VAN DIEST: Canada facing small opponents in massive games

A stumble against either Aruba on Saturday or Suriname on June 8 and the road to qualifying could hit a dead end.tap here to see other videos from our teamIf they manage to do what’s expected this week, then Canada needs to get past either Nicaragua or Haiti next week to make it into the main CONCACAF qualifying group.

Canada needs to finish first its preliminary qualifying group — consisting of Suriname, Bermuda, Aruba and the Cayman Islands — to move on. Topping the group would then set up a home-and-home series against Haiti, which beat Canada at the 2019 Gold Cup, or Nicaragua, which has never been an easy opponent.If Canada loses the series, then its Qatar World Cup aspirations are over.Article content

Canada has only ever qualified for the men’s FIFA World Cup in 1986 and hasn’t really come close since. The COVID-19 pandemic forced CONCACAF to change the qualifying process, giving Canada an opportunity to play its way into the main qualifying group. With the likes of 2020 UEFA Champions League winner Alphonso Davies, recently crowned French Ligue 1 champion Jonathan David, and Turkish champion Cyle Larin on the team, Canada should have enough talent to move on to the final phase of qualifying, where they’ll be able to pit themselves up against the best the region has to offer.

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