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South Africa vs Canada

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Date & Time
Tue 23rd June 2026 6:00pm Local
Sun 28th June 2026 7:00pm UTC

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2026

Round
Round 32

Status
FT

Location
Inglewood, CA
United States

SoFi Stadium
(69,237 Attendance)

Eustáquio

(90')

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Home Team Lineup

Mokoena	Sithole	Okon
Mbokazi	Makgopa Rayners 86	Williams
Maseko Moremi 86	Mofokeng Mbatha 46	Appollis
Modiba	Mudau

Away Team Lineup

Saliba Sigur 59	Eustáquio	Bombito Fougerolle 59
Cornelius	David	Oluwaseyi David 70
Crépeau	Millar Shaffelbur 70	Buchanan Davies 75
Johnston	Laryea

Event Statistics

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total passes

550

380

Passes accurate

468

298

Passes %

expected_goals

0.13

1.32

goals_prevented

0.04

Description

The teams' only previous meeting took place in a 2007 friendly, which ended in a 2–0 win for South Africa.

After facing co-hosts Mexico in their opening group stage match, South Africa became the first team in tournament history to face two different host nations in a single edition since Turkey in 2002. It also marked the first time a host nation played a World Cup match outside its own borders, after a 2–1 loss to Switzerland in its final group stage match cost Canada a guaranteed home-field advantage.

Following a goalless 90 minutes, two minutes into stoppage time, Canada vice-captain Stephen Eustáquio gained possession after the ball was headed towards him, before striking right-footed from the edge of the penalty area low into the bottom left corner of the net for the only goal of the match.

With this win, Canada advanced to the round of 16 for the first time in their appearances at the World Cup, and will face Morocco in their next match. South Africa were eliminated from the tournament, marking their best World Cup finish since 2010.