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Canada Hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina in Men’s World Cup Match at BMO Field
Canada hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina at BMO Field in Toronto on June 12 at 3 p.m. ET. The match opens the tournament in Canada and features an opening ceremony with multiple performers.
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M. ET at BMO Field in Toronto. The match is the first of two games scheduled for the day and the first men's World Cup match ever played in Canada.
Canada enters the match on an eight-match winning streak. Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the tournament by defeating Italy in a penalty-kick shootout. The opening ceremony in Toronto begins 90 minutes before kickoff.
Performers at the Toronto opening ceremony include Michael Bublé, Alanis Morissette, Alessia Cara, Elyanna, Jessie Reyez, Nora Fatehi, Sanjoy, Vegedream, and William Prince. Canada's starting lineup is Crépeau, Johnston, De Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea, Buchanan, Koné, Eustáquio, Millar, Jonathan David, and Oluwaseyi. The substitutes are St.
Clair, Goodman, Jones, Waterman, Choinière, Larin, Shaffelburg, Bombito, Davies, Ahmed, Osorio, Sigur, Promise, Saliba, and Nelson. Canada's goalkeepers on the World Cup roster are Dayne St. Clair, Maxime Crépeau, and Owen Goodman.
Defenders are Alistair Johnston, Alfie Jones, Luc de Fougerolles, Joel Waterman, Moïse Bombito, Alphonso Davies (captain), and Richie Laryea. Midfielders are Mathieu Choinière, Stephen Eustáquio, Ismaêl Koné, Ali Ahmed, Jonathan Osorio, Niko Sigur, and Nathan Saliba.
Forwards are Cyle Larin, Jonathan David, Liam Miller, Tani Oluwaseyi, Jacob Shaffelburg, Tajon Buchanan, Promise David, and Jayden Nelson.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's goalkeepers are Nikola Vasilj, Mladen Jurkas, and Martin Zlomislic. Defenders are Nihad Mujakic, Dennis Hadzikadunic, Taril Muharemovic, Sead Kolasinac, Amar Dedic, Nikola Katic, Stjepan Radeljic, and Nidal Celik. Midfielders are Benjamin Tahirovic, Armin Gigovic, Ivan Basic, Ivan Sunjic, Amar Memic, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Dzenis Burnic, and Ermin Mahmic.
Forwards are Samed Bazdar, Ermedin Demirovic, Edin Dzeko (captain), Kerim Alajbegovic, Esmir Bajraktarevic, Haris Tabakovic, and Jovo Lukic. The match will be televised on FOX in the United States and streamed in Spanish on Telemundo. DIRECTV offers a five-day free trial for streaming the match.
