Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinals.<\/p>\n\n Awards & stats<\/p>\n
1g\/1a in 14 LAFC appearances (all competitions)
\n8 domestic trophies with Porto<\/p>\n
\n International experience<\/p>\n
Eust\u00e1quio has worn the armband for Canada in each of his last five appearances.<\/p>\n
The all-action midfielder is a metronome in the center of the park for Les Rouges, having played a key role in many tournaments for his country.<\/p>\n
\n World Cup schedule<\/p>\n
Canada\u00a0are in Group B alongside Bosnia & Herzegovina, Qatar and Switzerland.<\/p>\n
June 12:\u00a0Canada vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina, 3 pm ET | Toronto, Ontario
\nJune 18:\u00a0Canada vs. Qatar, 6 pm ET | Vancouver, British Columbia
\nJune 24:\u00a0Canada vs. Switzerland, 3 pm ET | Vancouver, British Columbia<\/p>\n
The 2026 World Cup has expanded from the usual 32 nations to 48 total. The top two teams advance from each group, and the top eight third-place finishers also make the knockout phase (Round of 32).<\/p>\n
The tournament, which is co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, spans from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n
\n World Cup history<\/p>\n
Canada have made two previous World Cup appearances (1986, 2022), exiting at the group stage without a point in each edition.<\/p>\n
\n How Canada qualified<\/p>\n
Canada earned automatic qualification as one of three tournament co-hosts, alongside Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLS background After spending nearly his entire professional career in Portugal, primarily with powerhouse FC Porto, Eust\u00e1quio joined…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,28197,7311,28202,1072,27744,3543],"class_list":["post-67079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-essentials","tag-los-angeles-football-club","tag-player-profiles","tag-sendtonews","tag-stephen-eustaquio","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}