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Ben Steiner
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Youth soccer players from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, one of the local Indigenous nations are out at #CanMNT training today.
They’ve all drawn Ismaël Koné’s No. 8 on the back of their kits.
Koné is remaining with the group as he recovers.
🇪🇬🇳🇿BACK AT BC PLACE
It’s Mo Salah and Omar Marmoush (Canadian!) against Chris Wood and Tim Payne in a massive Group G match.
Loudest cheers so far for Salah and Payne, as expected.
Former #VWFC defender Michael Boxall starts too.
FINN SURMAN! MLS STARMAN!
New Zealand stuns the Egypt-favouring crowd here at BC Place as the Portland Timbers defender scores off a corner kick.
All Whites ahead.
Hossam Hassan, after helping Egypt to their first World Cup win.
"This stadium has been really loud, how dare we upset those fans here... I wouldn't be able to live with it if we hadn't gotten this win."
Emotionally, he thanks everyone watching at 4am in Egypt.
If you’re wondering if the vibes are upbeat with the #CanMNT ahead of the World Cup…
Keep ups as fun as usual — and Tani Oluwaseyi runs away from the punishment.
MD-3 before Switzerland.
🇪🇬A FIRST WORLD CUP WIN
It’s going crazy in Cairo and Vancouver — Mo Salah and Mostafa Ziko star in a 3-1 win over New Zealand.
Days after the #CanMNT won their first World Cup game at BC Place, Egypt has just done the same.
#CanMNT injury update.
- Alfie Jones training on his own and was the first topic of the pre-training huddle.
- Stephen Eustáquio not on the pitch at the moment.
- Bombito and Davies full participants, but Bombito still with a small limp.
We’ll see the first 15 mins.
Lionel Messi for the record!
After missing a penalty, the Argentine No. 10 scores to put Argentina up 1-0 on Austria and secure his 17th World Cup goal.
He overtakes Klose as the highest scorer in tournament history.
New Zealand manager Darren Bazeley on losing to Egypt.
"When you see a team celebrating like that on the pitch, and fair play, but you think 'that could have been us where we could have been in that moment with the flags and the fans."
NEW: Mo Salah has had the eight of Egyptian soccer on his shoulders for over 14 years — last night in Vancouver, he finally got on someone else’s.
A breakthrough day for Egypt at BC Place and Salah led the way, as expected.
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