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How did Ghana make the World Cup and Canada didn't?

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Blitty
Yeah Canadian soccer is the equivalent of Australian ice hockey.
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What, Australia actually has a national ice hockey team?? :pikachu:

To answer your original question though it all depends on what conference your country is put into...

Cant speak for Canada's regional grouping but us Aussies didn't qualify for WC for over 2 decades until FIFA decided to accept oceania group.

Before that we had to qualify via the South American route :fokk:.
 
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:pope:
Now we only need FIFA to recognise this.

Would give your lot a much better chance of making the grade...
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Yeah soccer doesn't register nationally here.

Canadians aren't excited to be perennial doormats in world soccer.

Alot of Canadians have European ancestry, and dual citizenship, so we can cheer for our mother countries.

Mother countries that can win.


:italia:


in world cup/soccer plommer is cheering exclusively for Team Italy!

Forza Italia!
 
plommer
Yeah soccer doesn't register nationally here.

Canadians aren't excited to be perennial doormats in world soccer.

Alot of Canadians have European ancestry, and dual citizenship, so we can cheer for our mother countries.

Mother countries that can win.


:italia:


in world cup/soccer plommer is cheering exclusively for Team Italy!

Forza Italia!
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Thought the obvious choice would have been team France pal...

Plommie, what do you say to those that say canadiens are overly sensitive??

My experience in dealing with Canadiens is that this warrants further investigation...
 
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Thought the obvious choice would have been team France pal...

Plommie, what do you say to those that say canadiens are overly sensitive??

My experience in dealing with Canadiens is that this warrants further investigation...
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Overly sensitive to what? We know our soccer team is lousy. 99.9999% of Canucks don't give it any thought.

Some Canucks can be a little sensitive to stereotyping by the US media, most if not all Canadians have access to all the US TV networks and shows.

Canada is a very good place to live, even with the cold winters. There is nothing to be sensitive about.

Canada has an excellent reputation worldwide and Canadians are welcome around the globe, just like Australians.
 
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Thought the obvious choice would have been team France pal...

Plommie, what do you say to those that say canadiens are overly sensitive??

My experience in dealing with Canadiens is that this warrants further investigation...
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For the record Canadiens refers to me :matty:. Canadians refers to the rest of them (Muddy, Pucky, Acid Joe, plommer, MrQ, Buztah, etc. :canada:)

:matty: has a certain cultural partnership with :france:.

:canada: is somehow still kneeling before the Queen of :uk:.


Telling Canadians that they should go back to France is likely to offend. The more aggressive of them might even tell you how they feel.
 
Matty
:canada: is somehow still kneeling before the Queen of :uk:.
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plommer
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Solid post.

Baboon.
 
I've never known the Canadian's men's team to be in as sad a shape as it is now. The addition of 3 Canadian MLS teams was supposed to be a good thing. It's really been downhill since the 2001 Gold Cup.

Also, before BMO Stadium came along not that long ago, Canada was I think just about the only member of FIFA that did not have a soccer specific stadium.
 
PuckOff
Olympic hockey is going to be awesome, but it won't be a cakewalk for us. I actually think Russia will pull it off.
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I really haven't seen anything good from the Russian team since the 80's. I mean I can't understand why nobody can coach these guys puck control. We have a great tradition, but we play some second rate Canadian style. Might get lucky and win, if Sweden gets knocked out by a mediocre team again. :dunno:
 
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