Cyle Larin changed the match in one touch. The substitute came on in the 75th minute and, almost immediately, turned 180 degrees and fired into a corner to give Canada the equalizer against Bosnia and Herzegovina at BMO Field in Toronto.
That goal mattered because Canada had spent nearly an hour pressing without a finish, even after Jovo Lukić put Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead in the 21st minute. Jonathan David missed several chances, and the home side looked like a team waiting for someone to break the spell.
Larin’s strike was also Canada’s first goal in the 2026 World Cup, the kind of moment that can reset a home tournament in a single swing. It arrived in a match that had drawn extra attention for another reason too: Ryan Reynolds kept showing up on the broadcast and in the crowd, and even had the kind of line only he could deliver, saying, “Yo también quiero vivir ese sueño, señor Pool.”
The clean part of the story is that Canada salvaged a draw after trailing by one goal. The uneasy part is that the equalizer came only after a substitute solved what the starting group could not, and that leaves Canada with a useful point but also a reminder of how narrow the margin is when chances keep going to waste.
For now, Larin owns the night. Canada avoided a loss at home, Bosnia and Herzegovina left with a draw, and the first Canadian goal of the tournament came not from a long buildup but from one sharp turn in front of Nikola Vasilj’s goal.
