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The long wait is finally over, and now Canada can compete for their first World Cup in
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men’s soccer in 36 years. What do you think Canada’s chances of winning are?
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Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach - FIFA World Cup Soccer is the most watched sporting event in the world.
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In 2018, 3.6 billion viewers tuned in to watch the tournament. This year, 32 teams representing their respective
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countries around the world, are converging in Qatar to compete for the prestige and glory, vying to be crowned world
champions.
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Canada, competing in the world cup this year, is exciting regardless of if they are listed as underdogs among soccer
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analysts. Canada battling through the qualifiers on the way to soccer’s center stage was a great achievement. Odds
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makers to date are listing Canada as having a better chance than 10 other competing countries of winning the 2022
FIFA World Cup, which includes Japan, South Korea, Ghana, Cameroon, hosts Qatar, as well as Australia, Costa
Rica, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Iran.
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I believe Team Canada is ready to do battle on the pitch. The pressure is on and in this circumstance, pressure is a
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privilege!
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Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - Canada dominated at the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central
America, and Caribbean Association Football) qualifying round to get into the FIFA World Cup, but they will be up
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against a much higher level of competition in Qatar. Ranked at #23 out of the 32 teams in the tournament, Canada
is a definite underdog. Upsets can and do happen in all sports, but it’s highly unlikely that Canada advances beyond
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the first round. Success at the World Cup should be measured in progress made from the 1986 tournament - being
competitive in each game played, scoring a goal or two, or possibly even getting a win. Canada’s core players are
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quite young, and the team should be in a better position to succeed at the 2026 Cup. The real win for Canada may be
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in the positive exposure that the World Cup brings to the sport, and the inspiration it provides for the next generation
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of Canadian soccer players.
Peter Collins - Sports Enthusiast - The long wait is finally over, and now Canada can compete for their first World
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Cup in men’s soccer in 36 years. What do you think Canada’s chances are of winning are?
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Well to start with, imagine the near impossible dream of Team Canada winning the final game on Dec 18th. As
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that dream continues, the players celebrate and hoist the “FIFA World Cup Trophy,” as they douse themselves in
non-alcoholic Bud Zero. What, no champagne, no players wearing ski goggles to prevent the stinging bubbly from
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harming their eyes? In conservative Islamic Qatar, these are the established no alcohol rules. Swearing or making
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rude gestures can also land you in jail, so be forewarned, you Crazy Canucks. Chances are, that disappointing image
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will not happen because Canada is +20,000 to win the championship. What does that mean? It means if you bet one
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hundred dollars on Canada to win, you would win twenty thousand and one hundred dollars. In fractional odds this
converts to Canada’s chances being 200 to 1. To put things in perspective, favourite Brazil’s betting odds are a little
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less than 3 to 1. Because they have not qualified for this tourney in thirty-six years, it would be a huge, and I mean
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huge, accomplishment if Canada made it out of their round robin group. So, let’s cheer for Canada to beat Belgium,
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Morocco or Croatia and make it to the final sixteen teams. If we can do that it would be an incredible step forward for
Canadian soccer. Maybe then the men’s team can improve on their ranking of forty-first in the world, and challenge
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Canada’s seventh ranked women’s soccer team for Canadian soccer supremacy!