Canada’s next opponent of their historic FIFA World Cup run might be Morocco after that team beat the Netherlands in a 3-2 win Monday night.
Morocco sits sixth in FIFA world rankings, and the Netherlands seventh.
Each teams had entered Monday night’s clash undefeated and the sport marked the primary top-10 matchup on the 2026 tournament.
The match went to penalty kicks, with midfielder Ismail Saibari making the winning goal.
Morocco has been by itself record-breaking run, becoming the highest-scoring African nation in tournament history and setting a record amongst African teams for many World Cup victories with eight.
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Their advancement from Group C was also just the third time an African nation has reached the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup.
Morocco finished with the identical variety of points as Brazil in Group C but fell to second place since Brazil finished with a better goal differential.
Canada and Morocco last faced off against each other through the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Dec. 1, 2022, as Morocco took the 2-1 win in Doha, Qatar.
Kickoff is ready for July 4 at 1 p.m. EST.
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