Canada 6, Honduras 0: Hometown boy kick-starts Gold Cup demolition at B.C. Place

Vancouver Sun

18-06-2025

The last time he was in
B.C. Place
, Niko Sigur was a wide-eyed ball boy, watching Jonathan David and the Canadian men's national team thump French Guiana 4-1 in Nations League qualifying.
Tuesday night, the Burnaby native was on the receiving end of a give and go with the star Canadian striker, scoring his first goal for the Reds in a 6-0 domination of Honduras. It was Canada's opening match in the Gold Cup tournament, which will continue for them next week in Houston.
It was the sixth cap for the 21-year-old, who had dozens of friends and family who were part of the 24,286 in the stands at
B.C. Place
. He'd said Friday he wasn't just here to soak up the experience. He wanted to contribute.
GOAL 🇨🇦
NIKO SIGUR SCORES HIS FIRST FOR THE
#CANMNT
😎
Canada go up 1-0 over Honduras with a smooth give-and-go, finished perfectly 💪
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When he was that ballboy watching play in 2019, he wasn't just soaking up the experience. He was judging, assessing, comparing, and pondering if he had the technical ability to play at that level on this day.
'I always knew in the back of my mind that I could play there one day, and here I am,' said the utility back, who held down the right side of Canada's back line on Tuesday.
'I'm not really happy just being here and being a part of it. I want to contribute, and I know I can contribute. It's nice to be here, but I also want to make an impact and help the team.'
For Sigur, it's been a long and winding road to the national team. From the Whitecaps academy, to York University, to a stint with the League One Vaughn Azzuri in Ontario, he moved to Slovenia, playing for Radomlje's youth team, eventually transferring to the academy of Croatia's Hajduk Split in 2022. By 2023, he'd played his way onto the first team. A year later, the Croatian-Canadian dual citizen switched his national team allegiance to Canada.
And Tuesday, a nation applauded him.
GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦
It's TANI TIME 😎
#CanMNT
are up 2-0 over Honduras 🇭🇳 at the stroke of half-time as Tani Oluwaseyi finds a near-impossible angle and smacks it home 🚀
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David's flick of Sigur's pass split two defenders, and Sigur took two calm touches, the second one a slicing shot past Honduran keeper Edrick Menjívar into the near side corner 27 minutes into the game.
Tani Oluwaseyi made it 2-0 in first-half injury time, turning and roofing a ball from a sharp angle 10 yards out. He had a hand in Canada's third goal, getting a slight touch on a Richie Laryea cross, shifting its trajectory to a wide-open Tajon Buchanan at the back post, and he, too, put it in the top netting to make it 3-0 in the 48th minute.
GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
TAJON MAKES IT 3️⃣
It's 3-0 for the
#CanMNT
vs. Honduras as Tajon Buchanan finishes off pass across goal with his first touch 💪
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Honduras had only one shot in the first half; a weak, rolling effort from long distance that Dayne St. Clair easily scooped up. St. Clair stopped a semi breakaway in the 50th minute, then made another post-blank stop on the ensuing corner to keep Honduras off the scoresheet.
They finished with five shots — three on target — but the game was thoroughly controlled and measured by the Canadians. They held 57 per cent of the ball and outshot the visitors, putting 18 on frame — eight of those on target.
GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
#CanMNT
are cruising to victory, now up 4-0 over Honduras 🇭🇳 as Tajon Buchanan notches a 2nd from a corner kick 🎯
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Promise David scored his second goal in as many games as
he finds his feet with his new national team
, collecting a tough leading pass from Ali Ahmed before chopping it back across Menjívar into the back of the net.
Anderlecht-bound Nathan Saliba,
late of Montreal FC
, completed the destruction with his 90th-minute golazo, a curling, left-footed strike from 20 yards out that Menjívar had no chance at.
Canada has a few more training days here before heading South for their next games. They play Curaçao on Saturday at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, then face El Salvador on Tuesday — also in Houston.
GOAL 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
PROMISE DAVID MAKES IT 5 🔥
Look at the footwork on this effort as the
#CanMNT
go up 5-0 over Honduras 🇭🇳 amid chants of "We want six!"
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