Canadian soccer reacts to CanMNT’s record-setting victory over Cayman Islands

30/03/2021

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A record-setting night for the Canadian men’s national team. John Herdman’s side thrashed Cayman Islands 11-0 on Monday in their second Concacaf qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to record their biggest win in program history. Les Rouges were up 6-0 at halftime with four players earning their first Canada goals: Frank Sturing, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Alistair Johnston, and David Wotherspoon. Lucas Cavallini scored an eight-minute hat-trick in the second half, with Alphonso Davies adding insult to injury with a goal deflected off a missed Kaye penalty. The 11-goal total bests an 8-0 Concacaf Nations League win over the US Virgin Islands in 2018 and leaves the side top of their qualifying group with two wins and a staggering +15 goal differential following a win over Bermuda. As you could imagine, Canadian soccer Twitter was a fun place to be Monday. Here’s how Canadian soccer reacted to the record-setting match.

#CanMNT #WCQ
— League1 Ontario, Men’s Division 🇨🇦 (@L1OMens) March 29, 2021

GOAL 🍁🍁

Cyle Larin: A soccer player who can not stop scoring for #Besiktas

(And also for #CanMNT)

Canada 2-0 Cayman Islands | ⏱ 14'

🔴 https://t.co/hishXepRT3 pic.twitter.com/rH0t4x5EtF
— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) March 29, 2021

GOAL 🍁🍁🍁

David Wotherspoon gets his 1st goal for #CanMNT, too!

Canada 3-0 Cayman Islands | ⏱ 25'

🔴 https://t.co/hishXepRT3 pic.twitter.com/tpnJMjyERT
— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) March 29, 2021

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At the 1938 World Cup in France, Sweden beat Cuba 8-0 in the quarter-finals.

At 5-0, the French journalist Emmanuel Gambardella shut his typewriter and said: "Up to five goals is journalism. After that, it becomes statistics.”#canMNT vs. Cayman Islands
— John Molinaro (@JohnMolinaro) March 29, 2021

Live look at Maxime Crépeau waiting for a counter attack. #CanMNT pic.twitter.com/a6AnTA0hIE
— Maxwell (@FCMaxwell93) March 29, 2021

GOOAAALLL @Spoony_10 https://t.co/26WJT9K1tL
— St. Johnstone FC (@StJohnstone) March 29, 2021

Completely dominant v the Cayman Islands. Never thought I’d see the day where the #CANMNT had so many exciting players 🇨🇦

Hopefully we can see a record broken today 👀
— Steven Marc Scott (@StevenMarcScott) March 29, 2021

6️⃣ goals, 6️⃣ different goalscorers at halftime!

Canada's record for biggest win is 8-0. Can they beat that? 👀#CanMNT
— Waking the Red (@WakingtheRed) March 29, 2021

Half time!! Well, that was fun! How's everyone doing? #CanMNT #WCQ #AllezLesRouges pic.twitter.com/cvTZbRnV32
— The Voyageurs (@thevoyageurs) March 29, 2021

Most goals scored in a single game in the history of the Men's National Soccer team: 8

Canada has six in the half against Cayman Islands. #CANMNT
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) March 29, 2021

Let’s not get too confident, 6-0 is the most dangerous score in sports. #CANMNT
— James Sharman.bsky.social 🥧⚽️ (@jamessharman) March 29, 2021

At this rate Crepeau is even going to score. #CanMNT
— Fort McMurray #CanPL fan (@fc_fort) March 29, 2021

Canada: #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/Q7omWuodXN
— FTF Canada (@FTFCanada__) March 29, 2021

Here come the subs! #CanMNT #WCQ
— The Voyageurs (@thevoyageurs) March 29, 2021

👏👏👏 [NEW RECORD] 👏👏👏

It's 9-0 for #CanMNT, and @AlphonsoDavies has set a new all-time record for 🍁

🔴 https://t.co/hishXepRT3 pic.twitter.com/CrJXUpKAyK
— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) March 29, 2021

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Lucas Cavallini scores a second-half hat trick and nearly concusses Alphonso Davies in the celebration with a friendly head butt. #CanMNT #WCQ ... 11-0. #CaymanIslands
— Derek Van Diest (@DerekVanDiest) March 29, 2021

hey @martythompson_ 'member when I manifested a Cavallini goal on the podcast?
— Charlie O'Connor-Clarke (@charliejclarke) March 29, 2021

#CanMNT pic.twitter.com/GeN9fri4d1
— Devang (@DesaiDevang) March 29, 2021

Happy for Cavallini. I know he's his harshest critic. Bags a hat-trick in 15 minutes after a tough outing last week.

Now has 14 goals in 19 appearances for the #canMNT, just one back of fifth all-time. #VWFC
— Farhan Devji (@farhandevji) March 29, 2021

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Some fun stats (unless you’re from the Cayman Islands 😬) in that 11-0 Canada victory:

- Cavallini with a hat trick after just 15 mins on the pitch
- Four 1st career goals for 🇨🇦 (Sturing, Wotherspoon, Kaye, Johnston)
- Most goals in a match by the #CanMNT (previous high of 8)
— Brady Reid (@BradyReid_) March 29, 2021

#CANMNT have had EIGHT hat tricks in their near-century long history, FIVE have been in past 11 matches.

Adding the Larin and Cavallini hat tricks this week to the previous... https://t.co/eb435CxCPv
— Martyn Bailey (@martyn_bailey) March 30, 2021

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