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CORNERED BLISS SPEED BUMP BIZARROWTA TOUR
ZHENGZHOU OPENAt Zhengzhou, ChinaSINGLES — FIRST ROUND
Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Duan
Yingying, China, 6-2, 6-3.
Aliz Cornet, France, def. Lu Jia-Jing,
China, 7-6 (1), 6-1.
Fiona Ferro, France, def. Yang
Zhaoxuan, China, 6-2, 6-3.
Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Wang
Meiling, China, 6-3, 6-4.
Zheng Saisai, China, def. Bibiane
Schoofs, Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Lesley
Pattinama Kerkhove, Netherlands, 6-2,
6-0.
Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. You
Xiaodi, China, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
Alison Riske, United States, def.
Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, 5-7, 6-4,
7-6 (6).
JIANGXI OPEN
At Nanchang, ChinaSINGLES — FIRST ROUND
Nina Stojanovic, Serbia, def. Wang
Yafan (2), China, 6-2, 6-4.
Sam Stosur, Australia, def. Arina
Rodionova, Australia, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Zhu Lin, China, def. Peangtam
Plipuech, Thailand, 6-2, 6-2.
Wang Xinyu, China, def. Gao Xinyu,
China, 5-7, 6-0, 7-5.
Peng Shuai, China, def. Paula Badosa,
Spain, 6-4, 6-2.
Elena Rybakina (4), Kazakhstan, def.
Ankita Raina, India, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.TELEVISION
WEDNESDAY (EASTERN TIME)BASEBALLMLB: Boston at Toronto, SN Ontario, East,
West, Pacific, 7 p.m.
MLB: Atlanta at Philadelphia, TSN 1, 3, 7 p.m.
MLB: Chicago Cubs at San Diego, TSN 1,
3, 10 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA: Phoenix at Chicago, SN 1, 8 p.m.
WNBA: Seattle at Minnesota, TSN 2,
10 p.m.
SOCCERMLS: Toronto at New York City FC, TSN 4,
5, 7 p.m.
NWSL: Chicago at Orlando, TSN 2, 7 p.m.
MLS: L.A. Galaxy at Colorado, TSN 5, 9 p.m.W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST DIVISION
New York 95 50 .655 — — 7-3 W-3 53-22 42-28
Tampa Bay 86 59 .593 9 — 9-1 W-5 43-32 43-27
Boston 76 68 .528 18^1 / 2 8 4-6 L-3 36-39 40-29
Toronto 55 89 .382 39^1 / 2 29 1-9 L-7 27-42 28-47
Baltimore 46 97 .322 48 371 / 2 2-8 L-5 22-50 24-47
CENTRAL DIVISION
Minnesota 88 55 .615 — — 6-4 L-1 40-31 48-24
Cleveland 84 61 .579 5 1 / 2 5-5 W-2 43-29 41-32
Chicago 63 80 .441 25 201 / 2 3-7 W-1 34-37 29-43
Kansas City 53 91 .368 35^1 / 2 31 6-4 L-1 29-44 24-47
Detroit 42 100 .296 45^1 / 2 41 3-7 L-2 18-50 24-50
WEST DIVISION
Houston 95 50 .655 — — 8-2 W-5 56-17 39-33
Oakland 84 60 .583 10^1 / 2 — 6-4 L-1 48-27 36-33
Texas 72 73 .497 23 121 / 2 7-3 W-4 40-29 32-44
Los Angeles 67 78 .462 28 171 / 2 3-7 L-2 35-35 32-43
Seattle 58 86 .403 36^1 / 2 26 2-8 L-6 29-40 29-46
EAST DIVISION
Atlanta 90 55 .621 — — 9-1 W-1 47-28 43-27
Washington 79 63 .556 91 / 2 — 5-5 W-1 41-29 38-34
Philadelphia 74 69 .517 15 3 5-5 L-1 41-32 33-37
New York 73 70 .510 16 4 6-4 W-1 39-29 34-41
Miami 51 92 .357 38 26 3-7 L-129-46 22-46
CENTRAL DIVISION
St. Louis 81 62 .566 — — 7-3 W-2 46-26 35-36
