Sunday's 4-1 loss to Croatia ended Canada's hopes of advancing to the knockout round.
AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Croatia booted Canada out of the World Cup on Sunday, then kicked it when it was down.
Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies made Canada history by scoring a beauty of a goal just 67 second into the match — the first ever by the Canadian men at the World Cup. Canada went 0-3-0 and failed to score in its first trip to the tournament, in 1986. Herdman, who antagonized the Croatian camp with a heated post-game message to his players after the opening 1-0 loss to Belgium, tried to see positives in Sunday's loss.
That sparked an immediate response from Croatian tabloids and a stern lecture Saturday from Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic about the need for respect. Canada started with a bang with a Milan Borjan goal kick finding Cyle Larin at midfield. Larin controlled the ball deftly with his foot and sent it over to Tajon Buchanan down the right flank. Buchanan surged ahead, took two touches, lifted his head and sent in a cross that Davies, soaring through the air high above fullback Josip Juranovic, headed home past goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.
But for a while, it was all Canada with the Canadians in the crowd of 44,374 chanting "This is our house" after the Davies goal.
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