Two nations looking to return to form will do battle today in an international friendly between Canada and Colombia. The match scheduled for 9:15 p.m. ET will be held at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
Canada head coach Benito Floro had this to offer ahead of today's international encounter (via Sportsnet): "We called up Olympic [under-23] players because we need to form a new base according to our system of play in the first team, and besides if we need during the game three or four of them, we are going to put the players on the pitch because they are capable enough to know the attacking and defensive moves. But we are focusing in the first lineup, the first team, because we need to maintain our level of rhythm."
Veteran Tosaint Ricketts had this to offer about today's opposition: "I think it's a great test for the guys, and we just need to really apply what we're being taught, and apply our tactics and really just focus on our personal games and basically go out there and stick to what we know and what we're taught, and then the rest comes out in the result."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Colombia's James Rodriguez quickly assimilated to the winning culture of Real Madrid since joining from Monaco. The 23-year-old has two assists in seven appearances and is averaging 2.3 key passes per match.
Canada's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Roberts; Hainault, Lapare, Edgar, Henry; Guzman, Carreiro, Boekel, Jong; Rickets, Haber
Colombia's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Vargas; Armero, álvarez Balanta, Franco, Arias; Carbonero, Mejía, James; Cardona, Bacca, Falcao
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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