{"id":735922,"date":"2026-06-14T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/735922\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:38:09","slug":"the-brampton-bagsman-puts-southampton-on-the-world-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/735922\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brampton Bagsman puts Southampton on the world map"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southampton striker Larin came off the bench against Bosnia and Herzegovina and scored with his first touch after 121 seconds, earning Canada<\/a> their first-ever men\u2019s World Cup<\/a> point. Toronto erupted.<\/p>\n

According to Sainstmarching.com, millions watched and Southampton\u2019s name featured in every report. Johannes Spors completed a permanent deal last week before the tournament, timing that looks brilliant now.<\/p>\n

Larin became a fan favourite, scoring nine in 22 and earning the nickname the Brampton Bagsman.<\/p>\n

In February at Watford he came on and, in three minutes, headed in a James Bree corner. The Northam End took to him instantly.<\/p>\n

In March he struck again from the bench, meeting an Edozie cross in the 91st minute to head in off the bar and rescue a point.<\/p>\n

In April at Bristol City, with promotion hopes at stake, he latched onto a long ball and finished instinctively for another draw, his fourth goal in as many starts.<\/p>\n

On Friday he repeated the trick at the World Cup<\/a>, finishing moments after coming on. He later said it felt amazing to score at home after a wait, that he had always believed a goal would come, and hoped critics would be quiet.<\/p>\n

Larin signed for two years with an option for a third and is valued at about \u20ac5 million by Transfermarkt, a figure every World Cup<\/a> goal pushes upward.<\/p>\n

Canada still face Qatar and Switzerland, giving him chances to add to his tally and press his case for Jesse Marsch\u2019s starting 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southampton striker Larin came off the bench against Bosnia and Herzegovina and scored with his first touch after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-735922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}