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Canada vs. Trinidad & Tobago: How to watch Copa America playoff, live stream

The winner moves to the Copa America, while the loser misses out on the huge tournament

Amid a serious downturn in fortunes, Canada faces its biggest match since the 2022 World Cup on Saturday when it takes on Trinidad & Tobago.

The winner of the one-game playoff at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas will advance to the Copa América this summer, while the loser is eliminated.

Canada failed to qualify directly to the Copa América when it collapsed against Jamaica in the Nations League quarterfinal in November. The Reds won the away leg 2-1 only to fall 3-2 at home in the second leg, with the Reggae Boyz advancing via away goals after a 4-4 aggregate scoreline.

Trinidad & Tobago, meanwhile, fell into the one-off playoff after losing its quarterfinal series against the U.S. by a 4-2 aggregate score.

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Making the Copa América would be a major boost for Canada amid a tumultuous period that has seen head coach John Herdman depart, a poor Gold Cup last summer, and ongoing turmoil at the Canadian federation.

The winner of Saturday’s match will go into Group A of the Copa América alongside Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Canada vs. Trinidad & Tobago (Copa America playoff)

  • When: Saturday, March 23
  • Where: Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
  • Time: 4 p.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: Paramount+ (WATCH LIVE), CBS Sports Golazo Network

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USMNT crushes Trinidad and Tobago 6-0 after (another) Jesus Ferreira hat trick

Ferreira’s hat trick kept them atop Group A on goal difference

The U.S. men’s national team was tested on Sunday night, but only by the outcome of a game on the other side of the country.

Jesús Ferreira starred for the USMNT, scoring his second consecutive hat trick in a 6-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in Charlotte, NC.

It turned out they really needed to pour those goals on: The USMNT and Jamaica — who defeated St. Kitts and Nevis 5-0 in Santa Clara, Calif. in a match played simultaneously — both notched seven points in Group A, with the U.S. winning the group by virtue of their superior goal difference (plus-12 for the USMNT, plus-8 for Jamaica). That outcome almost certainly places them opposite Mexico in the Gold Cup’s knockout round bracket.

It wasn’t pretty in the early going, with some strange hops on the temporary grass surface laid over turf at Bank of America Stadium and some clumsy play from both sides.

However, moments after Joevin Jones volleyed a promising look over the bar at one end, Ferreira was ice cold in finishing off the first coherent USMNT attack of the evening.

The heat was playing a major factor, with the USMNT looking to keep the game’s tempo in control in pursuit of big openings. Finally, their moment arrived, with Djordje Mihailovic and Alex Zendejas doing fine work to pry the Soca Warriors’ defense open.

Ferreira was again the goalscorer, though this time it was more the product of persistence than anything else.

The FC Dallas forward nearly added an assist to his brace just two minutes later, only for Cristian Roldan to scuff his shot attempt as Trinidad and Tobago began to sag deeper and deeper defensively.

Mihailovic was causing fits for any Soca Warriors players that approached him, and in first-half stoppage time won a penalty after Alvin Jones’ reckless lunge.

There was little mystery over who would get the spot kick, with Ferreira getting his second straight hat trick after striking three times in the USMNT’s 6-0 win over St. Kitts and Nevis on Thursday.

With a three-goal cushion leaving plenty of work to do for Jamaica in the group’s other game, the USMNT were a bit lackluster, and needed something of a wake-up call in the form of halftime substitute Shannon Gomez crashing a shot off the post.

Fortunately for the U.S., that seemed to get them going again. A poor touch at the back let Cade Cowell — on the field for just four minutes at that point — in alone to round Marvin Phillip and make it 4-0. The goal is the young San Jose Earthquakes star’s first at the senior international level.

Cowell thumped the post shortly thereafter, and just as Jamaica started to apply some pressure on the goal difference front, another substitute created a USMNT goal. This time, Julian Gressel’s inch-perfect cutback found Gianluca Busio, who guided home his first-ever USMNT goal.

Brandon Vazquez would snag a late sixth for the USMNT, running onto Cowell’s superb through ball to clip the ball past Phillip and give his side their second straight 6-0 win.

