The damage done over the final ten minutes of leg one continued over the first half hour of leg two as Canada scored three times in the first ten minutes after the half to lead 5-1 with ten minutes left. Tony Donatelli and Daniel Mattos both added late goals but it wasn’t enough and the US was eliminated after a 9-7 loss on aggregate. Adriano Dos Santos had scored for the US in the first half. It’ll be a long four years until the US gets another shot to reach the 2020 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

Previous CONCACAF Futsal Championship Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update

Things were going so well for the US Wednesday night in San Jose, Costa Rica as they lead 3-0 with just ten minutes left in the first leg of their playoff against Canada. Goals from Franck Tayou, Patrick Healy, and Nelson Santana over the previous ten minutes had given them the lead. Canada scored in the 30th minute but even with five minutes left the US still had a good 3-1 lead heading towards the halfway point of the playoff. Then Canada erupted for three quick goals to take a 4-3 lead and all the US could do was salvage a tie with a late Daniel Mattos goal. With the scores level after the first leg it’ll all come down to game two tonight. The US has never missed out on a CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

Previous CONCACAF Futsal Championship Coverage:
Preview

The USA Futsal team will take on Canada in a two-leg matchup down in San Jose, Costa Rica with hopes to qualify for the CONCACAF Championship. The US has qualified for all five of the previous CONCACAF championships and needs to advance to keep their hopes alive of advancing to the CONCACAF world cup for the first time since 2008. The team to advance will be the one scoring more goals on aggregate. Game one will be tonight with game two tomorrow night.

For those not in the know, futsal is a form of indoor soccer played 5-on-5 and is not the same as the more common indoor soccer played in the US.  Each game is made up of two 20-minute halves.