{"id":758758,"date":"2026-06-24T20:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758758\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:50:43","slug":"world-cup-canada-puts-one-past-switzerland-with-group-b-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758758\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD CUP: Canada puts one past Switzerland with Group B up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              WORLD CUP: Canada puts one past Switzerland with Group B up for grabs<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 12:05 pm Wednesday, June 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p>1:49 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Six minutes of extra time added.<\/p>\n<p>1:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another corner for Canada, guess who\u2019s taking it? Laryea out and Jacob Shaffelburg in prior to this, at the 83 minute mark.<\/p>\n<p>1:32 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Promise David comes in for Tajon Buchanan and scores for Canada, now 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A foul from Johnston right before the hydration break. Switzerland up 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>1:28 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>See previous comment.<\/p>\n<p>1:27 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Eustaquio with another corner.<\/p>\n<p>1:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Eustaquio takes a corner, but no goal for Canada.<\/p>\n<p>1:16 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Canada now down 2-0 as Switzerland\u2019s Johan Manzambi scores.<\/p>\n<p>1:04 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland scores first, with Rub\u00e9n Vargas putting one past Crepeau 46 minutes into the game.<\/p>\n<p>1:03 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s 11 remain the same as the second half starts.<\/p>\n<p>12:52 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Halftime stats: Switzerland controlled 70 per cent of possession to Canada\u2019s 30 per cent. Canada had three shots on goal to two for the Swiss.<\/p>\n<p>12:49 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>At the half Canada and Switzerland remain tied 0-0.<\/p>\n<p>12:48 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>More from the viewing part in Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>Nice 6th-floor viewing from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CityofSurrey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@CityofSurrey<\/a> Hall for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/WorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#WorldCup<\/a> match between Canada and Switzerland. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SurreyNowLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@SurreyNowLeader<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZRkx2SlRPP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZRkx2SlRPP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Zillich (@TomZillich) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomZillich\/status\/2069868321366028719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Four minutes of stoppage time added.<\/p>\n<p>12:40 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Ahmed doesn\u2019t score, but Canada gets corner.<\/p>\n<p>12:32 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Cyle Larin gets one on net.<\/p>\n<p>12:24 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Injured Isma\u00ebl Kone gives encouragement to Canadian players at water break.<\/p>\n<p>12:22 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the hydration break, Canada-Switzerland deadlocked at 0-0.<\/p>\n<p>12:14 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, for those just tuning into the game, Canada is in white kit, not red.<\/p>\n<p>12:13 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Cyle Larin misses chance, but eventually declared offside.<\/p>\n<p>12:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Maxime Crepeau makes great save for Canada, stopping Swiss.<\/p>\n<p>12:06 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Live from Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>Another SRO crowd at Surrey Soccer Fan Zone for \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 vs \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded match, a massive one in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FIFAWorldCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FIFAWorldCup<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Win or tie and Canada clinched Group B top spot heading into Round of 32 and playoff game July 2 back in Vancouver <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SurreyNowLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@SurreyNowLeader<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlackPressMedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BlackPressMedia<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X3F8SooFYo\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/X3F8SooFYo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vvjU8Bomcx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vvjU8Bomcx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Zillich (@TomZillich) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomZillich\/status\/2069859508390924553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12:02 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Canada and Switzerland game under way.<\/p>\n<p>Starting for Canada, Max Crepeau, Alistair Johnston, Luc De Fougerolles, Mathieu Choiniere, Cyle Larin, Jonathan David (wearing captain armband), Derek Cornelius, Tajon Buchanan, Ali Ahmed, Richie Laryea and Nathan Saliba.<\/p>\n<p>11:55 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Black Press Media live World Cup blog for June 24:<\/p>\n<p>Canada is set to meet Switzerland in the final Group B match today in World Cup action at B.C. Place. If Canada wins or draws its group, the team will play its Round of 32 knockout match on July 2 at B.C. Place in Vancouver. By finishing first, Canada avoids travel and faces a third-place team from either Group E, F, G, I, or J.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Files from Philip Wolf, Black Press Media<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WORLD CUP: Canada puts one past Switzerland with Group B up for grabs Published 12:05 pm Wednesday, June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,903,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-758758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758758","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=758758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}