A second night time of motion within the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Nations League provided little shock as regional powerhouse pair Canada and Mexico have been on the street looking for first-leg wins at Suriname and Honduras.
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Here’s what has gone down tonight to date.
Hoilett spares Canadian blushes
Scorers: Hoilett 82′
In a matchup that includes a 100-place distinction within the official FIFA rankings, CONCACAF giants Canada earned a important but underwhelming 1-0 first-leg away win at Suriname regardless of the absence of star man Alphonso Davies.
Early heroics by Groningen’s Etienne Vaessen, and a strike off each posts by Canada’s Tani Oluwaseyi helped Suriname journey their luck within the first half, just for the floodgates to ultimately give means late within the second stanza.
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JUNIOR HOILETT, LET’S GO 😎 go up 1-0 over Suriname in Leg 1 of this Concacaf Nations League quarter-finals sequence 💥
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However it might not occur till late within the second half as Suriname held agency in entrance of house help when Lille star Jonathan David turned supplier with a ball throughout the face of objective for Junior Hoilett to fit his close-range effort previous Vaessen within the 82nd minute.
It was a hammer blow for Suriname boss Stanley Menzo, who did so effectively to maintain Canada off the scoresheet whereas exhibiting actual menace on the counter in large areas.
With that outcome, Canada takes a decisive away leg objective again to Toronto for the return fixture, matching the outcomes of each america and Panama.
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