About this episode

Canada achieved their first-ever World Cup victory with a 6-0 win over Qatar, highlighted by standout performances and a significant injury.

It was the game that fans of the CanMNT had long dreamed about, as Canada picked up their first-ever World Cup win, doing so in STYLE in a thumping 6-0 win over Qatar in Vancouver. Jonathan David finally had his statement World Cup performance with an impressive hat trick, Cyle Larin had a big goal to stay in red-hot form, and Nathan Saliba announced his breakout to the world. Unfortunately for Canada, however, not all went well, as Ismaël Koné was stretchered off with a horrific leg break, one that will prematurely end his tournament and keep him out of action for several months.  Brendan Dunlop and Alex Gangué-Ruzic dive into all of the KEY storylines and Ben Steiner checks in with an update from BC Place, in a very special post-game episode of NFP.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brendan Dunlop, Alex Gangué-Ruzic

Topics covered

• Canada soccer
• FIFA World Cup
• match analysis
• player performances
• injury updates

Keywords

• Canada
• FIFA World Cup
• Qatar
• Jonathan David
• Cyle Larin
• Ismaël Koné
• soccer
• match recap
• injury news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian Soccer Daily

Places: Vancouver

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