Canada vs Curaçao

Alphonso Davies scored 25 minutes into Canada's Nations Cup clash with Curaçao, the cheers raining down on him.

It wasn’t clear what they were protesting, but climate change activists around the world have been targeting large sporting events to make their message known. He looked like he would be a normal streaker as he took his shirt off, and play was whistled dead, but he tied himself to the goalpost, First, the Iran game was cancelled. “I think Fonzie could play in front for Bayern. I’d love to see him play there. He had a hand in the second goal too, his whipped-in corner nearly turning into an Olimpico, and forcing Curaçao keeper Eloy Room to knock it down. After a brief conversation with Cyle Larin, Davies stood over the ball, awaiting Saghafi’s whistle with The Voyageurs buzzing in anticipation. Referee Nima Saghafi showed no hesitation in pointing to the spot. That Davies was good — he scored twice in a 2-1 win over Portland, his final MLS game for the Whitecaps — but this Davies wasn’t just dangerous, he was deadly. Article content Oh yeah, he’s qualified for a World Cup, too. Article content Article content

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers Final Score: Canada 4-0 Curaçao Goalscorers: Davies 27′ (pen.) 71′, Vitoria 42′, Cavallini 85′ ...

But in building toward the World Cup this Canadian team will want to be constantly raising its level, and it can do that by being more clinical against Honduras on Monday in what should be a tougher match. He did just that, with a pair of goals and several defenders left in his wake. They scored four goals against a team who played in a reasonably low block throughout the match. But other than Davies, just about every other Canada attacker will have a chance they would want back on the night. But standards around this team, both internally and externally have changed a lot in the past year. When Davies won a somewhat dubious penalty in the 27th minute, there was no doubt who was going to step up to the spot. Especially in the first half, Canada was very switched on to proactively preventing any dangerous Curaçao attacks. Canada did have one defensive breakdown in the 56th minute, requiring a huge block from Alistair Johnston after Milan Borjan was rounded by a Curaçao attacker. To make tonight’s match even more meaningful, it came against Curaçao, the country which Davies faced in his first-ever senior national team match as a 16-year-old back in June of 2017. When they tried to go over the top, Vitoria and Kamal Miller were dominant aerially. It was his 12th goal for the Canadian men’s national team and third multi-goal match. The rest of his teammates seemed to feed off that energy during a dominant first half.

Brandt Sutton locked in his best bets for Thursday's Curacao vs. Canada Concacaf Nations League match on Paramount+.

The expert also expects Canada to continue its goal-scoring ways despite not playing in over two months. While Curacao has had trouble getting into the win column as of late, it has also scored 19 goals over its last 10 fixtures. He has gone 96-76 in his last 172 soccer picks, returning more than $2,200 for $100 bettors. - Curacao vs. A draw is priced at +500, and the over-under for total goals scored is 2.5, with the over juiced to -150. But first Canada will have to shake off the rust, having not played since falling 1-0 to Panama in its final World Cup qualifying match.