Canada sets foot in 2022 World Cup finals
The Canadian team put forward the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after beating its host El Salvador 2-0, while the United States and Mexico, in turn, approached booking their cards for the finals, by winning, respectively, Honduras 3-0 and Panama 1-0 in the 11th round of the decisive third round of continental qualifiers. CONCACAF.
In the first match, Canada came close to joining the train of qualified teams to the football wedding in Qatar, 36 years after its first participation in the World Cup in Mexico 1986.
The Canadian team achieved its seventh victory against El Salvador in the decisive round of the CONCACAF qualifiers (North and Central America and the Caribbean), to top the joint group with 25 points, 4 points ahead of the US and Mexican teams in the second and third places, respectively.
The fourth-placed Panamanian team (17) was the biggest loser in this round, as it is now 8 points behind the leaders 3 rounds before the end of the qualifiers.
The first three teams qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the fourth competes in a playoff.
Canada needs 3 points from its match against Costa Rica, which beat Jamaica 1-0 in this round, on March 25 to guarantee its ticket to the World Cup in Qatar.
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