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'I Always Prove Them Wrong': Canadian World Cup Hero Cyle Larin Defiant in Face of Constant Criticism
Larin came off the bench in the 76th minute and scored Canada’s first men’s World Cup goal in nearly two years.
- On Friday, Canada earned its first-ever point at a men's World Cup, drawing 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina at Toronto's 44,315-capacity BMO Field.
- The team previously went pointless in six World Cup matches, failing to score during their 1986 debut and in Qatar four years ago.
- Head coach Jesse Marsch benched Cyle Larin initially, but replaced Tani Oluwaseyi with him in the 76th minute; Larin scored off Promise David's back-heel feed.
- Canada now faces Qatar on June 18 in Vancouver, where a top-two finish in Group B would secure the team's first-ever knockout round advancement.
- Despite the historic result, BMO Field failed to sell out, with tickets priced between $1,645 and $2,240, raising questions about tournament accessibility.
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'I always prove them wrong': Canadian World Cup hero Cyle Larin defiant in face of constant criticism
It was an instantly iconic image: Cyle Larin, two minutes after he first jogged onto the pitch, standing in front of a roaring Toronto Stadium crowd, in the moments after he scored one of the great goals of his life and in Canadian soccer history, with his eyes closed and his fingers in his ears.
·Canada
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Canada's football escalates: The World Cup host experiences the first World Cup point as a "bitter-sweet moment", for the K.-o. round more must come. But fortunately they have Cyle Larin.
Weared by the crowd, Canada was up to the moment at the opening of Mondial, says Tremblay.
·Montreal, Canada
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