Canadian men will play in their first World Cup since 1986, and players point to coach John Herdman for changing the culture of their program.
Alphonso Davies hadn’t been born the last time Canada played in a World Cup, which really isn’t surprising since just one member of the country’s national team was alive in 1986, when Canada bowed out in three games without scoring a goal.
But there’s another way to measure how long ago that was: Davies, Canada’s star winger, is in his fifth season with Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich yet his parents, Victoria and Debeah, were in grade school in 1986 and years away from their first date.Canada’s players aren’t content simply being back on the world stage. They intend to leave a mark on the tournament, beginning Wednesday when they meet second-ranked Belgium in the World Cup opener for both.
The man who has Canadians — on and off the field — thinking that way is John Herdman, an infectious former university lecturer from a small mining town in northeast England who had no high-level playing experience but has made a career out of turning around national soccer teams. He took over a New Zealand women’s program that had played in one major global championship in its history and coached it to two consecutive Women’s World Cups and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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