{"id":917685,"date":"2026-07-05T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/canadas-historic-world-cup-run-ends-in-round-of-16-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:16:10","slug":"canadas-historic-world-cup-run-ends-in-round-of-16-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/canadas-historic-world-cup-run-ends-in-round-of-16-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s historic World Cup run ends in Round of 16 | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>&#8216;s historic run in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> ended with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/matches\/canvsmar-07-04-2026\/\">3-0 loss<\/a> to Morocco in the Round of 16 at Houston Stadium on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Atlas Lions advance to meet either Paraguay or France in the quarterfinals on July 9 at Boston Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Azzedine Ounahi broke the scoreless draw five minutes into the second half, firing a low shot first-time from just outside the box off a free-kick service from captain Achraf Hakimi.<\/p>\n<p>Striker Tani Oluwaseyi had Canada&#8217;s best chance of a scoreless first half, spinning in the box and putting a shot on frame. But the former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/minnesota-united-fc\/\">Minnesota United FC<\/a> standout was denied by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who came off his line to make a kick save.<\/p>\n<p>A golden opportunity for an equalizer emerged with a free kick just outside the 18-yard box. But star striker Jonathan David clipped his shot over the wall and over the net in the 78th minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A minute later, Tajon Buchanan fired on frame from distance, with Bounou diving to parry the ball away for a corner.<\/p>\n<p>Ounahi put the match away in the 82nd minute with his second goal, capitalizing on a quick counter after Canada pushed numbers forward in search of the tying goal. And Soufiane Rahimi added a third deep into second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Goals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>50&#8242; &#8211; MAR &#8211; Azzedine Ounahi | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOXSports\/status\/2073470824393154587\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<li>82&#8242; &#8211; MAR &#8211; Azzedine Ounahi | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOXSports\/status\/2073479191610220592\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<li>90+8&#8242; &#8211; MAR &#8211; Soufiane Rahimi | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOXSports\/status\/2073483044028080446\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Three Things<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THE BIG PICTURE:<\/strong> The loss will sting for a while, but there should also be an appreciation for the strides Canada have made in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Les Rouges proved themselves on the world stage, achieving a number of firsts every step of the way.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOMENT OF THE MATCH:<\/strong> What if? What if Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the early stages of the first half? How much would the match have changed?<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yassine Bounou with a big save early for Morocco \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uf7WwEbO65\">pic.twitter.com\/uf7WwEbO65<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports (@FOXSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOXSports\/status\/2073454985241596283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MAN OF THE MATCH:<\/strong> Azzedine Ounahi placed himself in Atlas Lions lore with a second-half brace, sending his side into the quarterfinals for the second time ever.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u2014 FOX Sports (@FOXSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOXSports\/status\/2073478934000263575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Next Up<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CAN:<\/strong> End of tournament<\/li>\n<li><strong>MAR:<\/strong> Thursday, July 9 vs. France\/Paraguay, 4 pm ET | Quarterfinals<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-toggle data-layout-name=\"grid_4-4-4\" data-bucket-name=\"main-content-after-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<p>Get the latest from MLS: league news, must-see matches, kit drops, premium offers for the World\u2019s biggest event, and more!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/news\/canada-s-historic-world-cup-run-ends-in-round-of-16\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Alejandro Roberie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Canada&#8216;s historic run in the 2026 FIFA World Cup ended with a 3-0 loss to Morocco in the Round of 16 at Houston Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Atlas Lions advance to meet either Paraguay or France in the quarterfinals on July 9 at Boston Stadium.\u00a0 Midfielder Azzedine Ounahi broke the scoreless draw five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26166,23933,2005],"tags":[7002,10544],"class_list":["post-917685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canadas","category-historic","category-soccer","tag-canadas","tag-historic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}