{"id":2585,"date":"2026-07-05T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:59:03","slug":"canadas-world-cup-elimination-loss-to-morocco-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/canadas-world-cup-elimination-loss-to-morocco-as-it-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s World Cup elimination loss to Morocco, as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada got knocked out of the FIFA World Cup, ending their historic run with a heartbreaking 3-0 loss to Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Latest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canada\u2019s historic run at the men\u2019s FIFA World Cup has come to an end after a 3-0 loss to Morocco in Houston.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coach Jesse Marsch said Les Rouges were \u201cthe better team\u201d in the match, but just couldn\u2019t find the answer to a trio of Moroccan goals in the second half.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canada arguably exceeded expectations for this tournament by reaching the Round of 16, having registered several historic firsts along the way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morocco will now play France, who defeated Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday evening, in a quarterfinal match in Boston on July 9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default.webp 796w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 45 minutes, Canada dared to dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dominant first half over one of the top 10 teams in the world. It just lacked a goal to make their dominance count.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Canadians couldn\u2019t quite find that opening, a dogged Moroccan back line blunting their attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end the scoreline very much flattered Morocco, who relied on a moment of set-piece magic and classic counter-attacks for their three goals in the second half. They were far from their best \u2014 Canada denied them that \u2014 but took their chances. That was the difference today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada got knocked out of the FIFA World Cup, ending their historic run with a heartbreaking 3-0 loss to Morocco. The Latest For 45 minutes, Canada dared to dream. A dominant first half over one of the top 10 teams in the world. It just lacked a goal to make their dominance count.\u00a0 But the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}