The Canadian men's national team is in the round of 16 at the World Cup. It still doesn't quite sound real.

It took a gritty, resiliant performance against a tough and dangerous South Africa side to get it done. While it may not have been the prettiest win in program history, it doesn't particularly matter in knockout play like this.

Here's a look at the player ratings in the most iconic and memorable win in program history.

Maxime Crépeau - 7.5

Crépeau's clean sheet required just one fairly routine save, but he did his job commanding the area whenever needed on the afternoon, confidently collecting a handful of dangerous-looking South Africa crosses.

His distribution wasn't perfect, and there are times when it would be nice if he were able to have a bit more willingness to play the ball forward to the midfielders in the buildout, but overall, it was a business-like game for Canada's starter in the sticks.

Richie Laryea - 8

You always know exactly what you're going to get with Laryea, a proper two-way full-back performance with a bit of emotion and flair mixed in.

The Toronto FC man did an excellent job shutting down the dangerous Thapelo Maseko, got forward with some good overlapping and underlapping runs, and picked out some good positions inverting into the midfield.

Laryea also had a real argument to draw a penalty at the end of the first half, the true Richie special, but the officials deemed the contact not a foul.

Derek Cornelius - 7

Defensively, the centre-back was excellent, winning 62% of his aerial duels and controlling the back line against a tricky and pacey South African front line.

On the ball, though, there were times where Cornelius was a bit slow and lackadaisical, taking too many touches and slowing down the play when there needed to be quicker decisions made to launch an attack.

On another day, the big chance he missed with his head off a free kick would've haunted the nation, but it didn't matter in the end today.

Moïse Bombito - 7

In Bombito's first competitive start since early October with Nice, he looked pretty close to his best self in the first half, but clearly didn't have the gas to go much longer than that.

His speed and aggressiveness are pivotal for Canada to have success, and he won three of his four duels on the night. On the ball, he looked confident carrying it forward, but a bit rusty with his passes, missing a few forward balls.

Like his centre-back partner, he also had a big chance missed off a set piece in the first half, with his 44th-minute header off a corner cleared off the line.

In the end, though, just getting Bombito back on the pitch and healthy is a huge win for Canada, and he'll need to be key if they're to do anything more in this tournament.

Alistair Johnston - 8.5

The ever-reliable Celtic man has been one of Canada's best players at this World Cup, and he had another standout performance on Sunday.

Johnston made eight passes into the final third, had five ball recoveries, won both of his aerial duels and managed to keep Oswin Appolis quiet on the day.

The play of both of the full-backs has really elevated the team forward across these four games.

Liam Millar - 5.5

It was a mixed bag of a performance from Millar, who mostly struggled against South Africa right-back Khuliso Mudau but was also able to create a couple of chances when he was in space.

Still, winning just three of 13 duels and completing just one of five dribbles on the afternoon leaves maybe a bit more to be desired.

Stephen Eustáquio - 9.5

The image of Eustáquio taking the ball down off his chest, setting up and placing the ball perfectly in the bottom corner in the 92nd minute is one that will go down in Canadian sporting history.

For that reason alone, the match-winner deserves his plaudits. But for the 90 minutes before that, he was also excellent, breaking up attacks, moving the ball quickly and effectively, and creating five chances.

A good portion of those chances created were from his set-piece delivery, which was much better today than it has been the rest of this tournament.

It was an all-around fantastic performance for the skipper in midfield.

Nathan Saliba - 6.5 

In a crowded midfield, Saliba didn't quite make the same impact as he did in the last two games. There were a few times where his touch let him down, or he just couldn't quite pick out the right weight on a pass.

After getting megged and taking a yellow, he was substituted just before the 60th minute.

Still, Saliba did his job defensively, winning six of his 10 duels, had some good defensive reads jumping passes, and definitely had a few positive moments driving forward.

Tajon Buchanan - 5

It wasn't an effective performance from Buchanan, who struggled to make an impact on the game on the right side.

To his credit, the service out to the Villarreal man wasn't fantastic, and it's clear South Africa purposely made it so Canada didn't get him out isolated 1v1, but it was a quiet showing from Tajon.

If Canada is to find success against either Morocco or the Netherlands, they'll need their most dangerous winger to have a big performance and create much more danger than he did today.

Jonathan David - 5.5

The Juventus man struggled physically on the night and had his share of poor touches and misplaced passes.

In typical David fashion, he dropped in and floated around the midfield to link up attacks well, but struggled to make his imprint on the attack.

Pressing-wise, there were times when he could've stepped out to South Africa's key offensive launcher, Mbekezeli Mbokazi, as the left-sided centre-back was given too much time to pick out long switches and forward passes at times.

Tani Oluwaseyi - 6.5

Unfortunately, Oluwaseyi just isn't in goal-scoring form right now. He did his job leading the press, stretching the back line and getting into good spaces, but struggled when it was time to finish his chances.

The best illustration of this was a moment pretty early in the first half, when the Villarreal striker received the ball in a good pocket atop the box, took a good first touch out of pressure, but the second touch to set up a shot was not there, and the ball was cleared before he could even get a shot away.

Luc de Fougerolles - 8

Unlucky not to start after playing very well in the group stage, de Fougerolles put up a tremendous performance off the bench for Bombito.

He broke up just about every attack sent his way, was strong on the ball and won all six of his combined ground and aerial duels. His introduction definitely helped tilt the tables in Canada's favour after a poor start to the second half.

Niko Sigur - 6.5

Sigur had some fantastic moments on the ball coming into central midfield off the bench, picking out two or three wonderful passes to Oluwaseyi or Jacob Shaffelburg running in behind.

Unfortunately, he picked up a silly yellow trying to be too cute, which limited his effectiveness against the ball. His lack of pace was a bit of a concern with how quickly the South Africans moved in transition, too.

Jacob Shaffelburg - 7

It was Shaffelburg who played in the cross that was cleared into the path of Eustáquio for the winner, though obviously he'll get no real credit on the assist.

Otherwise, the pacey winger did exactly what was asked of him, running in behind the back line and getting the ball into the box.

Promise David - 6

There wasn't very much to do for Promise, who caused a bit of havoc when he came on, but overall just occupied space, only taking 10 touches.

Alphonso Davies - 7.5

Potentially, it was more the gravity of Davies that changed the game more than what he actually achieved on the pitch. 

He played a couple of nice passes and provided energy and quality, but his biggest contribution was the scare he put into South Africa, who seemed to back off and send fewer numbers forward once the Bayern star was sent on.

Jesse Marsch - 7.5

The game plan from the start seemed a bit off, with the line of confrontation being far too high up the pitch, letting the South Africans play balls right up the gut and create some real danger in behind.

After the first hydration break, though, Canada really settled in, mostly because of the tactical change given by the coaching staff to let their opponents possess the ball along their back line, and only stepping out when they attempted to move the ball forward.

From there, South Africa really wasn't able to generate much offensively at all. March's substitutions all seemed to come at a good time and definitely changed the game in a good way, though it was a surprise not to see Ali Ahmed get any minutes, presuming he wasn't injured.