Morocco’s midfielder #08 Azzedine Ounahi celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammates during the 2026 World Cup round of 16 football match between Canada and Morocco at the Houston Stadium in Houston on July 4, 2026. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
Canada became the first of the co-hosts to exit the World Cup as a clinical Morocco won 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals on Saturday in Houston.
The 2022 semi-finalists Morocco will face title favourites France or Paraguay as the business end of the tournament in North America approaches.
After a first half littered with more bookings than shots, midfielder Azzedine Ounahi fired the opener on 50 minutes.
Canada — playing the biggest game in their footballing history – pushed for an equaliser, but Ounahi scored his second to finally see off the resistance of Jesse Marsch’s men.
