TORONTO — When does a draw feel like a win?

For the Canadian men’s team, it’s when they are reduced to 10 men early in a tightly contested international friendly yet still find a way to come out even against one of the top nations from South America.

Canada was forced to play a man short against Ecuador for the majority of Thursday’s contest at BMO Field that ended in a 0-0 stalemate after Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed was red carded in the sixth minute. The result means Canada is now winless in three games, and it extended the team’s goal drought to 319 consecutive minutes, a streak that dates back to September’s international window.

However, Jesse Marsch said he was “incredibly positive (about) this performance,” and talked like a coach who just witnessed his side earn a h

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