Match Thread: Copa America Group A - Matchday 3 - Canada v Chile - June 29, 2024 - 8pm local time (ET) / 5pm PT

[narduch]

Canada v Chile
Saturday, June 29, 2024
8pm ET / 5pm PT
Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Florida USA

Broadcast in Canada:
TSN1/4, CTV2, RDS

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

 

Chile's roster:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Claudio Bravo (captain)	13 April 1983 (age 41)	150	0	Betis
12	GK	Gabriel Arias	13 September 1987 (age 36)	16	0	Racing
23	GK	Brayan Cortés	11 March 1995 (age 29)	16	0	Colo-Colo
2	DF	Gabriel Suazo	9 August 1997 (age 26)	27	0	Toulouse
3	DF	Guillermo Maripán	6 May 1994 (age 30)	47	2	Monaco
4	DF	Mauricio Isla	12 June 1988 (age 36)	141	5	Independiente
5	DF	Paulo Díaz	25 August 1994 (age 29)	48	1	River Plate
6	DF	Thomas Galdames	20 November 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Godoy Cruz
16	DF	Igor Lichnovsky	7 March 1994 (age 30)	12	0	América
21	DF	Matías Catalán	19 August 1992 (age 31)	7	0	Talleres
25	DF	Benjamín Kuscevic	2 May 1996 (age 28)	8	0	Fortaleza
26	DF	Nicolás Fernández	3 August 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Audax Italiano
7	MF	Marcelino Núñez	1 March 2000 (age 24)	27	5	Norwich City
8	MF	Darío Osorio	24 January 2004 (age 20)	10	1	Midtjylland
13	MF	Erick Pulgar	15 January 1994 (age 30)	51	4	Flamengo
15	MF	Diego Valdés	30 January 1994 (age 30)	32	2	América
17	MF	Esteban Pavez	1 May 1990 (age 34)	13	0	Colo-Colo
18	MF	Rodrigo Echeverría	17 April 1995 (age 29)	13	1	Huracán
24	MF	César Pérez	29 November 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Unión La Calera
9	FW	Víctor Dávila	4 November 1997 (age 26)	13	3	CSKA Moscow
10	FW	Alexis Sánchez (vice-captain)	19 December 1988 (age 35)	165	51	Internazionale
11	FW	Eduardo Vargas	20 November 1989 (age 34)	111	42	Atlético Mineiro
14	FW	Cristián Zavala	3 August 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Colo-Colo
19	FW	Marcos Bolados	28 February 1996 (age 28)	9	2	Colo-Colo
20	FW	Maximiliano Guerrero	15 January 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Universidad de Chile
22	FW	Ben Brereton Díaz	18 April 1999 (age 25)	32	7	Villarreal

Referee:

Injuries:

Chile: To be confirmed

Canada: To be confirmed.

Weather Forecast:

Current Group Standings:

Edited June 28 by narduch

[narduch]

 

[dyslexic nam]

This is pretty huge for us.  This is our chance to advance into the knockout rounds in a major international tournament.  Chile will be tough as hell with everything left to play for.   A win over us means they advance unless Peru pull off an unlikely upset over Argentina by a greater goal margin - so you know they are going to be going for it right from the opening whistle.  I have seen a few games where the South American teams come flying out of the gate and don’t let up and I expect that approach in this one.  We better be prepared to battle for all 90+ minutes.  

But we have the team to do it.  Just need to execute.  

[Unnamed Trialist]

1 hour ago, narduch said:

They did the same with Scaloni for their Perú match, for the exact same reasons (plus Scaloni missing a stipulated press conference).

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

[scullion44]

Their right back is 36 and has played 177 out of 180 minutes so far. If he starts again then I’d love to see Shaffeburg in from the beginning.

[DeRo_Is_King]

Something needs to be said. It would be foolish to underestimate the Chilean attack because of a scoreless draw with Peru. 

Look at their recent friendlies and the amount of goals produced. Davila and Vargas have been productive. Sanchez is an experienced and quality player still playing among the world's best.

We need to be compact and see out the match. A win is always the goal, but a draw will do. 

Edited June 29 by DeRo_Is_King

[ensco]

^Agreed. A narrative has taken hold that we are “better” than Peru and Chile (mostly because their stars are old). It can be very easily argued that we in fact weren't/ aren’t better, and that's before considering how important these games are to our opponents. We probably shouldn’t be considered favourites in either game, and we saw evidence of that Wednesday.

The obvious is to weather the storm, and counter. They know it, we know it. It's a major opportunity to see how Marsch and the players handle this situation. 

