Canada vs. Argentina: Your guide to historic Copa America semifinal showdown
On Tuesday night, the Canadian men’s soccer team will face a historic test when it squares off with Argentina in the Copa America semifinals.
The game will begin at 8 p.m. and fans in Canada can watch the game on TSN and those who are south of the border can watch it on FS1.
This is the first time Canada has appeared in the world’s oldest running tournament, which was traditionally contested by the 10 countries in South America before being expanded to 12 teams. This year, six North American countries were invited to participate, with the lone survivor of that bunch being Canada.
Tuesday’s contest has been much talked about in Canada and will likely see bars filled with Canadian supporters.
Here’s what to know about the game.
Canada and Argentina were actually grouped together and met in their opening match of the tournament.
The Canadians held the world’s No. 1 soccer team off for 45 minutes but after the break, forwards Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez were both able to find the back of the net to lift Argentina to a 2-0 win.
Canada got a little bit of luck in their next two games as both Peru and Chile had players sent off and finished with just 10 men on the field.
Still, the Canadian men had to take advantage, and they would go on to beat Peru 1-0 and hold Chile to a 0-0 draw to advance to the quarterfinal round.
In the quarters, Canada took on Venezuela, where Jacob Shaffenburg gave the Canadians the early lead. It looked like Canada would hang on until the 64th minute, when Salomon Rondon embarrassed Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau by looping a shot over his head from distance to even things up.
But Crépeau made up for his error in the shootout that followed, turning aside two Venezuelan shooters to give
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