Tag: World Cup soccer
over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Pelé, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé. The spirit of this World Cup is the power of three

Mbappé is the closest thing to Pelé at a World Cup, again, while Messi has become the sainted figure in Qatar.

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | In the end, the Qatar World Cup is about much more than soccer. It’s about all of us

The soccer has been fantastic, the mechanics work, but the flashpoints are obvious. Inequality exists everywhere, but...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | There’s alcohol to be found at the Qatar World Cup — if you play the game

Permits, special ID, razor wire. Visitors are finding out how far they’re willing to go for a drink, for better or wo...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Alphonso Davies and Canada’s World Cup soccer team dodge a bullet. The road to Qatar ha...

Davies’s hamstring injury — the same day Canada lost backup ’keeper Maxime Crepeau with a broken leg — won’t keep him...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | After the high of World Cup qualification, Canadian coach John Herdman breaks down the ...

With two friendlies on tap in the coming days, Herdman is honest to the point where it’s almost like he is setting th...

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about 2 years ago
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An inside look at Canada’s World Cup soccer group: Belgium, Croatia, Morocco

The Canadian men’s soccer team will play in Group F with Belgium, Croatia and Morocco when the World Cup kicks off in...

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about 2 years ago
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Atiba Hutchinson and Milan Borjan are a team within a team. Canada’s World Cup breakthrough was w...

The most experienced players on the Canadian men’s soccer team, rejuvenated by the next generation, just kept pushing...

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about 2 years ago
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Canada’s World Cup soccer berth was dipped in ink and forged by fire

Last year, coach John Herdman handed out mock front pages of the Toronto Star, celebrating the World Cup breakthrough...

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about 2 years ago
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World Cup berth for Canadian men another defining moment in the evolution of a soccer country

As the Canadians indeed started to act like the best team in the CONCACAF region, Canada — which also celebrated wome...

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about 2 years ago
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All signs point to the World Cup for the Canadian men’s soccer team. We did the math

Win or tie and they’re in Sunday against short-handed Jamaica at BMO Field, where the Canadian men’s team has never l...

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about 2 years ago
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Alphonso Davies might not be back for Canada’s World Cup soccer clincher

Davies hasn’t played for Canada since November because of a heart condition known as myocarditis, following a bout of...

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about 2 years ago
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The road ahead for Canada and the 2026 men’s soccer World Cup

While Toronto is considered a lock to host games, the official announcement isn’t expected until April.

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over 2 years ago
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‘It’s bigger than us.’ Canada’s World Cup soccer quest changes the conversation

John Herdman’s squad has started to forge a legacy of success even before punching its ticket to Qatar 2022.

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over 2 years ago
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Analysis | Do Canadians have an advantage in the cold? The national men’s soccer team hopes so

The Canadians, on the brink of a World Cup berth, will host the U.S. in Hamilton in sub-zero conditions Sunday. Exper...

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over 2 years ago
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Analysis | Canada-U.S. soccer rivalry is good for the game, now and down the road

Sunday’s men’s World Cup qualifier in Hamilton is one of the most anticipated soccer matches north of the border in a...

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over 2 years ago
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Analysis | The World Cup window is wide open for the Canadian men’s soccer team

Their first World Cup berth since 1986 could be locked up next week. But three matches in countries over seven days w...

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over 2 years ago
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Canadian Stephen Eustáquio might be good to go for World Cup qualifiers after move to Portuguese ...

The unbeaten group leaders will visit Honduras on Thursday, then host the United States on Sunday at Hamilton’s Tim H...

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over 2 years ago
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What lies ahead for the Canadian men’s soccer team on the road to the World Cup

What exactly will it take for Canada to qualify for the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1986? It’s too soon ...

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over 2 years ago
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‘Phonzie potential.’ Tajon Buchanan won’t be Canadian soccer’s secret weapon for long. The word i...

With a move to Belgium’s Club Brugge in the near future, the Toronto-born, Brampton-raised Buchanan is a star on the ...

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over 2 years ago
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Canadian men’s soccer team heads home from Jamaica with hope, but not three points

The point Canada earned from a 0-0 tie in Kingston on Sunday doesn’t compare with the 1-1 draw in Mexico City just da...

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over 2 years ago
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Canada’s World Cup soccer quest hits Jamaica after breakthrough in Mexico

The Canadian men sit alone in third place behind the U.S. and Mexico, one point ahead of Panama and El Salvador. Thre...

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