Canada

Canada move into the last eight as runners-up to Costa Rica – who eased past French Guyana 3-0 – in Group A on Friday.

Francisco Calvo Alphonso Davies' opener was cancelled out by Francisco Calvo in Houston on Tuesday.

Rangelo Janga In coach Octavio Zambrano's first game in charge, Canada edged to a victory over Curacao.

The first edition of the 48-team World Cup could take place across North America with the US, Canada and Mexico combining for a hosting bid.

Gordon Strachan Gordon Strachan felt his Scotland team looked rusty against Canada, but stressed that is due to them not playing regular club football.

Azerbaijan played out a 1-1 draw with Canada as Dimitrij Nazarov levelled the scoring after Tesho Akindele opened the scoring.

Canada are hoping to bounce back from a poor run of results when they take on Azerbaijan.

Akram Komilov's unfortunate own goal saw Canada narrowly defeat Uzbekistan 2-1 on Tuesday.

Juan Osorio Arbeláez A capacity crowd is set to greet Mexico for the first of Canada's two CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers against the Group A leader.

Scott Arfield The Scottish-born midfielder hopes to play a role in Friday’s highly anticipated World Cup qualifier versus CONCACAF powerhouse Mexico.