The Canadian national team is close to realizing a dream that it has been waiting for 36 years in the World Cup

The Canadian national team has been seeking to realize a dream that has been waiting for 36 years, and is betting on a distinguished team led by a young star in the person of Bayern Munich winger Alfonso Davis and English coach John Herdman, in order to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since Mexico 1986.

Canada will visit Costa Rica tomorrow in the twelfth round of the qualifiers for the CONCACAF region (North, Central America and the Caribbean), and it is in the lead with 25 points, eight points behind the fourth place, which entitles its owner to enter an international play-off, with three rounds remaining at the end of the qualifiers.


With seven wins and four draws without any defeat, the Canadian team leads by four points over the giants of its region, the United States and Mexico, ensuring at least a continental play-off against the leaders of the Oceania qualifiers.

The presence of the Canadian national team in this situation is a surprise for a team with a modest record that did not win anything in its history except the Gold Cup in 1985 and 2000, for a team that many people do not remember having played in the 1986 World Cup except for the French perhaps, because Jean-Pierre Papin’s goal in the first round paved the way In front of the "roosters" in order to reach the final price on their way to the round of four, where the journey ended in front of West Germany 0-2.

Only captain and midfielder Atiba Hutchinson lived in this era, although he was only three years old and certainly does not remember the only participation of his country in the world finals and losing its three matches against France (zero-1), then Hungary (zero-2) and the Soviet Union (zero). -2).

Now, Canada finds itself only needing two points from its last three matches against Costa Rica on Thursday, Jamaica on Sunday and Panama on Wednesday, to book its ticket to the finals for the second time in its history, which means that its victory Thursday will resolve matters two rounds before the end of the qualifiers.

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