ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥� sa国际传媒 hasn't scored much on the way to the semifinals of its first Copa America.
Don't look for apologies from American-born coach Jesse Marsch.
of the shootout right after a third save by Maxime Cr茅peau and sa国际传媒 moved on with a victory over Venezuela on Friday night.
The Canadians won 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in the quarterfinals, keeping Venezuela from advancing to the Copa America semifinals for the first time since 2011.
Just the fourth team to advance out of group play by scoring just one goal, sa国际传媒 is moving on again following a 0-0 draw against Chile that sent it to the elimination round.
鈥淧eople will talk about should we score more goals or whatever,鈥� Marsch said. 鈥淲e should score more goals. But those are two pretty strong performances against very good opponents. You can see that this team is building.鈥�
for sa国际传媒 before in the 64th minute for Venezuela.
The victory earned 48th-ranked sa国际传媒 a rematch with Lionel Messi and Argentina, the world No. 1 and defending Copa America champion, on Tuesday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Argentina beat sa国际传媒 2-0 in a group play opener.
Each team scored three times in the five rounds of the shootout, forcing the extra session.
After Cr茅peau silenced the pro-Venezuelan crowd of 51,080 at the home of the Dallas Cowboys by stopping Jhonder C谩diz, Kon茅 eased his shot past Rafael Romo for the win.
鈥淚 heard some of the guys saying afterward I should have had him shoot earlier because he鈥檚 got ice in his veins,鈥� Marsch said of the 22-year-old. 鈥淭hey were right. Probably should have had him shoot earlier. But when we needed him, he stepped up.鈥�
With 54th-ranked Venezuela trailing 1-0, Jon Aramburu sent a long pass from his own penalty box, leaving just Rond贸n and Mo茂se Bombito battling for the loose ball near midfield.
Just as Rond贸n gained possession, Cr茅peau realized he was too far out and sprinted toward his net. It was too late. Rond贸n's lofted shot over the scrambling Cr茅peau bounced 2 yards in front of the net and in.
Shaffelburg scored on an assist from Jonathan David after David scored sa国际传媒's previous goal in a 1-0 victory over Peru on a helper from Shaffelburg, who right-footed a pass from David between the right post and Romo.
After scoring, Schaffelburg held over his head the , who broke the tibia in his lower left leg in practice three days before the meeting with Venezuela.
Rond贸n had two early chances on headers turned away, and it wasn't long after his goal that Shaffelburg took another dangerous shot from just inside the penalty box that Romo deflected away.
Before Rond贸n's equalizer, Eduard Bello redirected a corner kick from across the toward the net, but the ball landed on top of the net after a leaping deflection from Cr茅peau.
Venezuela is in position to be a first-time qualifier for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the U.S., sa国际传媒 and Mexico. A World Cup-high nine games will be at AT&T Stadium.
But La Vinotinto fell short in trying to reach the final four of Copa America for just the second time. Venezuela finished fourth 13 years ago.
鈥淚 think that we need to continue working and to set an objective for ourselves,鈥� Venezuela coach Fernando Batista said through a translator. 鈥淭his is a long process. We have a huge dream that we鈥檙e going for. All Venezuelans want to qualify for the World Cup, and the Copa America gave us the possibility of strengthening our squad.鈥�
Not long after Rond贸n's goal, Liam Millar got a shot past Romo, but it went wide right. Millar had sa国际传媒's first miss of the shootout, sending a shot way over the crossbar right after Yangel Herrera was wide left for Venezuela.
The teams traded misses again in the fourth round of the shootout before a pair of makes set up the extra session.
鈥淲e were the better team,鈥� Marsch said. 鈥淲e deserved to win that match. The penalties, it鈥檚 most a flip of the coin. But we were the better team on the day.鈥�
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Schuyler Dixon, The Associated Press
