Canada Scrapes Late Draw Against Bosnia for Historic World Cup Point

Canada's World Cup debut. All the usual jitters. Nervous, wasteful, and on the brink of disaster. Cyle Larin saved them. Just barely. He spared the co-hosts a truly humiliating start in front of a packed Toronto crowd (43,002 souls).

Jovo Lukic headed Bosnia into the lead from a corner. Close range. For most of the match, it looked like that was all she wrote. Jonathan David, Tani Oluwaseyi — both had first-half chances. Both shot into orbit. The second half brought more pressure, but former Arsenal man Sead Kolasinac and Nikola Katic cleared off the line. Twice. Canada was desperate.

Enter Larin. Southampton's striker. 121 seconds after he stepped onto the pitch, he calmly slotted one home from inside the box. Level. The crowd went bananas. Sky Sports called it 'delirium.' Whatever. They got a point.

The real story? Jonathan David. This guy bagged 25+ goals a season at Lille. Then he went to Juventus. Eight goals in 46 appearances. Ouch. Here, he touched the ball 24 times. Lowest of any Canada starter. His best chance? Right at the keeper. Larin and Promise David, both looked sharper at club level, combined for that equalizer. Now Jesse Marsch has a real headache for the next game. A genuine dilemma.

Marsch didn't pull punches. Sky Sports quoted him: *"I'm disappointed with the first half. We were tentative. We didn't play as aggressively as I would have liked."* He liked the second half better. Said Canada still had "everything in hand" for the "must-win" against Qatar. We'll see.