A scoreless draw isn’t usually cause for celebration. But when you go down a man in the sixth minute and the opponent is No. 23 Ecuador, it’s a good night’s work.

Canada coach Jesse Marsch saw plenty to admire Thursday.

“I said to the team that maybe it’s not be our best win but it might be our most important (game),” he said after the draw. “Because (of) the intelligence and the maturity and the savviness and the understanding of how to handle a good opponent, how to stay concentrated in the match for over 90 minutes of being a man down … I’m so incredibly positive from this performance.”

The game, before a sellout crowd of 28,740, turned early when winger Ali Ahmed was controversially sent off for a reckless challenge.

In the wake of the ejection, No. 28 Canada defended resolutely wh

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