There's An Emerging Force In World Soccer, And It's…Canada?
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🗓️ 27 January 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
When you think about Canada and sports, soccer probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But the country is emerging as a force, with the Canadian women winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics and the men currently sitting atop the CONCACAF standings. With World Cup qualifiers resuming today, The Athletic's Joshua Kloke joins us to discuss how a "golden generation" of young players, including Alphonso Davies, is pushing Canada toward greatness -- and picking up a lot of new fans along the way. Plus, why Canadian soccer officials believe the man who took the women's program to new heights will do the same with the men.
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| 0:46.0 | World Cup qualifying resumes today for the US men's national team and other teams in ConquerCaf. |
| 0:59.0 | But at the top of the group is not the US or it's our tribal Mexico. It's our neighbors to the North. |
| 1:05.0 | To be true here can you be the first one yet again? How fun some Davies! |
| 1:12.0 | That's a star in front of our eyes. |
| 1:16.0 | Today the Athletics Joshua Cloak explains how Canada, a nation synonymous with hockey, |
| 1:22.0 | a nation that has only qualified for the men's world cup once, is now emerging as a force to be reckoned with. |
| 1:28.0 | And picking up a lot of fans along the way. |
| 1:30.0 | I got a lot of questions from people in hockey media kind of saying what is this team? |
| 1:35.0 | What is happening here? What do I need to know? |
| 1:38.0 | And then after the win against Mexico it was people saying how do I get tickets? I want to be involved. |
| 1:45.0 | Plus, how Canada's coach made the relatively rare leap from women's soccer to men. |
| 1:52.0 | From Wondering and the Athletic I'm Anders Keltow. It's Thursday, January 27th and this is The League. |
| 2:03.0 | Josh Cloak welcome back to the show. |
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