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The 2022 World Cup ends in December, which makes it the perfect opportunity for many Canadian players to put themselves in the shop window. While many players for Canada are playing at a good level already, there is a handful of players who know that if they in particular can impress, then a big career-changing … Continue reading Five Canadians Primed For A Big Move After The World Cup
The last twenty-eight years have seen the FIFA World Cup cement itself as a worldwide event that captures the imagination of people around the globe. It has seen the tournament that was once hosted exclusively in Europe and Latin America, go to new continents such as Asia and Africa, and brought football to the United … Continue reading The Most Memorable Game From Every World Cup – Part Three
With the World Cup starting on November 20th, it's time to give each group a letter grade from A to F on how competitive the group will be, how watchable the group will be, and predict a winner, a loser, and who might be a surprise upset in each group. Group A: Qatar - 50 … Continue reading Grading the World Cup Groups
While they still wait for their players competing for club teams in Europe to arrive, the Canadian Men's National Team took to the field against Bahrain in their second-to-last tune-up game, ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. The pitch at Khalifa Sports City Stadium certainly gave football traditionalists a difficult time arguing why turf … Continue reading Canada Fights Back to Earn Draw With Bahrain
Every World Cup has what we would consider a dark horse, a team that isn’t expected to win or necessarily even get that far in the tournament, but goes on to shock the world. In 2010 it was Uruguay, Costa Rica in 2014, and in 2018 Croatia made it all the way to the final! … Continue reading Dark Horse Teams To Look Out For At The 2022 World Cup
In the next seven World Cups to follow 1962, the World Cup would see almost nonstop growth into becoming a cultural phenomenon. Legends of the game like Cruyff, Maradona and Beckenbauer all leaving an impact on the sports most coveted prize. From black and white to technicolour, from the Jules Rimet Trophy to the World … Continue reading The Most Memorable Game From Every World Cup – Part Two
We’re officially on the countdown for Qatar 2022! Although it will be a World Cup literally unlike any other, it is a World Cup, and immediately your mind will be casted back to memorable World Cup games of yesteryear. So while we count down the days to the opening game between Qatar and Ecuador, we … Continue reading The Most Memorable Game From Every World Cup – Part One
Look, the press about soccer in Canada leading up to our first World Cup appearance since the OG Top Gun was in theatres hasn't been great. But maybe we are looking at it the wrong way. Where is our trademark Canadian optimism? Let's go back through the headlines and look for some silver linings. Clothes … Continue reading Hey Now, It’s Not All Bad: An Optimistic Look at Big Time Soccer in Canada
Canada learned their fate for the 2023 FIFA World Cup today with the defending Olympic champions being drawn in Group B. It’s a group of familiar faces for Canada, with two of the three opponents being teams they have played multiple times in 2022 - which means Bev Priestman’s side knows a lot about their … Continue reading Canada Drawn In Group B For the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Canada’s first World Cup appearance since 1986 will be soon upon us, and for millions of Canadians it’ll be the first time they see their country at a World Cup! In fact, in the current Canada national team set up, only one player was even alive when Canada was last at a World Cup, thirty-nine … Continue reading Atiba Hutchinson – A Last Dance Worth Waiting For
