Canada’s men’s national team learned tonight of its opponent for next week’s CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final stage. Canada will face Honduras in the first of four quarter-final matches this 18-19 July. Canada’s quarter-final match will be played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
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\u200bHonduras qualified for the quarter-final stage tonight on the final day of Group B action. USA finished first after it pulled off a 2:2 draw with Haiti. USA scored in the 92nd minute to earn the single point. Honduras, meanwhile, won its match 4:0 over Grenada.
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\u200bHaiti would have likely finished second in the group had it won the match. With four points after three matches, however, Haiti still qualified for the quarter-final stage. The final group matches (Group C) will be played on Sunday 12 July.
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\u200bCanada has faced Honduras 17 times with a record of five wins, four draws and eight losses. Last year, Canada lost two matches to Honduras in FIFA World Cup\u0099 Qualifiers. Canada’s campaign turned for the worse in Montréal after Tomasz Radzinski was pushed into the boards (he left the game with an injury) and the opponent reversed a 1-0 Canadian lead into a 2:1 Honduras victory.
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\u200bSo far this year, Canada is unbeaten in five matches. Canada won friendly matches on 30 May and 30 June before posting two wins and a draw in the group phase of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada qualified for the quarter-final stage after finishing first in its group.