{
    "title": "Inexperienced Canada overpowered by Denmark",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 14:26:46",
    "published_at": "2013-01-26 19:03:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/inexperienced-canada-overpowered-by-denmark",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/RaFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "An inexperienced Canadian team, featuring six players earning their first caps, was comprehensively beaten 4:0 by Denmark in a Men\u2019s International Friendly in Tucson, AZ.",
    "slug": "inexperienced-canada-overpowered-by-denmark",
    "body": "<p>Nineteen-year-old Danish striker Andreas Cornelius scored a hat trick and Kasper Lorentzen added a marker as Canada struggled to match Denmark&rsquo;s quality on the occasion.</p><p>Canada had expected an uphill battle, as the roster for the team&rsquo;s January 2013 camp in Arizona and Texas is the youngest squad assembled since May 2006 &ndash; but making no excuses &ndash; Interim Head Coach Colin Miller stated he was &lsquo;disappointed&rsquo; with the final result.</p><p>&ldquo;We are absolutely disappointed with the score line, but it was an incredible learning experience for everyone on our team,&rdquo; said Miller.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re disappointed in the manner of the goals we gave away; but there are aspects of our play we are pleased with.</p><p>&ldquo;We improved in the second half, but you can&rsquo;t give players of (Denmark&rsquo;s) quality as much time as we did in the first half.&rdquo;</p><p>Kyle Bekker, Simon Thomas, Evan James, Kyler Porter, Philippe Davies and Mason Trafford all made their first senior appearances on the day.</p><p>Terry Dunfield captained the side for the first time.</p><p>Canada will travel to Houston, TX on Sunday ahead of a Men&rsquo;s International Friendly against USA on Tuesday 29 January (local kick-off 20.00; live on Sportsnet 21.00 ET / 18.00 PT).</p><p><a href=\"http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=1102&amp;t=game_summary_soccer_new\">Match Report: Canada MNT 4:0 Denmark</a></p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-39b41509-6e26-454d-8c5c-afaa9dff146d\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
    "header": {
        "large": "https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/069cd713-f756-4f39-be6a-eee48958fd1f/-/format/auto/",
        "release": "https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/069cd713-f756-4f39-be6a-eee48958fd1f/-/format/auto/"
    },
    "contacts": [
        {
            "name": "Paulo Senra",
            "company": "Canada Soccer",
            "description": "Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu",
            "email": "psenra@canadasoccer.com",
            "website": null,
            "address": null,
            "telephone": null,
            "mobile": "(416)\u00a0882-7919",
            "twitter": null,
            "facebook": null
        }
    ],
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}