T-3 hours! What an opportunity Canada has tonight.
I started watching this team in the 2019 Gold Cup having heard a bit about Davies and curious as to why I'd never heard about or seen the men's national team. Jonathan David, 19 years old at the time, scored 6 goals and won the Golden Boot. Lucas Cavallini also had 5
![laugh :laugh: :laugh:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laff.gif)
. That team showed so much promise but then Milan Borjan and the rest of the team crumbled against Haiti - my initiation to this team's history of choking.
Then, this young Canadian team stunned the US in the Nations League, a pivotal result for the program.
Following this team as they went through all the stages of World Cup Qualifying was maybe the most exciting sports experience I've had (even more than the Habs' Covid run where I knew Tampa would dummy us). It started off on goat patches against Bermuda, Aruba, The Cayman Islands....and who can forget the anxiety before we faced Suriname
![laugh :laugh: :laugh:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laff.gif)
. Then, watching this team grow and slay Mexico and the US in the Octagonal was a dream. I'm one of the lucky few who can say they were at Iceteca.
The World Cup didn't go the way we wanted but that performance against Belgium left an impression. With Kevin Blue and Peter Augruso now in charge, the program seems to be back on track. Jesse Marsch has the boys believing again and aspiring to change the perception of Canadian Men's soccer. The pundits on ESPN still laugh whenever Canada's brought up. A win tonight can change all of that. I'm not expecting Canada to win tonight but I know they'll leave it all out on the field.
Sign me up for some Koné magic tonight. He looked like a man on a mission in his 10 minute sub appearance last match. Can the Maritime Messi strike again?
ALLEZ LES ROUGES