There wasn't much doubt that the Canadian team would take this game, but some media reports and social media comments are a little unkind due to the score discrepancy. But first things first; let's copy the partial recap from Football Canada.
I've been to games like these (well, maybe not THAT lopsided...) while supporting amateur football in Ottawa. Sometimes, a team is just that much better.Windsor, Ontario running back, Khaliel James got Canada on the board early with a 4-yard touchdown run. James was one of three running backs to total two touchdowns as Kayden Johnson (LCBI / Kerrobert, SK) and Édouard Montemiglio (CEGEP Vieux-Montréal / Montréal, QC) also accomplished the feat while Philippe Lessard-Vézina (Académie Saint-Louis / Québec, QC) found the end zone once.
Receiver Colton Hunchak (Notre Dame HS / Calgary, AB) scored Canada's second touchdown on a 42-yard touchdown strike from quarterback Frédéric Paquette-Perrault. The younger of the two Hunchak brothers on the squad caught only three passes on the day but made each count, racking up a team high 78 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
"We spent the whole day talking about what we are doing here and that's to win a gold medal but at the same time we knew that this was the first game ever that Kuwait was playing. We really spoke to them about respecting the game and respecting their opponent without playing slow or compromising our end goal."
Kuwait was over-matched throughout the contest as they accumulated -62 total yards including -66 rushing yards.
But what can you do? After preaching to your players to give 100% all day long, do you then ask them to turn it off? Is it any more respectful for a running back to deliberately run out of bounds to avoid scoring?
France is next up, at 1PM Eastern tomorrow.
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