Soccer in Canada | Canada Hosting the 2026 World Cup - Page 56

Coldrsx · #**1101** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 6:14 PM**

Global news now confirming provincial support for Edmonton 2026.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8718865/w...lberta-soccer/

thenoflyzone · #**1102** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 7:17 PM**

Updated:

Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon and Morocco qualified, meaning we will be in pot 3 (assuming today's FIFA rankings.)

Here are the teams below us in pot 4.

Saudi Arabia
Ecuador
Ghana
Tunisia
Cameroon
FIFA playoff path A (Wales, Ukraine or Scotland)
CONCACAF vs OFC (most likely Costa Rica or New Zealand or Solomon Islands)
CONMEBOL vs AFC (Peru, Columbia, Chile, UAE or Australia)

Just hope that loss to Costa Rica last week wont drop our position in the rankings. if that happens, or if other teams leapfrog us, we might be in pot 4.

Acajack · #**1103** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 7:22 PM**

Good on Edmonton and Alberta.

I wonder if the Quebec government will be having any regrets now?

thenoflyzone · #**1104** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 7:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acajack

Good on Edmonton and Alberta.

I wonder if the Quebec government will be having any regrets now?

I doubt it. The 2 or 3 games in Montreal would have been sold out regardless of Canada's recent success. Plus, Canada is automatically qualified for WC2026, so there's that too.

Quebec made a financial decision. The CMNT has no bearing on that.

Denscity · #**1105** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 8:04 PM**

I wonder what chances BC Place have of hosting. With its brand new pitch and history of supporting the national soccer teams and its own pro soccer teams for decades.
Plus the huge crowds for the WWC.

Base · #**1106** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 8:36 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denscity

I wonder what chances BC Place have of hosting. With its brand new pitch and history of supporting the national soccer teams and its own pro soccer teams for decades.
Plus the huge crowds for the WWC.

The new pitch would have to be removed in favour of grass for the world cup I believe.

Denscity · #**1107** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 9:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Base

The new pitch would have to be removed in favour of grass for the world cup I believe.

Oh ok right.
Well there's no easier place to grow grass in Canada than the West Coast lol. It's green year round down there.

elly63 · #**1108** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 9:53 PM**

Canadian men's soccer team will be armed when it goes to Qatar for World Cup
Symbolic sword given back to team after being seized by customs in Costa Rica
Neil Davidson The Canadian Press March 28, 2022

thenoflyzone · #**1109** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 9:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by elly63

Canadian men's soccer team will be armed when it goes to Qatar for World Cup
Symbolic sword given back to team after being seized by customs in Costa Rica
Neil Davidson The Canadian Press March 28, 2022

Well there you go. I knew there was a rational reason why we lost in Costa Rica

We didn't have the sword.

thenoflyzone · #**1110** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 11:26 PM**

^Updated my post #1102 above with full list of pot 4 countries, so far.

JHikka · #**1111** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 3:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Global news now confirming provincial support for Edmonton 2026.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8718865/w...lberta-soccer/

Steven Sandor @stevensandor
Alberta has placed conditions on its $110M funding pledge for #yeg's #WC2026 bid. City MUST host a minimum of five games and "at least two of these five games are at the round of 32 or round of 16 knockout stages" #CanMNT

So that's a no, then.

JHikka · #**1112** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 3:12 AM**

This site is a draw simulator for Qatar, and includes randomized outcomes for team placements based on outcomes of remaining qualifying games.

http://stattosoftware.com/wc2022/

For Canada, a win tomorrow against Panama puts us into Pot 3. A draw or a loss puts us in Pot 4. Some would think that Pot 3 would be better for us but some draws from Pot 4 are actually better, IMO.

A few random draws:
With Canada in Pot 3:
England, Croatia, Canada, Tunisia
Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Tunisia
England, Denmark, Canada, Ecuador
Portugal, Croatia, Canada, Cameroon
Spain, Netherlands, Canada, Ecuador
Brazil, Germany, Canada, Cameroon

With Canada in Pot 4:
Qatar, Uruguay, Poland, Canada
Belgium, Switzerland, Iran, Canada
Spain, Uruguay, South Korea, Canada
Spain, Croatia, South Korea, Canada
Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Canada
England, Netherlands, Japan, Canada

Acajack · #**1113** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 1:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denscity

Oh ok right.
Well there's no easier place to grow grass in Canada than the West Coast lol. It's green year round down there.

Somewhat ionically, it's actually "up there" for most of us!

Acajack · #**1114** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 1:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JHikka

This site is a draw simulator for Qatar, and includes randomized outcomes for team placements based on outcomes of remaining qualifying games.

http://stattosoftware.com/wc2022/

For Canada, a win tomorrow against Panama puts us into Pot 3. A draw or a loss puts us in Pot 4. Some would think that Pot 3 would be better for us but some draws from Pot 4 are actually better, IMO.

A few random draws:
With Canada in Pot 3:
England, Croatia, Canada, Tunisia
Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Tunisia
England, Denmark, Canada, Ecuador
Portugal, Croatia, Canada, Cameroon
Spain, Netherlands, Canada, Ecuador
Brazil, Germany, Canada, Cameroon

With Canada in Pot 4:
Qatar, Uruguay, Poland, Canada
Belgium, Switzerland, Iran, Canada
Spain, Uruguay, South Korea, Canada
Spain, Croatia, South Korea, Canada
Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Canada
England, Netherlands, Japan, Canada

Interesting.

So it's n'importe quoi, pretty much.

Denscity · #**1115** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 2:01 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acajack

Somewhat ionically, it's actually "up there" for most of us!

Ha true.

thenoflyzone · #**1116** Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 2:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JHikka

For Canada, a win tomorrow against Panama puts us into Pot 3. A draw or a loss puts us in Pot 4. Some would think that Pot 3 would be better for us but some draws from Pot 4 are actually better, IMO.

Yup. Ending up in pot 3 and then grouping with Wales or any South American team in Pot 4 might be worse than just ending up in pot 4.

This being said, here's hoping our group is...

Qatar
Any pot 2 team
Canada
Saudi Arabia

So let's win tonight's game to make sure this scenario can happen !

Edit: just remembered Qatar and Saudi cant be in the same group, so sub in Ghana instead.

elly63 · #**1117** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 12:51 AM**

thenoflyzone · #**1118** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 1:32 AM**

Game started at 9pm ET, and yet Sportsnet starts coverage midway through at 10 pm. Fucking pathetic !

They're showing BUF vs WPG right now on SN E, O and P. No one gives a shit about either team ! And if anyone does, why do you have to broadcast the same match on all three channels for fuck's sake.

Thank god for RDS.

Proof Sheet · #**1119** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 1:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

Game started at 9pm ET, and yet Sportsnet starts coverage midway through at 10 pm. Fucking pathetic !

They're showing BUF vs WPG right now on SN E, O and P. No one gives a shit about either team ! And if anyone does, why do you have to broadcast the same match on all three channels for fuck's sake.

Thank god for RDS.

I'm watching it on Sportsnet right now on my computer. Not sure what is going on with your feed. Some people may care about BUF vs WPG. I don't but some do. There are a lot of people who don't follow soccer at all and many find it boring (yet they find curling and baseball to be riveting but to each their own).

thenoflyzone · #**1120** Posted **Mar 31, 2022, 3:14 AM**

1-0 Panama.

Well that sucks. Larin's goal should have counted. It wasn't offside.