Chicago 77 66 .538 4 — 5-5 W-1 47-24 30-42
Milwaukee 75 68 .524 6 2 7-3 W-4 43-31 32-37
Cincinnati 67 77 .465 14^1 / 2 101 / 2 4-6 W-1 40-35 27-42
Pittsburgh 63 81 .438 18^1 / 2 141 / 2 6-4 W-1 31-41 32-40
WEST DIVISION
Los Angeles 93 52 .641 — — 5-5 W-1 56-20 37-32
Arizona 75 69 .521 17^1 / 2 21 / 2 7-3 L-2 36-33 39-36
San Francisco 69 75 .479 23^1 / 2 81 / 2 3-7 L-2 30-39 39-36
San Diego 66 77 .462 26 11 4-6 L-1 33-39 33-38
Colorado 60 84 .417 32^1 / 2 171 / 2 1-9 L-2 34-35 26-49
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit
L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore
Boston at Toronto
Washington at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Texas
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox
Oakland at Houston
Cleveland at L.A. Angels
Cincinnati at Seattle
Monday
N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 0
Houston 15, Oakland 0
Cleveland 6, L.A. Angels 2
Wednesday
All Times Eastern
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.
Kansas City at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday
Atlanta at Philadelphia
L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore
Arizona at N.Y. Mets
Milwaukee at Miami
Washington at Minnesota
St. Louis at Colorado
Pittsburgh at San Francisco
Chicago Cubs at San Diego
Cincinnati at Seattle
MondayAtlanta 7, Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Mets 3, Arizona 1
Milwaukee 8, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 4
Chicago Cubs 10, San Diego 2
Wednesday
All Times EasternAtlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
LEAGUE LEADERS Cincinnati at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
AMERICANLEAGUE
GABRHPct.
Ti.Anderson ChW 107 431 144 69 .334
LeMahieu NYY 130 536 175100 .326
Brantley Hou 134 526 170 86 .323
Alberto Bal 123 458 147 54 .321
Devers Bos 140 574 180 116 .314
Altuve Hou 109 440 135 84 .307
Martinez Bos 132 523 160 90 .306
Merrifield KC 144 605 185 94 .306
Cruz Min 104 397 121 67 .305
Bogaerts Bos 139 552 168 102 .304
PITCHING
Verlander, Houston, 18-5; German, New
York, 17-4; E.Rodriguez, Boston, 17-6;
G.Cole, Houston, 16-5; Fiers, Oakland,
14-4; Morton, Tampa Bay, 14-6; Odorizzi,
Minnesota, 14-6; Bieber, Cleveland, 14-7;
Giolito, Chicago, 14-8; Lynn, Texas, 14-10.
Not including Tuesday’s games
NATIONALLEAGUE
GABRHPct.
Rendon Was 128 487 164 108 .337
Yelich Mil 129 488 161 100 .330
B.Reynolds Pit 121 442 145 79 .328
K.Marte Ari 136 543 178 95 .328
McNeil NYM 119 453 147 73 .325
Blackmon Col 124 525 167 102 .318
Newman Pit 113 423 132 52 .312
Arenado Col 141 534 165 94 .309
Bellinger LAD 140 500 153 108 .306
Freeman Atl 144 554 167 110 .301
PITCHING
Fried, Atlanta, 16-4; Strasburg,
Washington, 16-6; Dak.Hudson, St. Louis,
15-6; L.Castillo, Cincinnati, 14-6; Kershaw,
Los Angeles, 13-5; Quintana, Chicago, 13-
8; Buehler, Los Angeles, 12-3; Nola,
Philadelphia, 12-5; Marquez, Colorado,
12-5; Ryu, Los Angeles, 12-5.
