Canada suffered an embarrassing 1-0 loss to Martinique in the first match of the CONCACAF group stage.
The North American side was heavily out chanced throughout the game and was lucky to come out with only a 1-0 loss; Canada dominated 59 percent of the possession but was outshot 27-8. After a tremendous effort, Martinique took advantage in the third minute of stoppage to pull off a 1-0 win; Fabrice Reuperne scored the lone goal for Martinique.
"We still have bad memories from that quarterfinal against Canada," Martinique coach Patrick Cavelan said after the match. "(Reuperne) was the same player that missed the penalty kick in that game. We got revenge for him."
"If we had not gotten that late goal, we would be regretting the missed chances," he added. "We need to work at being more efficient."
Meanwhile the Canadiens were stunned by the result.
"It's a bit disappointing to lose in the last minute, but I can't fault the players for their attitude and efforts," said Canada's interim coach Colin Miller. "I felt that we made things very difficult for ourselves by giving the ball away too easily."
"I don't want to take anything away from Martinique," he added. "They did very well. We're going through a rough transition period. What happened today is a culmination of a lot of different things through the years. It's a massive rebuilding process. It'll be some time before we fix it."
Canada was expected to win this game, but has a chance to redeem itself in its next match against a struggling Mexican side. El Tri suffered a 2-1 loss to Panama and continued to look dreadful in 2013.
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