MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Defending champion Costa Rica held on to edge Canada 3-2 in quarterfinal play Wednesday at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, ending the Canadian men's hope of reaching the FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Canada had Daniel Chamale sent off with 91 seconds remaining for a second yellow card when he pushed a Costa Rican player as he tried to get the ball back in play. Costa Rica, in search of its fourth straight CONCACAF title and fifth overall, will play either the Dominican Republic or Cuba in Thursday's semifinal. The other quarterfinals Wednesday saw Panama play the U.S. and Guatemala face Mexico.
Yassine Saad and El Harchali scored for Canada, which opened the scoring but trailed 3-1 at the half at Polideportivo Alexis Arguello.The Canadians were without star attacker Loïc Kwemi, who led the tournament with six goals after the group stage. He was suspended due to yellow card accumulation. Chamale was yellow-carded with seven minutes remaining in the first half for sending Daniel Gomez flying with a shoulder block as they battled for a ball.
Canada, coached by Kyt Selaidopoulos, beat Nicaragua 6-3 in its final group B match Monday to advance to the knockout rounds along with the United States as the two best third-place finishers in the group stage. Canada opened with a 5-5 draw with Cuba before losing 7-3 to Panama.The Canada squad featured seven players from Sporting Montreal FC and another two from 9 de Octubre FC Toronto, which won 5-3 when the two sides met in Calgary on April 2023 in the Canadian Futsal Championship.
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