Canada World Cup

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Post cover — Image courtesy of "Toronto Star"

An inside look at Canada's World Cup soccer group: Belgium ... (Toronto Star)

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

This will be the Moroccans’s second consecutive World Cup appearance. This match will be a measuring stick. Roberto Martinez’s side will be desperate to change that.

With Canada in soccer's World Cup, country loyalties will be tested (Times Colonist)

Ranogajec, who was born in a refugee camp in Italy as his parents fled communism in the former Yugoslavia, was among those who jammed the Croatian Cultural ...

They are so athletic and technical.” Martin Nash, who earned 38 caps for the national side, and is now coach of York United in the Canadian Premier League, said Canada has the potential to “cause some damage” in the World Cup. “They are not just going. Ranogajec, a former player who won the Jackson Cup Island championship in the 1980s with Victoria Croatia, says a lot has changed since 1986 for Canadian soccer. I believe they have the ability to get out of their group. They are going to compete. But Canada has not only ended the 36-year drought, it’s considered a dynamic and rising young side.

Local fans weigh in on chances Canadian men's team has in World ... (CTV Toronto)

Canada knows who they'll be facing in their first World Cup since 1986, but how to Waterloo Region fans feel about their chances?

"We already have a wait list for team Canada apparel, it’s coming in soon," he said. Last time Canada qualified for the World Cup in 1986, they drew France, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. They lost all three matches and were outscored five-nil. "I don't know who to cheer for."

Halilhodzic on Morocco's World Cup Draw: Difficult but Not Impossible (Morocco World News)

Vahid Halilhodzic, the head coach of Morocco's national football team, has reacted to the 2022 World Cup draw by stating that the Moroccan Atlas Lions can ...

But the Moroccan coach made sure to insist that his team does have the potential to make it out of its tough group. Speaking to the Qatari sports channel beIN Sports, Halilhodzic noted that the draw has placed Morocco’s national team in a tough group against highly competitive teams. Vahid Halilhodzic, the head coach of Morocco’s national football team, has reacted to the 2022 World Cup draw by stating that the Moroccan Atlas Lions can impress at the upcoming World Cup despite having to play grueling games against tough opponents in the highly-anticipated competition.

World Cup 2022 Group F draw: Belgium, Croatia, Canada, Morocco ... (Sporting News)

The teams in Group F at the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be determined by a draw taking place on April 1 in Doha, Qatar. The tournament will be hosted by Qatar ...

Coach John Herdman will be out to make his own piece of history, as he becomes the first person to lead a team at both the women’s and men’s World Cup. Despite his advancing years, Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric remains a superb player and the talisman. With players of the standard of Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku, they could take some stopping. The four teams selected into the group will play a round-robin format with each nation facing the other three. Morocco fills the other spot in Group F, looking to fly the flag for Africa once again after gaining a credible 2-2 draw against Spain at Russia 2018. If teams are also tied in those categories another set of tiebreakers is applied.

"Hidden threat": World Cup opponents show respect for Canada ... (Daily Hive)

Canada isn't about to be underestimated by Belgium, Croatia, and Morocco in Group F at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to its coaches.

“This will be a generational shift for our country. Young people will be ignited in a way that they have never been around this sport before. "This will be a generational shift for our country. So they will be very motivated, they will come to the World Cup with a lot of good energy, and we will be a kind of ‘target’ for them. Croatia is ranked 16th in the world and was a surprise World Cup finalist in 2018. So we have to be very careful because we have a tough opponent ahead of us.”

Canada draws Belgium, Croatia and Morocco at FIFA World Cup in ... (Verve times)

Canada were the last county selected at the World Cup Draw in Doha, Oatar on Friday and were placed in Group F, where they will open the tournament against ...

“That’s where we have to get it right more than anything; in the lead-in to our first match.” Now knowing who it will face, Canada has plenty of time to prepare for the World Cup, and Herdman hopes to schedule at least one exhibition game in the international window this summer. “In June we have Nations League games, but there is a small window right at the front end that gives us a chance to take a friendly game here in Canada, and we’ll absolutely push to do that,” Herdman said. Belgium was ranked the No. 1 team in the world until recently displaced by Brazil and now sit second. Everything that came out of that draw was an opportunity for this country.” “I don’t know how many years people in this country have had to endure that draw and be ready to support their secondary team.