Canada beats Ukraine in opener at Canadian Shield
The Canadian men’s team put in one of its finest performances under Jesse Marsch in Saturday’s win at BMO Field.
- Canada 4 (J. David 4’, 24; P. David 31’; Buchanan 81'), Ukraine 1 (Illya Zabarnyi 89'; Oleksandr Zinchenko 90'+2')
- Jonthan David bags a brace to increase all-time tally to 34
- Promise David scores in 1st game for the Canadian team
TORONTO – You don’t want to read too much into non-competitive games like the ones being played at this month’s Canadian Shield tournament.
Still, there was a lot to like about Canada’s convincing 4-2 win over Ukraine at BMO Field on Saturday in the opening match of the international friendly competition.
Jonathan David bagged a brace, Promise David scored in his national team debut, and Tajon Buchanan had a goal and two assists for Canada who put forth its finest performance since Jesse Marsch took over as coach last May.
"Rotating players, new faces on the pitch, [three] new guys that haven't started a match for the national team. And the challenge was could we understand our roles and could we commit to all the ideas of what we're trying to establish and who we are as a team, and deliver a kind of performance that we would be proud of. And I think we did that," Marsch told reporters after the game.
