Canadian soccer fans come away from Lansdowne watch party disappointed

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Hundreds of people gathered at Lansdowne Park to watch Canada take on Switzerland in World Cup action Wednesday afternoon.

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Hundreds of soccer fans gathered at Lansdowne Park on Wednesday afternoon to watch a pivotal World Cup match between Canada and Switzerland in Vancouver, but the Canadian supporters didn’t get the result they wanted.

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The Natural Watch Party on the big screen at Lansdowne was one of several being held across the country on June 24, according to an Ottawa Tourism news release.

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Canada fell behind 2-0 Wednesday and couldn’t equalize, suffering a 2-1 loss that left it in second place, behind Switzerland, at the end of Group B play.

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As a result, the Canadian side, after enjoying home-pitch advantage in its group games, will have to travel to Los Angeles for its first knockout-round game on Sunday.

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Ruebén Vargas opened the scoring in the 46th minute Wednesday, and Johan Manzambi gave the Swiss a two-goal cushion in the 57th before Promise David scored Canada’s lone goal in the 76th.

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Ottawa Citizen photographer Tony Caldwell was at Lansdowne to capturing the emotions of the spectators as the game progressed.

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