A snapshot of the rowdy fans who welcomed the Canadian men’s soccer team to BMO Field in downtown Toronto for the CONCACAF World Cup soccer qualifying game against Jamaica
, look no further than the Voyageurs, the unofficial fan club of Canada Soccer. Last fall, when the men’s team began its extraordinary run to World Cup qualification, there were perhaps a few hundred members of the club, according to Voyageurs president Jamie MacLeod. Heading into Sunday’s match, the Voyageurs were 3,500 strong, and counting.
Down on the field, a pair of workers armed with leaf blowers began clearing away a layer of ice chips that had settled overnight on the pitch. Around the stadium, the seats were blanketed with snow, left for the patrons themselves to clear away. In the production truck of Mediapro, the Spanish company whose Canadian streaming service OneSoccer has covered the team’s entire qualifying run, a tight crew of 10 ran through final rehearsals and preparations. How important would the game be?
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