When Your Team Is Desperate

By Steven Sandor The 11

Keeper scores historic goal against England for Canadian U-17s
When your team is desperate for an equalizer, you normally don’t look to your keeper to provide the goal.
But, on a historic night for Canadian soccer — and a historic night for the U-17 World Cup — goalkeeper Quillan Roberts provided one of the most remarkable goals anyone from this country has scored in an international match at any level.

His goal Wednesday gave Canada a 2-2 draw with England, keeping this country’s hopes alive entering Saturday’s Group C finale against Rwanda. England, which has four points, will play Uruguay, which knows it is off to the elimination round with six points already in the bag. Canada has one, Rwanda, zero.

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