Tag: World Cup Qatar 2022
Full disclosure, I’m not here to categorically say that Canada should fire the men’s National team's most successful coach since the eighties. But football is a fast, results-driven business. It’s not March 2022 anymore, and after a run of form that has seen Canada soccer handed a big reality check, perhaps it’s time we examine … Continue reading The Uncomfortable John Herdman Problem
Let’s get this out of the way regarding the Qatar World Cup. Slavery is bad. Deaths at work are worse. Real inclusivity would have been nice, and Gianni’s Fifa makes Sepp’s look like…well Gianni’s. But that isn’t the whole tale of this World Cup. If you dig deep, like Barry White deep, there are silver … Continue reading Why the World Cup was Great (Trying to be Fair to Qatar in a World of Fifa’s Making)
And just like that, it’s over. The twenty-second World Cup is over. What was already a tournament like no other before a ball was kicked has passed and with it is left behind an (on the pitch) legacy that can rival any World Cup. In a tournament filled with history makers, upsets and iconic moments, … Continue reading Ten Best Moments From the 2022 FIFA World Cup
This Sunday, Argentina and France will meet in the World Cup final, a match that will be watched by billions across the globe. It brings the curtain down on what has been a fantastic (on the pitch) tournament, and it won’t be until 2026 that the FIFA World Cup returns. One fact remains true going … Continue reading After 2022, The World Cup Will Never Be the Same
For only the third time, the work cup semi finals will include a team not from the traditional powerhouse confederations of UEFA (Europe), and COMNEBOL (South America). Perhaps it’s somewhat romantic that each of them three teams reperesents a different football confederation, with CONCACAF (North, Central and Caribbean America), AFC (Asia) and CAF (Africa) all … Continue reading Morocco and the History of Non European/South American World Cup Semi Finalists
And then there were four. After four pulsating quarter-final matches, we are now left with four teams with World Cup aspirations. For some like France and Argentina, this was within the realm of expectation, for Croatia it’s a welcomed return and for Morocco…it’s history on a continental scale. This World Cup has already been defined … Continue reading How Each Semi Finalist Can Reach the 2022 World Cup Final
And then there were eight. After sixteen days straight of football, here we are on the cusp of the quarterfinals. There are four fascinating games coming up, and every team will believe they have a chance of reaching the last four. Ultimately not every team is equal though, and while nothing is decided on paper … Continue reading World Cup Power Rankings – Last Eight Edition
We’re now into the last sixteen of the World Cup, and this tournament has for sure been incredibly enjoyable and memorable (on the field). There are plenty of teams in the last sixteen that many of us didn’t expect to see there such as Morocco, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and arguably Poland. But with every … Continue reading Five Most Disappointing Teams At the 2022 World Cup
Two games was all it took for Group F to seal Canada's World Cup fate and send them home, and after one more game, worth something in terms of this World Cup only for Morocco, Canada's time in Qatar has come to a close. On paper, a 1-0 loss to Belgium, a 4-1 loss to … Continue reading Canada Has Nothing to be Ashamed of After World Cup
If you go anywhere in Europe, South America, Africa, or Asia and tell them you’re Canadian, the Canadian sportsperson they’re most likely to tell you they know won’t be Connor McDavid, it won’t Sidney Crosby, and it won’t even be Wayne Gretzky. It will be Alphonso Davies. Davies is only twenty-two years old, but is … Continue reading Alphonso Davies Is An Inspiration, and Owes the Media Nothing.
