In its eighth trip to the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Canada is still looking for its first win.
And that hunt won't be any easier at the 24-team tournament that opens Friday in Indonesia with Spain, Mali and Uzbekistan awaiting Andrew Olivieri's side in Group B.
The Canadians can expect a torrid evening Friday. The forecasts calls for a high of 39 degrees Celsius, although the temperature should drop for the 7 p.m. local time kickoff. "We played two top top matches," said Olivieri."They're defending world champions. It's a whole different generation of players obviously. But they're a very good group … To play that kind of opposition is exactly what we needed. You just don't know what it's like until you experience it.
The Canadians then blanked Haiti and Puerto Rico by 3-0 scores to qualify for the FIFA championship, which this year features players born 2006 or later.
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