Nigeria got the late equalizer, but it should be Canada who feels fortunate to escape its opening match of the U-17 Women’s World Cup with a draw.

Occean, who opened his Bundesliga account with a goal last week, hobbled out of Frankfurt’s 2-1 win over FC Nurnberg just 20 minutes into the match.

The Canadian men’s national team will go into its two biggest World Cup qualifiers in more than two decades without the country’s all-time leading scorer.

The signs were placed strategically alongside the pitch at Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. And the advertising buy was approved by NASL Commissioner David Downs.

“You can understand it during the game to lose momentum or be tired but I think in a game like this we should be ready from the get-go and give them more of a battle.”

With Will Johnson out because of yellow-card accumulation and striker Olivier Occean not even making the trip to Central America because of an injury picked up in Friday’s win, Hart will have to make some changes.

"We had a situation where we were not paying attention and fell asleep as a team and that was the difference," said Panamanian goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.

It's a goal that will loom large in Canada's history, yet it was completed before almost anyone realized what happened.

Make no mistake about it — the news of a National Soccer Development Centre in Vancouver could represent a major shift in the focus of our soccer programs.

“In the past when we’ve had games that were very important to Canada’s program and to the result I think we wanted it too bad,” said Hart of Canada’s failings of the past. “At times we played in such a way that we try to win the game in the first half or in the first 10 minutes or whatever so it’s important to understand to create some sort of balance. Yes, the game is important but how you approach the game.”