Not including Tuesday’s games
MLS
GP W L T GF GA Pts
EASTERNCONFERENCE
x-N.York City 28 155 853 35 53
x-Philadelphia 29 15 8 6 54 42 51
Atlanta 28 15 10 3 47 33 48
D.C. 30 11 10 9 39 38 42
NY Red Bulls 29 12 12 5 47 44 41
Toronto 29 11 10 8 49 46 41
New England 29 10 10 9 42 49 39
Montreal 30 11 15 4 42 56 37
Orlando 30 9 13 8 37 41 36
Chicago 30 8 12 10 44 43 34
Columbus 30 8 15 7 33 44 31
Cincinnati 29 5 21 3 29 72 18
WESTERNCONFERENCE
x-L.Angeles FC29 19 4 6 76 32 63
Seattle 29 13 9 7 46 45 46
Minnesota 28 13 9 6 46 37 45
San Jose 28 13 10 5 48 43 44
Salt Lake 28 13 11 4 40 35 43
Portland 28 13 11 4 45 41 43
Dallas 29 12 10 7 47 38 43
LA Galaxy 28 13 12 3 41 45 42
Kansas City 29 10 12 7 42 47 37
Colorado 29 9 14 6 47 54 33
Houston 28 9 15 4 38 49 31
Vancouver 30 6 15 9 30 53 27
x — clinched playoff berth
Note:3 pts for a win, 1 for a tie.
Wednesday
All Times Eastern
Toronto at New York City, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Galaxy at Colorado, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
FALL SEASON
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Hamilton 9 6 1 2 17 9 20
x-Calgary 10 5 1 4 18 6 19
Edmonton 10 3 2 5 12 10 14
Victoria 10 3 4 3 17 17 12
Winnipeg 11 3 5 3 13 21 12
York 10 3 6 1 14 17 10
Halifax 10 2 6 2 5 16 8
x — won spring season title
Note:3 pts for a win, 1 for a tie.
Wednesday
All TImes EasternCalgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
York at Victoria, 10 p.m.
ThursdayHamilton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.CFL
WEEK 14
Team GP W L T PF PA Pt
EAST DIVISION
Hamilton 11 9 20 336 217 18
Montreal 10 6 40 253 250 12
Ottawa 11 3 80 210 332 6
Toronto 11 2 90 224 365 4
WEST DIVISION
Winnipeg 12 9 30 355 228 18
Calgary 11 7 40 307 246 14
Saskatchewan11 7 40 293 253 14
Edmonton 12 6 60 290 256 12
B.C. 11 1 100 221 342 2
Note:2 pts for a win, 1 for a tie.
Byes:Edmonton, Toronto & WinnipegFriday
All Times Eastern
Ottawa at British Columbia, 10 p.m.Saturday
Hamilton at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.LATE MONDAY
N.Y. YANKEES 5, BOSTON 0
New York ab r h bi Boston ab r h bi
LeMahieu 2b 5 1 1 1 Betts rf 5 0 1 0
Judge rf 4 0 2 0 Devers 3b 3 0 1 0
Torres ss 4 0 2 1 Bogaerts ss4 0 0 0
Encrnción 1b 5 0 1 0 Martinez dh3 0 0 0
Voit dh 5 0 2 1 Vázquez c 4 0 2 0
Gardner cf 5 0 0 0 Travis 1b 3 0 0 0
Urshela 3b 4 1 2 1M.Hrnándz ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Maybin lf 4 0 0 0 Holt 2b-1b 3 0 0 0
Romine c 2 3 2 1 Owings ph 1 0 0 0
G.Hernández lf4 0 0 0
Bradley Jr. cf 3 0 3 0
Totals 38 5 12 5 Totals 34 0 7 0
New York 000 010 301 5
Boston 000 000 000 0
LOB—New York 10, Boston 10. 2B—
Torres (24), Voit (19), Romine (10), Judge
(16), Urshela (33), Bradley Jr. (23). HR—
Romine (7), Urshela (19). SF—Torres (6).
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton W,13-6 6 2-34 00 3 7
Britton 1-31 00 0 1
Gearrin 1 1 00 0 1
Lyons 1 1 00 0 1
Boston
Rodríguez L,17-6 6 5 11 1 9
Hernandez 1-33 33 0 1
Kelley 2-31 00 0 0
Lakins 1 1 00 0 1
Shawaryn 2-32 11 2 0
Brewer 1-30 00 0 1
WP—Hernandez.
Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First, Tim
Timmons; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third,
Mike Muchlinski.
T—3:25. A—35,884 (37,731).USPORTS FOOTBALL
WEEK FOURFriday
All Times Eastern
Acadia at Saint Mary's, 6 p.m.
McGill at Sherbrooke, 7 p.m.
Saskatchewan at Regina, 8 p.m.
Manitoba at Alberta, 9 p.m.
SaturdayGuelph at Waterloo, 1 p.m.
McMaster at York, 1 p.m.
Windsor at Queen's, 1 p.m.
Wilfrid Laurier at Ottawa, 1 p.m.
Mount Allison at Bishop's, 2 p.m.
Laval at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Calgary at British Columbia, 6 p.m.
Carleton at Western, 7 p.m.LATE MONDAY
OAKLAND 24, DENVER 16
Denver 0 0 6 10—16
Oakland 7 7 0 10—24
FIRST QUARTER
Oak—Williams 8 pass from Carr (Carlson
kick), 8:52.
SECOND QUARTER
Oak—Jacobs 2 run (Carlson kick), 3:30.
THIRD QUARTER
Den—FG McManus 26, 9:20.
Den—FG McManus 26, 3:42.
FOURTH QUARTER
Oak—Jacobs 4 run (Carlson kick), 11:52.
Den—FG McManus 39, 8:39.
Oak—FG Carlson 29, 4:38.
Den—Sanders 1 pass from Flacco
(McManus kick), 2:15.
A—52,359.
TEAM STATISTICS Den Oak
First downs 18 19
Total Net Yards 344 357
Rushes-yards 23-95 28-98
Passing 249 259
Punt Returns 0-0 1-7
Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-101
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 21-31-0 22-26-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 0-0
Punts 3-47.7 3-44.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-44 9-62
Time of Possession 27:15 32:45
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Denver, Freeman 10-56,
Lindsay 11-43, Flacco 1-1, Fant 1-(minus
5). Oakland, Jacobs 23-85, Washington
2-8, Richard 1-3, Carr 2-2.
PASSING—Denver, Flacco 21-31-0-268.
Oakland, Carr 22-26-0-259.NFL
AMERICANCONFERENCE
W L T Pct PF PA
EAST
Buffalo 10 0 1.000 17 16
New England 10 0 1.000 33 3
N.Y. Jets 01 0 .000 16 17
Miami 01 0 .000 10 59
SOUTH
Tennessee 10 0 1.000 43 13
Houston 01 0 .000 28 30
Indianapolis 01 0 .000 24 30
Jacksonville 01 0 .000 26 40
NORTH
Baltimore 10 0 1.000 59 10
Cincinnati 01 0 .000 20 21
Cleveland 01 0 .000 13 43
Pittsburgh 01 0 .000 3 33
WEST
Oakland 10 0 1.000 24 16
Kansas City 10 0 1.000 40 26
L.A. Chargers 10 0 1.000 30 24
Denver 01 0 .000 16 24
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
W L T Pct PF PA
EAST
Dallas 10 0 1.000 35 17
Philadelphia 10 0 1.000 32 27
Washington 01 0 .000 27 32
N.Y. Giants 01 0 .000 17 35
SOUTH
New Orleans 10 0 1.000 30 28
Carolina 01 0 .000 27 30
Atlanta 01 0 .000 12 28
Tampa Bay 01 0 .000 17 31
NORTH
Green Bay 10 0 1.000 10 3
Minnesota 10 0 1.000 28 12
Detroit 00 1 .500 27 27
Chicago 01 0 .000 3 10
WEST
San Francisco 10 0 1.000 31 17
L.A. Rams 10 0 1.000 30 27
Seattle 10 0 1.000 21 20
Arizona 00 1 .500 27 27
WEEKONE
MondayNew Orleans 30, Houston 28
Oakland 24, Denver 16
WEEKTWO
Thursday
All TImes Eastern
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday
