Canada sinks Panama with late goal in international friendly

• Canada 2 (Larin 44’; David 87’), Panama 1 (José Fajardo 69’) 
• Larin, David now have 30 goals for Canada, tied for all-time lead on the men’s side 
• Poku came off the bench in injury time to earn his first cap for the Canadians

TORONTO – The Canadian men's team continues to build upon its amazing summer success at the Copa América and build towards the 2026 FIFA World Cup..  

Cyle Larin and Jonathan David scored to lead Canada to a hard-fought 2-1 win in an international friendly on a cool Tuesday night at BMO Field in Les Rouges' first home game under coach Jesse Marsch. It was also the team's first match on home soil since a loss to Jamaica on Nov. 21, 2023 in Toronto.  

This was far from pretty as Canada was made to work for the result before an announced crowd of 23, 315. But the Canadians continue to make progress under Marsch and showed that they can grind things out with the best of them in Concacaf. 

"It was nice to see that when the game wasn't so easy that we rose to the challenge," said Canada coach Jesse Marsch.