by Houston (AP)-Jonathan David and Tajon Buchanan scored 2 minutes, 35 seconds apart early in the second half and Canada defeated El Salvador on Tuesday evening with 2-0 to reach the Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinals.
El Salvador, which was eliminated, ended two men shortly after Santos Ortíz and Jairo Henríquez were cast out in the first half.
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Canada won group B with seven points and went to a quarterfinals against Guatemala in Minneapolis on Sunday, with the winner moving to a semi -final against the US of Costa Rica.
In the other quarterfinals, Mexico meets Saudi and Panama plays Honduras, both on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona.
El Salvador was the last one in the group with one point and was eliminated, making the 14th team not to score a goal in the group phase.
Canada coach Jesse Marsch returned from a two-game suspension that was assessed for his behavior during the Concacaf Nations League Third Place match against the US in March.
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David scored in the 53rd minute, his Canada Record 35th goal in 66 performances. He took a pass from Mathieu Choinière, turned around and beat goalkeeper Mario González to the distant pole with a diagonal shot from around 15 yards.
González had jumped to the left to save David’s penalty kick in the first half of the stop time after an error by Jefferson Valladares on Jacob Shaffelburg.
Buchanan scored his eighth goal in the 56th and lifted the ball over González after a feed by Niko Sigur, who had intercepted Diego Flores’ pass
Ortíz received yellow cards in the 13th and 35th minutes, the second for an exhausting tackle from behind on Sigur. Henríquez received a red card in the ninth minute of the first half of the stopping time for the elbows of Alistair Johnston in the head.
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Ortíz and Henríquez will be suspended when El Salvador starts the third round of World Cup in September.
Honduras defeated Curaçao 2-1 in San Jose, California, about the goal of Luis Palma in the second half of the stopping time.
Panama defeated Jamaica 4-1 in Austin, Texas, to win group C with a 3-0 record, and the Reggae Boyz were eliminated in the group stage for the first time since 2009. Guatemala defeated Guadeloupe 3-2 in Houston.
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