Seattle at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
New England at Miami, 1 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Sept. 16
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m.INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDLIESTuesdayJordan 2 Paraguay 4
Morocco 1 Niger 0
Republic of Ireland 3 Bulgaria 1
Tunisia 1 Ivory Coast 2
Ukraine 2 Nigeria 2
Colombia vs. Venezuela
Ecuador vs. Bolivia
United States vs. Uruguay
Honduras vs. Chile
Argentina vs. Mexico
Brazil vs. PeruUEFA
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPQUALIFYING
TuesdayAlbania 4 Iceland 2
England 5 Kosovo 3
France 3 Andorra 0
Lithuania 1 Portugal 5
Luxembourg 1 Serbia 3
Moldova 0 Turkey 4
Montenegro 0 Czech Republic 3CONCACAF
NATIONS LEAGUEGROUP STAGE
Tuesday
Cuba 0 Canada 1
St. Lucia 1 Montserrat 1
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Guadeloupe 3
Haiti 1 Curacao 1
Dominican Republic 1 El Salvador 0
Puerto Rico vs. GuatemalaENGLAND
CARABAO CUPSECONDROUND
Grimsby Town 0 Macclesfield Town 0
(Grimsby Town advances 5-4 on
penalties)RECEIVING—Denver, Sutton 7-120, Sanders
5-86, Lindsay 4-23, Fant 2-29, Hamilton 2-5,
Freeman 1-5. Oakland, Waller 7-70, Williams
6-105, Grant 3-16, Moreau 2-20, Renfrow 2-
13, Jacobs 1-28, Dw.Harris 1-7.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—Denver,
McManus 64.NEW ORLEANS 30, HOUSTON 28
Houston 0 14 7 7—28
New Orleans 0 3 1413—30
FIRST QUARTER— No Scoring
SECOND QUARTER
Hou—Watson 21 run (Fairbairn kick), 14:13.
NO—FG Lutz 32, 9:22.
Hou—Hopkins 2 pass from Watson
(Fairbairn kick), 1:47.
THIRD QUARTER
NO—Murray 30 run (Lutz kick), 12:51.
Hou—Hopkins 16 pass from Watson
(Fairbairn kick), 8:20.
NO—T.Hill 9 pass from Brees (Lutz kick), 2:39.
FOURTH QUARTER
NO—Smith 14 pass from Brees (Lutz
kick), 14:55.
NO—FG Lutz 47, :50.
Hou—Stills 37 pass from Watson
(Fairbairn kick), :37.
NO—FG Lutz 58, :00.
A—73,039.
TEAM STATISTICS Hou NO
First downs 22 25
Total Net Yards 414 510
Rushes-yards 23-180 21-148
Passing 234 362
Punt Returns 0-0 3-20
Kickoff Returns 1-12 2-36
Interceptions Ret. 1-2 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 20-30-1 32-43-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-34 1-8
Punts 4-43.0 2-44.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-69 7-48
Time of Possession 29:47 30:13
IINDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Houston, Hyde 10-83,
D.Johnson 9-57, Watson 4-40. New Orleans,
Kamara 13-97, Murray 6-43, T.Hill 2-8.
PASSING—Houston, Watson 20-30-1-- New Orleans, Brees 32-43-1-370.
RECEIVING—Houston, Hopkins 8-111,
D.Johnson 4-33, Stills 3-37, Fuller 2-69,
Akins 1-17, Hyde 1-2, Carter 1-(minus 1).
New Orleans, Thomas 10-123, Ginn 7-
101, Kamara 7-72, Cook 2-37, Smith 2-26,
Murray 2-4, T.Hill 1-9, J.Hill 1-(minus 2).
MISSED FIELD GOALS—New Orleans,
Lutz 56.
