Canada eliminated from the World Cup after loss to Croatia

It took only 68 seconds for Alphonso Davies to score Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal with a brilliant header, but that was not enough to get them through to the next stage after the Croatian side came from behind to win the encounter 4-1.

While the Canadians still have one game left to play, the loss to Croatia ended their hopes of advancing to the knockout round. John Herdman’s men will go home after facing Morocco on Thursday.

Canada can finish with no more than three points and cannot catch Morocco and Croatia, who have four points with one game remaining. Only the top two teams in each pool advance to the round of 16.