{"id":5782,"date":"2026-06-29T05:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:33:51","slug":"eustaquios-foot-delivers-late-strike-for-canadas-first-world-cup-knockout-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5782","title":{"rendered":"Eust\u00e1quio\u2019s foot delivers late strike for Canada\u2019s first World Cup knockout win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By BETH HARRIS<\/p>\n<p>INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 The tension kept building between two teams making their first appearance in a World Cup knockout match. With no goals on the scoreboard, the minutes ticked down with extra time looming.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5780\">Canada beats South Africa 1-0 in World Cup\u2019s first knockout match on Stephen Eust\u00e1quio\u2019s late goal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then Stephen Eust\u00e1quio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Canada beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shot with everything I had,\u201d Eust\u00e1quio said.<\/p>\n<p>The party was on, for red-clad fans in the stands at SoFi Stadium and at watch parties across Canada, one of three World Cup hosts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, it\u2019s pretty much a perfect knockout performance,\u201d right back Alistair Johnston said.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey dominates Canada in the winter months. Now, summer belongs to the men\u2019s national soccer team.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s previous best men\u2019s international result was winning CONCACAF Gold Cup championships in 1985 and 2000. The women\u2019s Olympic team won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: outstream_video--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Canadian sports history, it\u2019s going to be a moment where you\u2019re going to kind of know where you were when that moment happened,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cThat\u2019s something that is not lost on us. We know that not only are we writing history in Canadian soccer, but in Canadian sport, and that\u2019s a magical thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just when it looked like 30 minutes of extra time was coming, Johnston\u2019s pass to the right side was cleared to the edge of the box and found Eust\u00e1quio, who drilled a clean strike into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a moment of magic and something just comes over your body,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cYou see Steph sprinting away and just the whole team sprinting. It\u2019s one of those moments that you\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eust\u00e1quio became a Canadian hero in Los Angeles, where he played about 10 miles away in downtown for the MLS club LAFC. The 29-year-old midfielder was born in Canada and in his younger days played for Portugal, where his late parents were from. <\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: cube_article--><\/p>\n<p>Eust\u00e1quio suffered back-to-back devastating blows when his mother died from brain cancer in 2023 and his father died of a heart attack in 2024. He remains close with his brother, Mauro, a former player and a coach in the Canadian Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5778\">Daily Horoscope for June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a more deserving human being in a group of incredible human beings, maybe Steph is the most deserving to have a moment like that,\u201d coach Jesse Marsch said. \u201cSo I\u2019m really happy for him. I think from somewhere his parents are looking down and they saw that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Eust\u00e1quio committed to play for the Canadian national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have to enjoy the fact that we made everybody back home proud,\u201d he said. \u201cI am over the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the next moment, Eust\u00e1quio was quick to come down to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to say that the job is finished,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to be humble, we have to recover well and we know that in six days we\u2019re going to have a very tough team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Canada plays either the Netherlands or Morocco in Houston on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to get a chance now at a true Goliath next weekend,\u201d Johnston said, \u201cand that\u2019s something that we\u2019re all extremely excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eust\u00e1quio couldn\u2019t see the clock to know about how much time was left. Even during the hydration breaks, he wasn\u2019t sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a little bit of frustration knowing that we didn\u2019t score and they were probably going to score if they kept pushing,\u201d he said, \u201cbut Jesse was just trying to remain calm, tell the team to keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadians got a boost when their star player, Alphonso Davies, removed his substitute bib and entered in the 75th minute. He hadn\u2019t played in a World Cup match since injuring his hamstring in May with Bayern Munich in a Champions League semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Eust\u00e1quio had served as captain in Davies\u2019 absence during the group-stage matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a special group. We feel like we are brothers,\u201d Eust\u00e1quio said. \u201cWhen we fight for each other, when we play for each other, special things like this can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5777\">As Florida Republicans gather in Broward, Donalds eyes November while rival seeks to dent his primary lead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p> See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BETH HARRIS INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 The tension kept building between two teams making their first appearance in a World Cup knockout match. With no goals on the scoreboard, the minutes ticked down with extra time looming. 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