At 4:05 a.m. Beijing time on January 31, the 10th round of the World Cup North American Qualifiers, the United States challenged Canada away. In the first half, Larin scored a one-handed goal, and in the second half Adecubi pressed the whistle to seal the victory, and the United States lost 0-2. The United States lost the top battle and was thrown 4 points by its opponents.
According to the latest FIFA rankings, the United States is currently ranked 11th, the leader of the North American division. Canada, on the other hand, is 40th, and there is a certain gap in the paper strength of the two teams.
In this game, the United States can be said to have sent the strongest lineup, Pulisic, McKenny, Taylor Adams, Durst and Chris Richards and a number of stars who played in the five major leagues. Surprisingly, however, the United States does not get any bargains.
Only 6 minutes after the opening, the American goalkeeper kicked off the ball, but was directly pushed back by the Canadian defender, Jonathan David did the ball on his back in front of the penalty area, and Larin inserted a single knife to shoot, 0-1! For the United States, it was a nightmarish start.
After conceding a goal, the United States pressed heavily on the attack, which hit Canada in the hands of Canada, and the home team could recycle to play counter-attack. The data showed that the United States had a 64% possession rate and led 13-8 on goal, but only 3 shots were on target, most of which were not threatening.
In the 95th minute, the out-of-the-box United States was hit again, and Adecubi killed near the penalty area and the left-footed arc ball into the dead corner. From the slow motion, American goalkeeper Turner was basically unresponsive, half-kneeling on the ground to watch the ball enter the net.
In the end, the United States won the game and lost the game, losing 0-2. The 0-2 show was a disgrace to the U.S. men's soccer team, the first time they lost to Canada in the World Cup after a gap of 50 years, and the last time they went back to 1972, when they lost 2-3.
In addition, the United States did not qualify for two consecutive world cups, and only won 1 in the last 3 rounds, for a total of 5 points. After losing the 6-point top battle, the United States was left behind by Canada by four points. What is more worrying is that the United States is only 2 points ahead of Mexico in the case of one more game, and once the latter wins Costa Rica in this round, then the United States will fall to the third place in the table.
Despite this, the United States is still optimistic, the famous organization We Global Football said that losing this game will not affect the prospects of the United States team, their probability of qualifying for the World Cup is still as high as 98.13%, unless the United States loses all 4 rounds in the next 4 rounds, it is really closed to enter the World Cup.
Four years ago, at the World Cup in Russia, the national football team and the United States team were absent together, and fans ridiculed this as a fly in the ointment. But today, 4 years later, the United States is basically stable in the World Cup, and what about the national football team? Only mathematical hope remains.