Davies returns as Canada seek redemption against South Africa

A year after tearing his ACL on the same turf that will host his return, Alphonso Davies steps back onto SoFi Stadium's field carrying more than Canada's tactical hopes — he carries the weight of interrupted promise and the quiet question of whether a team can be made whole again at the very site of its wounding. Canada faces South Africa in a winner-takes-all knockout match on Sunday, a contest that will determine not just who advances to the last sixteen, but whether this tournament becomes a story of redemption or regret. The stakes are sharpened by recent loss, returning bodies, and the pa