The clearest shape of the night came through those split periods. Canada did enough to move ahead before the interval, but Ireland erased that advantage after the break, leaving the final result locked. In a friendly, that swing often matters as much as the score itself, and the summary here is of two teams each controlling one stretch of the match.
For the home side, the frustration will be that a first-half lead did not become a win. Ireland, by contrast, left with credit for the response in the second half and for turning a losing position into a draw. The final stats available from the match point straight to that balance: one goal for each team and no separation by full time.
That made the highlights easy to read even without a long list of incidents. Canada set the early tone, Ireland answered later, and the score stayed level at the finish in Int. Friendly Games. It was a shared night on the scoreboard and, ultimately, a fair-looking 1-1 result.