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Sights & Sounds: CanMNT 1-0 Costa Rica – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Superstar striker Jonathan David powered the Canadian men’s national team to a massive win in their ever-better bid to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Friday, supplying the goal in a 1-0 takedown in front of over 48,000 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

David’s 57th-minute marker was all Canada needed to surge to the top of the eight-team final round, staying unbeaten in a match that marked the halfway point of World Cup qualifying’s final stage.

Friday’s win sees Canada improve to a 3-4-0 record and 13 points which, as it stood following results later in the day, put the team in third place halfway through the 14-match final round.

The top three teams in “the Oct,” Concacaf’s eight-team final round, will qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a fourth taking part in an inter-continental playoff. Canada’s men’s team last qualified for a FIFA World Cup in 1986.

Here are your sights and sounds for Friday’s massive tilt in Alberta’s capital.


Members of the Voyageurs in holiday garb. (Canada Soccer)
Members of the Voyageurs in holiday garb. (Canada Soccer)
Alphonso Davies before the match in his hometown of Edmonton. (Canada Soccer)
Alphonso Davies before the match in his hometown of Edmonton. (Canada Soccer)

Liam Millar (right) stands down a Costa Rican defender during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. (Canada Soccer)
Liam Millar (right) stands down a Costa Rican defender during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. (Canada Soccer)
Jonathan David during Canadian men's national team's 1-0 win over Costa Rica at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. (Canada Soccer)
Jonathan David during Canadian men’s national team’s 1-0 win over Costa Rica at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. (Canada Soccer)