Out-of-favour All White Myer Bevan has scored with a long-range screamer for his Cavalry side in the quarter-finals of the Canadian Championship.
With Cavalry and the Vancouver Whitecaps scoreless after 71 minutes, the striker won the ball out wide, cut inside and let fly with a 28-metre shot that flew into the top of the net.
The Whitecaps levelled, forcing the game into extra time and eventually, Bevan’s Cavalry were eliminated in a penalty shootout.
Cavalry finished second in last season’s Canadian Premier League and reached the semi-finals of the end-of-season play-offs.
Bevan’s goal
Bevan’s career in Canada
Bevan signed for Cavalry in January 2022, and it is his third Canadian club.
Bevan’s football journey has seen him play in Canada, Sweden (loan to Husqvarna FF), United States (loan to Fresno FC), South Africa as well as New Zealand (Auckland City and Western Springs).
As a teenager, Auckland-born Bevan (25) joined the Nike Academy in England in 2016 and signed for Canadian club Whitecaps a year later. After a season, he transferred to Vancouver Whitecaps, who played in the Major Soccer League.
He then moved to South African Premier League club TS Galaxy in 2020 before heading home for a national league season with Auckland City.
In 2019, he was the ISPS Handa Premiership’s Golden Boot winner, scoring 15 times for Auckland City.
For the national side, Bevan has scored twice in six full internationals, having also represented New Zealand at U-20 and U-23 levels.
He has dual New Zealand-Canadian citizenship, enabling him to fill a domestic player’s spot on the Cavalry’s roster.
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