World Cup Send-Offs: Canada's Montreal Farewell and Haiti's Miami Tune-Up

International FriendlyCanada's Final Tune-UpMontreal

This is the last time Canada's players hear a home crowd before they walk into a World Cup as co-hosts, and Jesse Marsch's side arrives in good order. Canada is unbeaten in its last four with two wins and two draws, including a clean 2-0 over Uzbekistan on June 1, and has lost just once in its last ten matches, a penalty-shootout exit to Guatemala in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. Ireland, who did not qualify for the tournament, are no pushover send-off partner: Heimir Hallgrimsson's team is unbeaten in three with clean sheets in each, including a 5-0 demolition of Grenada and a 1-0 win over Qatar.

The big storyline is who Canada does not risk. Alphonso Davies was named in the 26-man squad but has already been ruled out of the June 12 World Cup opener with a hamstring strain suffered in Bayern's Champions League semifinal against PSG in early May, and Marsch has signaled he expects him back later in the group stage. That makes his involvement tonight unlikely beyond ceremony, and it puts the attacking burden on the rest of a group preparing for Group B against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, and Switzerland.

The market makes Canada a minus-190 favorite with Ireland way out at plus-500 and the draw at plus-300, and the under profile is strong: eight of Canada's last nine matches have stayed under 2.5 goals, and Ireland has not conceded in three straight. Expect a cagey, structured send-off where Canada manages minutes, protects legs, and tries to leave Montreal with a win and nothing on the medical report. The result matters less than the health, but a flat performance against a well-drilled Irish block would be a nervy final data point before the opener.

International FriendlyHaiti's Historic ReturnMiami

Haiti's last World Cup was 1974, and in eight days that drought ends against Scotland in Group C alongside Brazil and Morocco. First comes a final tune-up at Miami Freedom Park, the first international friendly ever staged at Inter Miami's new home, against a Peru side that missed the tournament entirely. Sebastien Migne's Haiti has been trending up in 2026: a narrow 1-0 loss to Tunisia, a 1-1 draw with Iceland, and then a statement 4-0 win over New Zealand. Captain and goalkeeper Johny Placide anchors the back, with Wolves midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Sunderland striker Wilson Isidor, and veteran Duckens Nazon, who has 44 goals in 77 caps, carrying the attack.

Peru is in full rebuild mode under Mano Menezes and still searching for a first win on his watch after a 2-0 loss to Senegal in March and a 2-2 draw with Honduras that got away on a 94th-minute equalizer. Pedro Gallese remains the security blanket in goal and Andre Carrillo and Yoshimar Yotun bring the experience, but the squad news is thin: Alex Valera and Joao Grimaldo are out injured, and Menezes has leaned on surprise call-ups like Matias Cordova, Rodrigo Vilca, and Bassco Soyer to audition fresh legs.

The books lean Peru as a modest favorite in the 2.04 to 2.35 range with Haiti between 3.32 and 4.06, which feels like respect for the shirt more than the current form gap. Haiti is the side with rhythm, a settled keeper, and a tournament to sharpen for; Peru is experimenting. The smart angle most analysts have flagged is Haiti avoiding defeat and a low-scoring game, with both teams likelier to prioritize structure than spectacle in the Miami heat.

WC 2026 Form GuideSix Days Out

The send-off window has been a form-guide goldmine for World Cup bettors. Co-host Mexico looks genuinely dangerous after blitzing Serbia 5-1 in Toluca on Thursday behind goals from Johan Vasquez, Raul Jimenez, and Luis Chavez plus two Serbian own goals, exactly the kind of momentum Javier Aguirre wanted before the June 11 opener against South Africa. France, meanwhile, got humbled. Les Bleus fell 2-1 to an Ivory Coast side that did not even qualify for the tournament, with Guela Doue equalizing before the comeback was completed in Nantes, and Kylian Mbappe stayed stuck one goal shy of Olivier Giroud's all-time France scoring record of 57.

Spain's 1-1 draw with Iraq at Riazor was just as instructive for tournament prices. Luis de la Fuente rested Rodri, Pedri, Cucurella, and Oyarzabal, and the attack looked toothless without the injured Lamine Yamal, who is working back from a hamstring problem and is expected to be available for Spain's Group H opener against Cape Verde on June 15. Sweden and Greece played out a 2-2 draw in Stockholm with Viktor Gyokeres on the scoresheet and a 94th-minute Greek equalizer. Saturday brings the heavyweight finale of the warm-up schedule: the United States hosts Germany at a sold-out Soldier Field, Portugal meets Chile in Lisbon with Cristiano Ronaldo expected to lead the line at 41, and a 12-match unbeaten Belgium faces Tunisia in Brussels. The market will be watching every one of them with group-stage prices already moving.