{"id":37984,"date":"2021-10-12T17:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=37984"},"modified":"2021-10-12T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T21:33:16","slug":"unbeaten-canmnt-impressive-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/10\/12\/unbeaten-canmnt-impressive-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"The unbeaten CanMNT faces an impressive Panama side at BMO Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PREVIEW<\/strong> \u2013 The unbeaten CanMNT will face the impressive Panama side on Wednesday, October. 13. Canada is coming from a less than inspiring tie in Jamaica while Panama got an impressive win at home against the U.S. Both teams are only separated by a point before Wednesday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<h2>Unbeaten CanMNT will play a critical home game against Panama<\/h2>\n<h3>CanMNT<\/h3>\n<p>The CanMNT will play their third BMO Field game in the Octagon on Wednesday. This is what CanMNT head coach John Herdman said about the last game against Jamaica according to Peter Galindo of MLS Soccer:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That first 45 minutes, I thought Canada were in control, but we never really threatened them at the levels that we can,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/three-takeaways-from-canada-s-goalless-world-cup-qualifying-draw-at-jamaica\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added Herdman<\/a>. In the second half, we had some good control, but they are always going to catch you at set-pieces, counter-attacks and we had to be resilient in some moments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canada earn important point in 0:0 draw in World Cup Qualifying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CANMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CANMNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCQ22?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WCQ22<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ForCanada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6gPhcQvbl8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/6gPhcQvbl8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadaSoccerEN\/status\/1447381768290676740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/10\/10\/canmnt-and-jamaica-independence-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Both teams had chances to win the game on Sunday<\/a>. However, both teams also had trouble passing the ball and had no shots on target in the first half. It was not Canada\u2019s best performance, but they still had chances to win the game. Also, there will be three players coming back. These are Tajon Buchanan, Steven Vit\u00f3ria, and Richie Laryea. After getting yellow accumulation in the Mexico game, they all did not play against Jamaica. Buchanan and Laryea will be needed for creating scoring chances while Vit\u00f3ria was probably <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/10\/08\/canmnt-huge-result-estadio-azteca\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Canada\u2019s best defender against Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Panama<\/h3>\n<p>After losing on the road to El Salvador, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/10\/10\/usmnt-concede-first-place-with-1-0-loss-to-panama\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Panama defeated the U.S. 1-0 at home<\/a>. This was an impressive win as they gave the U.S. their first Octagon loss. Furthermore, Panama moves into third in the Octagon. They are tied with the U.S. in points but have a worse goal differential. This is what coach Thomas Christiansen said about Panama\u2019s performance according to <a href=\"https:\/\/then24.com\/2021\/10\/10\/thomas-christiansen-recalls-that-the-way-is-long-and-asks-modesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The News 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the victories are important, and more after the setback we had against El Salvador, to return to the way we returned to a great rival such as the United States,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/then24.com\/2021\/10\/10\/thomas-christiansen-recalls-that-the-way-is-long-and-asks-modesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stressed the Spanish-Danish coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CanMNT<\/a>&#39;s Alistair Johnston on Nashville teammate (and Panama captain) Anibal Godoy: &quot;He&#39;s got the nickname El Samurai for a reason&#8230; He&#39;s very good at the Concacaf thing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie O&#39;Connor-Clarke (@charliejclarke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliejclarke\/status\/1448013076926697481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Panama was the better team against the U.S. USA had trouble generating scoring chances and did not have a shot on goal. This is while Panama converted on one of their four shots on goal. It was a well-deserved win and a great way to come back after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/10\/08\/el-salvador-panama-duenas-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">losing to El Salvador 1-0<\/a>. Nashville SC midfielder Anibal Godoy was the one who scored the goal.<\/p>\n<h3>Game Overview and Predictions<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ADEKUGBE REACTION \ud83c\udf99 <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#39;re disappointed not to take all three points, but it&#39;s a clean sheet. We&#39;re unbeaten in five in this group and we have to bring the energy to BMO Field now on Wednesday.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CANMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CANMNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCQ22?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WCQ22<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ForCanada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ZtpSp0P8X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1ZtpSp0P8X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadaSoccerEN\/status\/1447489732901023745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Panama is on a high. However, they will face an unbeaten Canadian team. Expect Canada to generate more scoring chances than they did in Kingston, Jamaica. This is especially true when Canada will have the fans on their side. Christensen also mentioned the travel from Panama to BMO Field being quite far, which could affect the outcome of the game according to <a href=\"https:\/\/then24.com\/2021\/10\/10\/thomas-christiansen-recalls-that-the-way-is-long-and-asks-modesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The News 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CanMNT 1 \u2013 Panama 0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The game will take place on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET and it will be shown on Sportsnet and OneSoccer.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Done by Canada Soccer on October 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREVIEW \u2013 The unbeaten CanMNT will face the impressive Panama side on Wednesday, October. 13. Canada is coming from a less than inspiring tie in Jamaica while Panama got an impressive win at home against the U.S. Both teams are only separated by a point before Wednesday\u2019s game. 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