Stephen Eustaquio scored from a powerful 92nd-minute strike from the edge of the penalty area to give Canada a 1-0 win over South Africa Sunday, sending the co-hosts into the World Cup last 16 for the first time in their history.
Eustaquio received the ball on the edge of the South Africa penalty area and powered it past diving goalkeeper Ronwen Williams in a thrilling conclusion to the first knockout-round match of the World Cup.
South Africa, who had had seemed content to play for extra time and a possible penalty shootout, made a few furious but unsuccessful attempts to level before the final whistle as the sun broke through the clouds at Los Angeles Stadium.
Canada will next face either the Netherlands or Morocco on July 4 in Houston for a place in the quarterfinals.
"We just kept believing, we kept pushing and I think we couldn’t have imagined it any other way," Eustaquio said.
