Reigning Copa America and World Cup winners Argentina will continue the bid to defend their continental crown on Tuesday when they face Canada in the first Copa America 2024 semifinal showdown at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
La Albiceleste beat Canada 2-0 to open the tournament and did not concede a single goal during the group stage, with 1-0 and 2-0 wins over Chile and Peru, respectively. However, Lionel Scaloni’s side will not be happy that a late goal against Ecuador left them needing to progress to the semifinals through a penalty shootout.
First-time Copa America participants Canada, meanwhile, are playing without any pressure under new boss Jesse Marsch. The American head coach has only been at the helm for a half-dozen games and Les Rouges are making their first-ever Copa America appearance, but they have produced stunningly impressive results.
The loss to Argentina was followed up by a 1-0 victory over 10-man Peru and a goalless draw with another strong outfit in Chile. Venezuela’s unexpected undefeated run in the group stage meant Canada faced them in the quarterfinals instead of Ecuador. Marsch’s side fought to a 1-1 draw against Venezuela and prevailed in a penalty shootout to force a replay against Argentina in the last four.
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Argentina vs. Canada live stream, TV channel
| TV channel | Streaming | |
| USA | FS1, Univision, TUDN | Fubo, Fox Sports app/website, ViX, Univision Now, TUDN app/website |
| Canada | TSN 1, 3, 4, CTV Two, RDS | TSN+, RDS App, CTV App |
| UK | Premier Sports 1 | Premier Sports Player |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| India | — | — |
USA: Argentina vs. Canada from MetLife Stadium will be televised in the United States on FS1, with a Spanish-language broadcast via Univision and TUDN. All three channels are available to stream on Fubo, with the latter offering a FREE seven-day trial.
Spanish language coverage is also available on streaming platform ViX.
UK: This match will be shown in the UK on Premier Sport Player’s platforms.
Canada: All Copa America matches can be seen in Canada on TSN’s respective TV channel and live streaming services. RDS provides French-language coverage. CTV also has the rights to this match.
Australia: Australia’s sole broadcaster for the Copa America is Optus Sport.
India: Unfortunately, there has been no official confirmation of TV and live stream broadcasts of Copa America in India. Reports had suggested that FanCode and Sony were ready to take up broadcast rights for the tournament but, as yet, that has not been made official. So at the moment, there is no official platform in India on which viewers can stream or any channel on which the match will be broadcast.
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What time is Argentina vs. Canada kickoff?
This Copa America match kicks off from MetLife Stadium on Tuesday, July 9 at 8:00 p.m. local time in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| USA/Canada | Tue, Jul. 9 | 8 p.m. ET |
| USA/Canada | Tue, Jul. 9 | 5 p.m. PT |
| UK | Wed, Jul. 10 | 1 a.m. BST |
| Australia | Wed, Jul. 10 | 10 a.m. AEST |
| India | Wed, Jul. 10 | 5:30 a.m. IST |
Argentina vs. Canada predicted lineups & team news
Lionel Messi was sensational against Canada to open the tournament, then decent against Chile before missing the group game against Peru through injury. He was not at his best against Ecuador and was the only Argentine player to miss his penalty shot during the deciding shootout, but we will surely see a better version of the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner in this rematch against Canada.
With the captain struggling for goals and fitness, Inter Milan hitman Lautaro Martínez has provided the spark up front and leads the Golden Boot race with four goals. Although Manchester City’s dynamic and versatile attacker, Julian Alvarez, opened his Copa America account against Canada in the tournament opener, the 24-year-old could be forced to settle for a spot on the bench.
At the back, Lisandro Martinez will continue to get the nod over Nicolas Otamendi following his goal-scoring heroics last time out, with the Manchester United man set to line up alongside Cristian Romero in central defence. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was yet again the hero, saving two penalties and Messi’s blushes in the penalty shootout to book his side’s place in the semifinals.
Argentina predicted (4-3-3, right to left): E. Martinez (GK) — Molina, Romero, Li. Martinez, Tagliafico — Mac Allister, De Paul, Di Maria — Messi, La. Martinez, Alvarez
Injured: Acuna (doubt).
Suspended: None.
Canada will be without Inter Milan’s Tajon Buchanan. The winger broke his tibia in training and will miss the rest of the tournament (and the next four to six months) as he recovers from the devastating injury.
Malmo defender Derek Cornelius picked up his second yellow card of the Copa America in the quarterfinal against Venezuela but is available as accumulated bookings are reset after the group stage.
Head coach Jesse Marsch has selected a different starting XI for every Copa America fixture so far, but one thing is for certain: the manager will ask his front players to be precise and clinical in transitional moments to cause the most damage.
Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies is one of the standout names in the side, and the left-back is set to operate in a back four alongside Alistair Johnston, Moise Bombito, and Alistair Johnston.
Porto’s Stephen Eustaquio is expected to line up in the middle of the park alongside Marseille’s Ismael Kone, who will likely come back into the starting lineup on Tuesday after sitting out their final group match and only coming off the bench last time out.
Lille marksman Jonathan David will provide one of his country’s main goal threats, having scored their only goal in the opening phase of this competition, the 27th all-time for the striker, two fewer than centre-forward Cyle Larin for the most ever for Canada. Winger Jacob Shaffelburg scored the opener against Venezuela, and that should prove enough to retain his starting place in the attack.
Canada predicted (4-2-3-1, right to left): Crepeau (GK) — Johnston, Bombito, Cornelius, Davies — Kone, Eustaquio — Laryea, David, Shaffelburg — Larin.
Injured: Buchanan.
Suspended: None.
Argentina vs. Canada prediction
- Score prediction: Argentina 2-0 Canada
With Argentina, the defending champions and the No. 1-ranked team in the world, taking on Canada for a chance to play in the final, the first Copa America semifinal is expected to be a case of a David vs. Goliath scenario. Canada’s lack of experience in these high-profile tournament games is the complete opposite of Argentina’s dominance in recent times.
As good as the Canadians have performed since their 2-0 loss to La Albiceleste in the tournament opener and though they boast talented players like Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David to cause the defending champions a few problems, we believe that Argentina’s array of world-class talent will ultimately shine through to claim a hard-fought victory, just like they did in the tricky quarterfinal showdown against Ecuador.
