{"id":357824,"date":"2026-06-28T22:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=357824"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:50:45","slug":"canada-eyes-victory-over-south-africa-in-1st-world-cup-elimination-match-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/canada-eyes-victory-over-south-africa-in-1st-world-cup-elimination-match-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada eyes victory over South Africa in 1st World Cup elimination match &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Canadian men\u2019s national team is seeking to keep their FIFA World Cup dreams alive and aiming for a win against South Africa Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Canada now enters uncharted territory, playing in its first FIFA World Cup elimination match and marking the furthest the lads\u2019s team has gone in a World Cup. It\u2019s also the primary time Canada has played outside their home country for the 2026 tournament, which is at Los Angeles Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Canada finished in second place in Group B on Wednesday afternoon following a 2-1 defeat to Switzerland, meaning that they had to play the second-place finisher from Group A.<\/p>\n<p>That spot was locked up by South Africa following their 1-0 upset victory over South Korea in Wednesday night\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s sits 23 spots ahead of South Africa in official FIFA rankings, which is 31 in comparison with South Africa\u2019s 54. South Africa is in its fourth World Cup after failing to qualify for the last three.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>South Africa won the one international match the 2 have played against each other in a 2-0 final in a world friendly back on Nov. 20, 2007.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11937640_6a414d8849e12\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11937640\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11937640\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11937640_6a414d8849e12\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Team Canada drops final World Cup game to Switzerland, still advance to knockout round\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"edmonton\",\"sports\"],\"keywords\":[\"edmonton-sports\",\"edmonton-videos\",\"short-clip\",\"team-canada\",\"top-news\",\"world-cup\",\"global-news-hour-at-6-edmonton\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"News\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\/Soccer\",\"Sports\",\"News\/Sports News\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\"],\"tags\":[\"Africa\",\"Alphonso Davies\",\"Association football\",\"Canada\",\"FIFA Men's World Ranking\",\"FIFA World Cup\",\"Granit Xhaka\",\"Jesse Marsch\",\"Los Angeles\",\"Single-elimination tournament\",\"South Africa national soccer team\",\"South Korea\",\"Stephen Eustu00e1quio\",\"Switzerland\",\"Tournament\",\"Vancouver\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Team Canada drops final World Cup game to Switzerland, still advance to knockout round'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/syjy1gtj0z-ci886sf07b\/5P-CANADA-VS-SWITZERLAN_.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:31<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Team Canada drops final World Cup game to Switzerland, still advance to knockout round<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canada had the chance to complete in first place in Group B with a win or draw against Switzerland, affording the team every week off before playing again in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get every day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe just (wanted) to proceed the energy that\u2019s taken place here in Canada,\u201d Canadian head coach Jesse Marsch said following the match against Switzerland, admitting that he was \u201cdisillusioned\u201d the team couldn\u2019t get the result needed to stay in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Marsch stated he was \u201cproud\u201d of the players\u2019 response after taking place 2-0.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI do know our team has heart. \u2026 We\u2019re going to give attention to the positives. We\u2019re going to give attention to the response (within the second half).\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Marsch has many choices to make for the crucial match, especially deciding on whether star defender Alphonso Davies will lace up for the all-important match. Midfielder Stephen Eust\u00e1quio also sat out Wednesday\u2019s match as a result of muscle tightness.<\/p>\n<p>With all of the firsts the Canadians are experiencing this tournament, the team is looking for to make their mark on the massive stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got past our group; that\u2019s something that we actually wanted,\u201d Eust\u00e1quio said following Wednesday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously desired to stay in Vancouver for one or two more games \u2026 but we still have a World Cup to play so we\u2019re going with every thing [we have] to Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winner will advance to the Round of 16. 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