Guadeloupe

Canada's Dwayne De Rosario of Canada tries to control the ball between the defense of Guadeloupe's Miguel Comminges, left, and Thery Racon during their Gold Cup game on Saturday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Brian Blanco / EPA / June 11, 2011)

June 11, 2011, 9:29 p.m.TAMPA, Fla. — Dwayne De Rosario's second-half penalty kick led Canada past 10-man Guadeloupe, 1-0, in a Group C Gold Cup match Saturday night.

Earlier, Guadeloupe midfielder Jean-Luc Lambourde was given a straight red card in the fourth minute after a lunging tackle on Canada's Will Johnson.

"We didn't want to change what we set out to do … just be patient," Canada coach Stephen Hart said. "It was very, very hot. Make them run. Keep the ball moving and just be careful not to get caught on the counter-attack."

Guadeloupe's Thery Racon had a good scoring chance during the opening minute of the second half but was stopped by Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan.

"They created some pretty good goal-scoring opportunities," De Rosario said. "At the start of the second half, we started flat and they almost scored a goal. The main thing was we didn't lose our heads in the game. We didn't let them get us a red card."

"We played very well with 10 men," Guadeloupe coach Roger Salnot said. "We did everything we had to. Just didn't get a result at the end."

Canada was coming off a 2-0 opening-game loss to the United States last Tuesday and had not scored a Gold Cup goal in its previous 242 minutes entering Saturday's match.