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Sport Canadian coach John Herdman said his squad will go into Saturday's Gold Cup quarter-final against Haiti with a fresh reminder at how thin the margins can be after watching their female counterparts fall at the women's World Cup. 28 Jun 2019 03:20AM Bookmark REUTERS: Canadian coach John Herdman said his squad will go into Saturday's Gold Cup quarter-final against Haiti with a fresh reminder at how thin the margins can be after watching their female counterparts fall at the women's World Cup.Herdman said his team watched Canada's heartbreaking 1-0 defeat by Sweden on Monday in a last 16 clash in which they missed a late penalty."It just reminds you the margins are so slim," Herdman, who took over as coach in January 2018 after leading the Canadian women's team to consecutive Olympic bronze medals, said on a conference call on Thursday. "A penalty save, shots, crosses that could've, should've been converted."This game for us it will be no different. The margins as you get … [Read more...] about Canada get timely reminder from World Cup ahead of Haiti clash

Sport Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan David each scored a hat-trick as Canada romped to a record-setting 7-0 win over Cuba in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday to seal their spot in the Gold Cup quarter-finals. 24 Jun 2019 12:06PM Bookmark REUTERS: Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan David each scored a hat-trick as Canada romped to a record-setting 7-0 win over Cuba in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday to seal their spot in the Gold Cup quarter-finals.It marked the first time that two players have had hat-tricks in the same game at the biennial tournament that crowns the continental champion of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.David put Canada ahead in the fourth minute before Cavallini took over the Group A clash with a first-half hat-trick against the already-eliminated Cubans."It was one of those games where we had to take it to them and really keep our tempo high," said Canada head coach John Herdman. "They were focused, they got the job done by half time … [Read more...] about Cavallini, David hat-tricks power Canada into quarter-finals