{"id":523265,"date":"2026-06-28T22:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523265\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:49:10","slug":"eustaquios-late-strike-sends-canada-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523265\/","title":{"rendered":"Eustaquio’s late strike sends Canada through"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Eustaquio’s stoppage-time strike sealed co-hosts Canada a 1-0 World Cup knock-out win against South Africa and a place in the last 16.<\/p>\n

Canada captain Eustaquio lashed home from the edge of the box in the second minute of added time at the Los Angeles Stadium to clinch Jesse Marsch\u2019s side a round of 16 tie against Morocco or the Netherlands in Houston on 4 July.<\/p>\n

Canada, the first team into the last 16, had progressed from their group by finishing second, but after drawing 1-1 with Bosnia-Herzegovina and thrashing Qatar 6-0, a 2-1 defeat to Switzerland saw them lose home advantage for the knockout stage.<\/p>\n

South Africa also finished second in their group behind winners Mexico, while both sides were playing in their first World Cup knockout match and in a cagey encounter served up few clear-cut chances.<\/p>\n

Canada were furious when their appeals for a penalty just before the interval were dismissed after Khuliso Mudau\u2019s challenge on Richie Laryea.<\/p>\n

\"INGLEWOOD,
\nChances were at a premium in LA<\/p>\n

More heroic defending from South Africa in the second period denied Jonathan David a headed chance after Williams had kept out Tani Oluwaseyi\u2019s initial effort.<\/p>\n

Jonathan David and substitute Promise David both went close for Canada, while South Africa forward Oswin Appollis\u2019 effort was well saved by Maxim Crepeau.<\/p>\n

The game appeared set for extra-time, but when a deep cross in time added on was only partially cleared, Los Angeles FC midfielder Eustaquio settled it by firing a brilliant low shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Eustaquio’s stoppage-time strike sealed co-hosts Canada a 1-0 World Cup knock-out win against South Africa and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-523265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}