Futsal National Team

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Costa Rica

San José, Costa Rica | BN Arena

Attendance: 1759

35'

CAN: goal by Frederico Moojen, assist by Matias Dimarco.
34'

CRC: goal by Erick Brenes (penalty).
CAN: yellow card to Joshua Lemos. Jacob Orellana

34'
CAN: yellow card to Jacob Orellana. Eduardo Jauregui

33'
32'

CAN: yellow card to Eduardo Jauregui.
25'

CRC: yellow card to Christian Molina.
21'

CRC: goal by Luis Paniagua, assist by Stiven Solis (corner).
19'

CRC: goal by Erick Brenes (penalty).
7'

CAN: yellow card to Matias Dimarco.
4'

CAN: goal by Frederico Moojen, assist by Eduardo Jauregui.

Timeline

Futsal National Team

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4 ' |
7 ' |
19 ' |
21 ' |
25 ' |
32 ' |
33 ' | Eduardo Jauregui
34 ' | Jacob Orellana
34 ' |
35 ' |
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Costa Rica

Match Report

After qualifying for the CONCACAF Futsal Championships by way of eliminating the United States in a highly entertaining two game qualifying series on May 4-5^th, the Canadian National Futsal Team faced face host nation, and defending CONCACAF champions, Costa Rica in front of a raucous 3000 at the BN Arena in San Jose on Sunday evening.

Despite facing early pressure from the hosts, Canada opened the scoring in the 5^th minute when Freddy Moojen scored off a deflection via a pass from Eduardo Jaragui that was set up from a corner by Daniel Chamale.

Goalkeeper Joshua Lemos was absolutely magnificent in the opening half making a series of crucial saves that kept Canada in it.

26 year-old Toronto native Matias Dimarco was issued a yellow card in the 8^th minute after a tough challenge that brought the Costa Rican forward hard to the ground.

Costa Rica tied it up with less than 30 seconds remaining when they were awarded a penalty after Lemos was judged to have tripped up a forward. Erick Brenes would make no mistake on his hard blast directly in the centre of the net and that would take the game into half time.

The pace of the game picked up immediately after the break and Canada were almost caught off the counter in the first few seconds of the seocnd half but Costa Rica would misfire high over the net.

Not long after in the 22^nd Stiven Solis of Costa Rica delivered a perfect pass off a corner to Captain Alejandro Paniagua who nailed a perfect strike up high that beat Lemos to take a 2-1 lead.

The hat trick hero in game 2 against the Americans, Robert Renaud, almost brought Canada even in the 25^th but his strike just sailed wide of the target.

Lemos continued to shine in goal for Canada and made a diving point blank save 30 minutes in that surely saved Canada from going down by two.

Things became real heated in the 33^rd minute when Eduardo Jaragui was cautioned after coming out to stop a dangerous 3v 1 press from the Tico’s with a vicious diving challenge that flipped the Costa Rican attacker hard onto the court.

Lemos again made a brilliant save off an Edwin Cubillo one timer in the 34^th that led to a quick counter in which Ian Bennett had an opportunity to even things up but couldn’t quite time his shot.

Jacob Orellana received Canada’s third yellow of the half for tripping up Cubillo in the 34^th notching Canada’s 3^rd foul of the half.

Canada received a questionable yellow that cost them a penalty when Lemos tapped the ankle of an attacking Costa Rican player who appeared to have embellished a little. Brenes would slot home his second goal of the night from the 6m spot.

Moojen ignited Canada back into the game in the 36^th with a tap in that trickled to him off a Dimarco shot that Tico’s goalkeeper Alvaro Santamaria mishandled to bring them within one.

Costa Rica almost doubled up again with less than three minutes remaining when a wide open Adonay Vindas missed a glorious opportunity when he slid across the crease but put the ball across the net and out for a goal kick.

Renaud missed a clear cut chance to even things up in the final minute but put his shot into the side netting.

Canada pressed further by bringing out Lemos as the fifth attacker in the very last moments but was called on a double touch in his own zone and that would be it.