs in a tournament opener, lining up against the 2nd best player who ever laced up a pair of boots, Wow.  Momentous occasion in our soccer history. 

It will be even more momentous if we at least get a draw or a win 

[RS]

7 minutes ago, BrennanFan said:

lining up against the 2nd best player who ever laced up a pair of boots

[One American]

Apparently a sellout. 71,000.

[BrennanFan]

38 minutes ago, Borjans Sweatpants said:

Think its pretty clear to be the standard lineup for us, would be surprising not to be:

-------------------Crepeau--------------------

Johnston --- Bombito --- Cornelius --- Davies

---------------Kone --- Eustaqiao-------------

-------Buchanan --- David --- Millar-----------

---------------------Larin----------------------

 

If there is ever gonna be a time to park the bus, it's tomorrow.  Throw Miller and Piette in there and hang on til the 70th, then switch to the above.  Argentina will be relaxed and supremely confident, firing on all cylinders with tremendous fan support.  

Not to say we can't catch them on a break.  We will get our chances.  My money is on Buchanan having a big tournament.

[Borjans Sweatpants]

3 minutes ago, BrennanFan said:

If there is ever gonna be a time to park the bus, it's tomorrow.  Throw Miller and Piette in there and hang on til the 70th, then switch to the above.  Argentina will be relaxed and supremely confident, firing on all cylinders with tremendous fan support.  

Not to say we can't catch them on a break.  We will get our chances.  My money is on Buchanan having a big tournament.

I just dont see it happening. Marsch wants us to play our game, he's not going to just sit back. Take it to them as much as we can and see where we get, doing so got us a 0-0 draw v France after all. 

[Obinna]

22 minutes ago, BrennanFan said:

Nothing compares to the 6 World Cup games in our history but this is definitely the biggest non-WC game Canada has ever played.  Playing the defending World and Copa Champs in a tournament opener, lining up against the 2nd best player who ever laced up a pair of boots, Wow.  Momentous occasion in our soccer history. 

You're probably right.

At the same time, I have trouble rating this 71K tournament opening sellout, against the best team on the planet, behind a Morocco World Cup match where Canada was already eliminated and fielding reserve players in the starting 11.

Yeah, it was the World Cup, but we were playing for pride at that point, and I suppose our first points in the tournament.

This feels bigger to me. 

[TGAA_Star]

6 minutes ago, BrennanFan said:

If there is ever gonna be a time to park the bus, it's tomorrow.  Throw Miller and Piette in there and hang on til the 70th, then switch to the above.  Argentina will be relaxed and supremely confident, firing on all cylinders with tremendous fan support.  

Not to say we can't catch them on a break.  We will get our chances.  My money is on Buchanan having a big tournament.

I definitely agree about parking the bus

[dyslexic nam]

1 hour ago, RS said:

I am still trying to figure out if number 1 is Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo or Jim Brennan.   

[Treppy2]

Canada's updated all-time record against the eight countries that have won the World Cup: P15, W0, D3, L12, GF7, GA32.

Here are all results with the score, year, competition and goal scorers for Canada. (The first match against France and the match against Spain took place prior to those countries becoming World Cup winners.)

Canada 0 Italy 2, 1984 friendly
Canada 1 Uruguay 3, 1986 friendly, Pakos
Canada 0 England 1, 1986 friendly
Canada 0 France 1, 1986 World Cup
Canada 0 Spain 2, 1994 friendly
Canada 0 Germany 2, 1994 friendly
Canada 1 Brazil 1, 1994 friendly, "Berdusco! Berdusco!!!"
Canada 1 Brazil 4, 1996 Gold Cup, Radzinski
Canada 0 Brazil 0, 2001 Confederations Cup
Canada 1 Germany 4, 2003 friendly, McKenna
Canada 1 Spain 2, 2005 friendly, Grande
Canada 2 Brazil 3, 2008 friendly, Friend, De Guzman
Canada 0 Argentina 5, 2010 friendly
Canada 0 Uruguay 2, 2022 friendly

Canada 0 France 0, 2024 friendly

Thursday’s match will be the 4th time Canada has played the reigning World Cup champions (Italy ‘82, Germany ‘90, Brazil ‘94).

[narduch]

So is this the highest attendance for a game Canada has played in?

 

 

[Cadeau]

A 71000 person sellout? I may have understimated the Shaff’s drawing power!😎

[Mihairokov]

The referee for the match won CONMEBOL Referee of the Year in 2021.

14 minutes ago, Cadeau said:

A 71000 person sellout? I may have understimated the Shaff’s drawing power!😎

And he plays for a rival, too!

[SthMelbRed]

4 hours ago, RS said:

Okay. I'll take it.

 

1. Maradona

2. Messi

3. Pele

4. Cruyff

5. Beckenbauer

6. Ronaldo (Brazil)

7. Zidane

8. Ronaldo (Portugal)

9. Maldini

10. Puskas

[An Observer]

1 hour ago, narduch said:

 

 

 

Great preparation for the BMO field home opener in WC 2026 against East Turkistan. 😝

[rhadan]

Downtown Atlanta just crawling with Argentina jerseys everywhere , must be thousands surrounding the team bus at the Westin hotel. 

Seen about 30 or so Canadian gear including myself:(

[JAVIERF]

 

LADS ....WITH COMPLETE HONEST ANSWER I WISH FOR MY GRANNY'S GRAVE WE ARGENTINA GET DEFEATED BY CANADA, AND THEN WE GET ELIMINATED IN GROUP STAGE.

IT IS THE BEST FAVOR MESSI AND CO , CAN DO . .

SO THIS PIG'S HEAD GETS TO THE SWORD AND WE CAN RESTORE THE DEMOCRACY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE HOUSE. 

WE DONT NEED ANOTHER SMOKE SCREEN AS WITH THE JUNTA IN 1978. 

 

BEST WISHES AND LUCK FOR TOMORROW NIGHT

[JAVIERF]

6 hours ago, BrennanFan said:

Nothing compares to the 6 World Cup games in our history but this is definitely the biggest non-WC game Canada has ever played.  Playing the defending World and Copa Champs in a tournament opener, lining up against the 2nd best player who ever laced up a pair of boots, Wow.  Momentous occasion in our soccer history. 

Messi agrees with you,  but Diego said that Messi was better than him as it was recorded before his death 

[Ally McCoist]

If we win tomorrow, my brain will have dopamine and serotonin levels I haven't felt since I was a child.

Edited June 20 by Ally McCoist

[TGAA_Star]

Today is game day officially...we are the opening act guys...so it's time!!! Gotta show the world what Canadian football is all about but also make a statement in this game that even though we are underdogs, we are going to fight to the very end!!!