Edited June 29 by ensco

[Mattd97]

This is laughably out of date.  Kone hasn't played for Watford for minutes now

[Treppy2]

Because it’s been scientifically proven there’s a direct correlation between some random guy following the CMNT across the country and their on-field results: In Atlanta I went for a 30-minute run the morning of the match and Canada lost; in KC I went for a 40-minute run and Canada won. This morning in Orlando I went for a 35-minute run to ensure a draw in tonight’s match.

Y’all (as they’d say here) can thank me later.

[ensco]

^None of this works without a subsequent trip to Waffle House.

[Treppy2]

1 minute ago, ensco said:

None of this works without a subsequent trip to Waffle House.

Ha! Already did that once somewhere between Atlanta and KC.

[dyslexic nam]

5 hours ago, scullion44 said:

Their right back is 36 and has played 177 out of 180 minutes so far. If he starts again then I’d love to see Shaffeburg in from the beginning.

There are lots of options.  Another is to put Richie at LB and Phonzie up top to start and run at their RB (maybe later he shifts into the back so Richie can be subbed out early due to fitness and to bring Shaff’s fresh legs into the equation in attack).    

Curious what Marsch will do.   

[BearcatSA]

1 hour ago, Treppy2 said:

...in KC I went for a 40-minute run and Canada won.

How early in the morning did you go for the run during that heat dome?

Edited June 29 by BearcatSA

[costarg]

My thoughts:

I haven't had a chance to follow Chile's matches, but one would think they started the tournament with a similar mindset and plan to us.  Thinking a loss vs Argentina, go for a result vs Peru and us.  Is it possible they were cruising vs Argentina and coming into this game relatively in good shape and everything going according to plan?  

We're younger and quicker, but they have a lot more experience than us at this level and type of tournament.  They know we can out run and out play them.  They'll be looking to outsmart us, it's gonna be dirty.

If we go by odds, I'm thinking Shaff is due for an off game and will be mostly ineffective vs Chile and Tajon & Kone tear it up.  The guy that needs to stay the most consistant is Crepeau.

[DeRo_Is_King]

1 hour ago, Treppy2 said:

Because it’s been scientifically proven there’s a direct correlation between some random guy following the CMNT across the country and their on-field results: In Atlanta I went for a 30-minute run the morning of the match and Canada lost; in KC I went for a 40-minute run and Canada won. This morning in Orlando I went for a 35-minute run to ensure a draw in tonight’s match.

Y’all (as they’d say here) can thank me later.

I'll thank you right now. It's an incredible power and I appreciate your devotion to securing results for this team.

Just one thing: Can you segment daily runs / go for another five mins and guarantee the W?

[Treppy2]

51 minutes ago, BearcatSA said:

How early in the morning did you go for the run during that heat dome?

Started running at 7 am. Was able to do most of my run in the shade but it was still really hot.

[toontownman]

Should be a cracker this. I'm not optimistic but that's nothing new for me!

Chile is the type of side we should be measuring up against in where we are at. For where we want to be, getting past them and out of the group would be massive. 

We will absolutely have to be at our best. We simply can't panic and lose all control of the basics when we are pressed hard back and brutalized like we were against Peru. 10 or so degrees cooler will hopefully help.

I love the shaff but not convinced he is at his best for us as a weapon by starting. Big chance for him to prove otherwise if he is handing a start.

Let's go!

[SpursFlu]

The best team is the starting 11 v Argentina. I hope that's what we see

[Cadeau]

[BearcatSA]

19 minutes ago, Treppy2 said:

Started running at 7 am. Was able to do most of my run in the shade but it was still really hot.

I thought you'd start at 4 AM.  Regardless, stay safe!

[pod818]

I feel like we have had good experiences with this Stadium in Orlando. Cyle Larin has scored multiple goals here in his time with Orlando. Eustaqio made his debut. I remember we played a bunch of games in Orlando during Covid including some important wins to get us to the qualifying stage. It SHOULD feel like home to our guys and very familiar. 

[narduch]

5 minutes ago, pod818 said:

I feel like we have had good experiences with this Stadium in Orlando. Cyle Larin has scored multiple goals here in his time with Orlando. Eustaqio made his debut. I remember we played a bunch of games in Orlando during Covid including some important wins to get us to the qualifying stage. It SHOULD feel like home to our guys and very familiar. 

This is where we played Bermuda behind closed doors to kick off our epic WCQ run.

Remember when some people were worried about Nahki Wells lol.