The Mexicans are starting over under Javier Aguirre after Jaime Lozanowas fired following an early Copa America exit. The 65-year-old Aguirre kicked off his third stint at Mexico’s helm with a 3-0 victory over 94th-ranked New Zealand at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday.
Aguirre was a loud, unhappy presence on the sideline Tuesday. He managed a costume change at halftime, opting for a track suit after shedding his suit jacket in the first half.
The Mexican coach was booked in the 56th minute for his constant complaining. Choiniere was then yellow-carded for felling a Mexican with Jonathan David replacing him soon after.
St. Clair made a big save in the 72nd minute, tipping a Roberto Alvarado shot over the crossbar. Mexico came on in the latter minutes, with Davies making a big block.
Sigur makes Canada debut
Niko Sigur, a 21-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., came on in the 77th minute for his first cap. Sigur, whose parents are of Croatian descent, represented Croatia as a youth international before switching his allegiance to Canada.
He picked up his first booking for Canada 11 minutes later.
Tani Oluwaseyi, Kamal Miller, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Stephen Afrifa, winning his second cap, also came off the bench for Canada.
Canada and Mexico last met in November 2021 in World Cup qualifying play in the chilly confines of Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium dubbed “Iceteca,” in a play on Mexico City’s storied Estadio Azteca.
A 2-1 win secured Canada’s position atop the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.
While Canada was unbeaten in its two previous outings (1-0-1) against Mexico, it came into Tuesday’s contest with a 5-20-9 career record against the longtime CONCACAF powerhouse. The Canadians were 1-7-3 against Mexico since a 2-1 quarterfinal win in February 2000 en route to their famous Gold Cup triumph.
Marsch made four changes to his starting 11 with St. Clair, Laryea, Jonathan Osorio and Liam Millar slotting in for Maxime Crepeau, Alistair Johnston, Jacob Shaffelburg and David.
Both Johnston (Celtic, Scotland) and Joel Waterman (CF Montreal) have returned to their clubs as injury precautions. Shaffelburg went home to Nashville for the birth of his child.
The Canadian starters had a combined 356 caps going into the game with Jonathan Osorio (79) and Larin (74) accounting for 153 of those.
The Canadian men play next at Toronto’s BMO Field where they will host No. 35 Panama in an Oct. 15 friendly.
Canada came into Tuesday’s game with a 2-3-4 record — albeit against elite opposition, including a pair of 2-0 losses to top-ranked Argentina — since Marsch took the reins in May, with one of those ties turning into a shootout loss to No. 11 Uruguay in the Copa America third-place game and another into a shootout win over No. 37 Venezuela in the Copa quarterfinal.
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