Team Canada’s World Cup hero, Stephen Eustaquio, was overcome with emotion on Sunday, June 28, after his stoppage time goal sent Canada to the Round of 16 with a 1-0 win over South Africa.
A TSN reporter caught up with Eustanquio, 29, moments after his goal to ask how he was remembering his family, including his late parents, in the moment.
“Everything I do is for my family, for my parents, for my girlfriend, for my daughter, for my brother, for my friends back home,” he responded through tears. “For all of them.”
Eustanquio lost his mother to brain cancer in 2023, then his...
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