Canadian men still chasing soccer history in their final outing at 2022 World Cup
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With one game remaining, Canada is still chasing history at the World Cup.
With one game remaining, Canada is still chasing history at the World Cup. But a motivated Morocco stands in its way of a first-ever positive result at the men’s soccer showcase Thursday.
For coach John Herdman, the 41st-ranked Canadians ticked off one box in a “fearless” performance in their tournament opener, pushing No. 2 Belgium to the limit in a 1-0 loss. And Alphonso Davies’ goal 68 seconds into the match against No. 12 Croatia ended Canada’s scoring drought at the tournament, albeit in what turned out to be a 4-1 defeat.
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Plenty of other targets remain in what will be the Canadians’ last World Cup outing until 2026, when Canada co-hosts an expanded 48-team tournament.
Herdman listed them off Wednesday: first team to keep a clean sheet, first to get a result, first to get a win.
“We’ve missed out on the first team to advance from a World Cup group stage but we haven’t been here for 36 years,” Herdman told the pre-match news conference. “You play Belgium, Croatia. The first time you’ve played top, top teams in over a decade and it’s on the world stage to get out of a group stage.
“We believe those goals are still achievable.”
On Tuesday, Herdman showed players and staff video of fans back home celebrating Davies’ historic goal Sunday as the 22-year-old from Edmonton joined Helen Stoumbos in the Canada Soccer record book. Stoumbos scored Canada’s first goal at the Women’s World Cup, in the 87th minute of a 3-2 loss to England in June 1995.
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