There's An Emerging Force In World Soccer And It's...Canada? (Rebroadcast)
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
On Wednesday, Canada played its first game of the 2022 World Cup against the team ranked #2 in the world -- Belgium. And despite losing the game 1-0, Canada absolutely dominated and, in the process, sent a powerful message to the world: Canada is no joke. Our team here at The Lead is off enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday, so today we're replaying an episode that first aired back in January, about the rise of soccer in hockey-crazy Canada. The Athletic's Joshua Kloke joined us to talk about the sport's rapid increase in popularity, the men's team's so-called "golden generation" of players, and how the team's coach, John Herdman, made the relatively rare leap from women's soccer to men's.
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| 0:36.0 | Hey everyone. Our team is off enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday. |
| 0:39.0 | So today we're re-broadcasting an episode that first aired back in January. |
| 0:43.0 | It's about the rise of soccer in Canada. |
| 0:46.0 | You know, before this year, Canada had only qualified for one men's World Cup. |
| 0:50.0 | And now the women have won a gold medal at the Olympics, that happened last year. |
| 0:54.0 | And the men are looking fantastic at the World Cup in Qatar right now, |
| 0:57.0 | despite losing their opening game to Belgium on Wednesday. |
| 1:00.0 | In this episode, I spoke with the Athletics Josh Cloak about how a nation that is synonymous with hockey is fast becoming a soccer nation too. |
| 1:09.0 | And how the team's coach made the relatively rare leap from women's soccer to men's. |
| 1:15.0 | All right, here's the episode. |
| 1:24.0 | Josh Cloak, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:25.0 | Oh, thanks for having me. |
| 1:26.0 | So Josh, you have this somewhat unusual job of covering not one, but two sports for the Athletic, |
| 1:32.0 | hockey and soccer from their outside of Toronto. |
| 1:35.0 | So I feel like you're particularly well qualified to answer this question. |
| 1:39.0 | How would you rank sports in Canada by popularity? |
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