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Morocco Beats Canada 3-0 in Houston and Reaches World Cup Quarterfinals for Second Straight

Morocco defeats co-host Canada 3-0 in Houston to reach the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals, with Azzedine Ounahi scoring twice and Soufiane Rahimi adding a stoppage-time goal.Yassine Bounou makes three saves to preserve the shutout while six yellow cards in the first half produce the first World Cup half since at least 1966 in which bookings outnumbered shots, according to OptaJack.Canada exits the tournament despite higher possession and earlier knockout success; Morocco now awaits the winner of France and Paraguay for a quarterfinal tie next week.
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