LPGA TOUR
SOLHEIM CUP ROSTERS
Sept. 13-15
At Gleneagles, Scotland
c—captain's pick,i—injured, will not
play,r—replacement
UNITED STATES
Captain:Juli Inkster
Marina Alex
Brittany Altomare
Danielle Kang
Megan Khang
Jessica Korda
Nelly Korda
ci—Stacy Lewis
r—Ally McDonald
Annie Park
c—Morgan Pressel
Lizette Salas
Lexi Thompson
Angel YinEUROPE
Captain:Catriona Matthew
c—Celine Boutier, France
Carlota Ciganda, Spain
Georgia Hall, England
Caroline Hedwall, Sweden
Charley Hull, England
c—Bronte Law, England
Azahara Munoz, Spain
Anna Nordqvist, Sweden
c—Suzann Pettersen, Norway
c—Jodi Ewart Shadoff, England
Anne Van Dam, Netherlands
NHL
PRE-SEASONSunday
All Times Eastern
Arizona at Vegas, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 16Florida (ss) at Nashville (ss), 4:30 p.m.
Boston at New Jersey (ss), 7 p.m.
Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Montreal, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo (at University
Park, Pa.), 7 p.m.
Florida (ss) at Nashville (ss), 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver (ss) at Calgary (ss), 9 p.m.
Winnipeg at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Calgary (ss) at Vancouver (ss) (at
Victoria), 10 p.m.Canada dominated play, but
needed an Alphonso Davies goal
for a 1-0 win over Cuba in CON-
CACAF Nations League A play on
Tuesday, just three days after run-
ning roughshod over the Cubans
in Toronto.
Playing at a neutral site, a
revamped Canadian roster found
itself dealing with a Cuban side
that was decidedly more stub-
born and physical, despite report-
edly losing players to defection on
the trip to Canada.
Davies scored in the ninth
minute for Canada, which was
reduced to 10 men in the 55th min-
ute when centre back Doneil Hen-
ry was sent off for a second yellow
card, seemingly for dissent.
It was a physical affair, with the
Cubans chopping down Cana-
dians as needed and Guatemalan
referee Mario Escobar content to
let them play.
Canada, ranked 78th in the
world, thumped No. 179 Cuba 6-0
on Saturday at BMO Field, with
captain Junior Hoilett recording a
hat trick and Jonathan David,
Jonathan Osorio and Henry also
scoring.
The Canadian men had beaten
Cuba 7-0 in group play at the Gold
Cup in June.Tuesday’s game was shifted to
Truman Bodden Sports Complex
in the Cayman Islands capital
when the stadium in Havana did
not pass CONCACAF scrutiny.
While Canada controlled Tues-
day’s game, the Cubans were
more disciplined in defence –
sitting deep with two lines of four
and content with the occasional
counterattack by forward Maykel
Reyes, who had a stint with
Mexico’s Cruz Azul in 2018.
Davies led the way for Canada
and, as a result, absorbed plenty
of punishment from the Cubans.
He opened the scoring with a
powerful left-footed blast from
just inside the penalty box after aCuban turnover at midfield. It was
the Bayern Munich teenager’s
fourth goal in 15 national team
appearances.
Canada had 72-per-cent pos-
session in the first half, but only
put one shot on target. The
Cubans had one first-half scoring
chance, but the ball hit the side of
the goal.
Canada’s career record against
Cuba stands at 9-2-3 with a 27-9
edge in goals.
Canada’s next Nations League
game is Oct. 15 against the 22nd-
ranked Americans at Toronto’s
BMO Field. The Americans play
host to the Canadians on Nov 15.
The winner of the three-teamgroup advances to the CONCA-
CAF Nations League final four.
The top two in the group also
automatically qualify for the 2021
Gold Cup. The Canadian men cur-
rently stand eighth in CONCACAF.
Panama lost 2-0 to No. 174 Ber-
muda on Sunday, an upset that is
good news for the Canadian men.
They are trying to crack the top
six in the region to make Hex
round of World Cup qualifying,
the most direct route out of the
CONCACAF – which covers North
and Central America and the
Caribbean – to the 2022 World Cup
in Qatar.THE CANADIAN PRESSCanadaedgesCubainCONCACAFleaguerematch
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