A draw or victory over No. 83 Haiti and the Canadians advance to the final round of qualifying in the region that covers North and Central America and the Caribbean
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“They don’t need any extra motivation. They don’t need to understand history,” Herdman said on the eve of Tuesday’s match with Haiti in the second-leg of their CONCACAF second-round qualifying playoff in Bridgeview, Ill.“They’ve respected the past. But what I’ve said to them is the present is the only thing that matters. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves on the future. Be humble. Act poor when you’re actually wealthy and you’ll get through this.
“We’ve come a long way in a three-year period from when we first got together for that game against New Zealand,” said Herdman, referencing his first game in charge. “Either in the players that we’ve recruited to this team – we’ve worked hard to recruit players, find players, find the right players, give players caps, bring groups together, testing them by sending split squads into different games and managing minutes. Being able to keep that brotherhood together.
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