The USMNT’s success in Group A sets up a July 9 quarterfinal at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati. They’ll take on the runners-up from Group D, which could be either Guatemala, Guadeloupe, or Canada.

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Nicaragua kicked out of Gold Cup for fielding ineligible player

The USMNT will now face Trinidad and Tobago in Group A instead of the Central American nation

With less than two weeks until the Gold Cup kicks off, CONCACAF announced Monday night that Nicaragua had been kicked out of the tournament for fielding an ineligible player.

The confederation said the unnamed player participated in eight matches for Nicaragua, including matches in the 2022-23 Nations League.

Nicaragua was replaced by Trinidad and Tobago in Group A, with the Caribbean nation earning the right by being the highest second-place team overall from League B groups in the 2022-23 Nations League.

Trinidad and Tobago will join the United States, Jamaica and the winner of a playoff in Group A.

Additionally, Nicaragua has been relegated from League A of the 2023-24 Nations League, and will also be replaced by Trinidad and Tobago in that competition.

Though CONCACAF did not name the ineligible player who featured for Nicaragua, multiple reports have identified the player in question as Richard Rodríguez.

Rodríguez was born in Uruguay and moved to Nicaragua in 2018 when he signed for Real Estelí. He acquired Nicaraguan citizenship just a year later in 2019 and would begin playing for the national team shortly thereafter.

The forward played in World Cup qualifiers as well as Nations League games, but FIFA regulations state that an over-18 player who moves to a new country must live there for five consecutive years before they are eligible to play for their new national team.

That would only make Rodríguez eligible this year if he had lived in Nicaragua since 2018, but he even left Estelí in 2019 for a stint playing in Paraguay before returning to the Nicaragua side in 2020.

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CONCACAF W Championship 2022: Schedule, TV and streaming for USWNT World Cup and Olympic qualifying

World Cup and Olympic qualifying spots are on the line at the W Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship runs from July 4-18, with the U.S. women’s national team and seven other sides from the region will duke it out for a small pool of spots at the 2023 World Cup as well as the 2024 Olympics.

The W Championship will feature two groups of four, with all games taking place in Monterrey, Mexico. The United States headlines Group A, but along with Haiti and Jamaica, will face the daunting task of facing an improving Mexico team backed by a raucous home crowd. Over in Group B, Olympic gold medalists Canada share a group with Costa Rica, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The top two teams from both groups will qualify for the 2023 World Cup, but that will only be doing half the job. The W Championship winner qualifies directly for the Paris Olympics, while the runner-up and the winner of the third place game will face off in a September playoff for CONCACAF’s second Olympic spot.

Below are the dates, times, and broadcast information for all of the tournament’s games. This article will update throughout the W Championship.

Group A

July 4

USWNT 3-0 Haiti: Estadio Universitario

Mexico vs. Jamaica: Estadio Universitario, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: CBS Sports Network, Paramount +, Vix

July 7

Jamaica vs. USWNT: Estadio BBVA, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Haiti vs. Mexico: Estadio BBVA, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

July 11

Jamaica vs. Haiti: Estadio BBVA, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

USWNT vs. Mexico: Estadio Universitario, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Group B

July 5

Costa Rica vs. Panama: Estadio BBVA, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Canada vs. Trinidad and Tobago: Estadio BBVA, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

July 8

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Costa Rica: Estadio Universitario, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Panama vs. Canada: Estadio Universitario, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

July 11

Canada vs. Costa Rica: Estadio BBVA, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Panama vs. Trinidad and Tobago: Estadio Universitario, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Knockout rounds

July 14 – Semifinals

Group A Winner vs. Group B Runner-Up: Estadio Universitario, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: CBS Sports Network, Paramount +, Vix

Group B Winner vs. Group A Runner-Up: Estadio Universitario, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: CBS Sports Network, Paramount +, Vix

July 18 – final/third place game

Third place game
Semifinal Loser 1 vs. Semifinal Loser 2: Estadio BBVA, 7:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

Final
Semifinal Winner 1 vs. Semifinal Winner 2: Estadio BBVA, 10:00pm Eastern
Broadcast: Paramount +, Vix

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