CANADIAN MEN SCORE AT WILL
Jonathan David, Lucas Cavallini and Cyle Larin each scored twice Sunday, helping Canada open its CONCACAF Nations League qualifying campaign with a record 8-0 win over U.S. Virgin Islands in Bradenton, Fla.
It marked the Canadian men’s biggest win, surpassing a 7-0 victory in Saint Lucia in October 2011. And it marks only the second time a Canadian men’s team has scored more than five goals.
As expected, it was one-way traffic against a largely amateur U.S. Virgin Islands side ranked 199th in the world compared to No. 79 for Canada.
Jonathan Osorio and Junior Hoilett also scored for Canada, which led 5-0 at the half on a hot late afternoon at the IMG Academy. The game marked coach John Herdman’s first competitive match at the Canadian men’s helm.