In the early morning of January 31, Beijing time, the 10th round of the North American region of the World Cup qualifiers began, and the Canadian men's football team defeated the American men's football team 2-0, winning the World Preliminary Round for 5 consecutive times and unbeaten in 10 consecutive rounds, which is the only team in North America that remains unbeaten. In addition, the victory was Canada's 50-year-old victory over the United States in the World Preliminary Round.
This is a direct contest between the first and second places in the North American region, after the previous round of two teams have won, Canada has accumulated 19 points in 9 rounds and continues to rank first, and the United States team has 18 points in 9 rounds, continuing to rank second, with a point difference of only 1 point.
The two teams met on September 6 last year, when the United States drew 1-1 at home to Canada. In the latest FIFA World Rankings, the United States ranked 11th and Canada ranked 40th.
In the opening 6th minute, Jonathan David delivered an assist and Larin scored to help Canada make a fantastic start 1-0. Next, the American team frantically counterattacked, always unable to equalize, and conceded another goal in the 95th minute of the game, and finally lost 0-2, achieving a 1 draw and 1 loss record against Canada in two legs, and the team's history was the first time in the world preliminary round to beat Canada, creating a new record of shame.
After the victory, Canada reached 22 points, continuing to rank first in the North American region, and one more round ahead of the fourth-place Panama team by 8 points, with only four rounds left to close to qualifying for the World Cup.
Canada only competed in the World Cup finals once in 1986, and has since fallen back to the World Cup stage, and now the team is waiting for 36 years to realize its dream and return to the World Cup stage through qualifiers. In addition, We Global Football predicts that Canada has a 95% chance of qualifying for the World Cup.
The losing U.S. team, with points stuck at 18 points, may be overtaken by Mexico, falling to third, and being narrowed by Panama behind them. The U.S. team is a Regular World Cup fixture, having competed 10 times, with the best result being third place, and the team missed the 2018 World Cup.