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Former Basel player Liam Millar was part of Canada's starting eleven in the 1-1 draw against Ireland
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Canada, Switzerland's group opponents at the World Cup, played out a 1-1 draw against Ireland on Friday in Montreal in their last test match before the start of the tournament.
The Canadians took the lead after a corner from Stephen Eustaquio and an own goal from Jake O'Brien. Ireland equalized after the break through Chiedozie Ogbene, who scored after Maxime Crépeau had saved a penalty.
Canada will face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Qatar and Switzerland in Group B in turn and will probably have to do without captain Alphonso Davies, at least in the opening game. The 25-year-old Bayern Munich left-back suffered a muscle injury in his left hamstring in May and has not featured in the last two test matches.