Alphonso Davies went into a scrum of Costa Rican defenders and ricocheted off the crossbar.The game marked the first time Davies played a competitive game in Edmonton since his early teens.
But throughout the first half, the Bayern Munich star was regularly crowded out by two or three defenders each time he got close to the ball.He did get a look at goal in the 15th minute, but his shot was blocked thanks to a sliding effort from defender Oscar Duarte.Davies had another chance in the 66th minute, but he blasted his shot over the bar.Costa Rica’s best chance of the game came in the 34th minute.
Youstin Salas’s volley forced Canadian keeper Milan Borjan into a diving stop.Seconds later, Salas was in the mix again. The majority of fans in.