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Farhan Devji

@farhandevji

Realistically, we always knew Canada was the fourth best team in this group. No surprise that's where they finished. At the same time, they wanted to show they could compete. They wanted to inspire the country.

And they've certainly done that.

#canMNT #FIFAWorldCup

Clearly, there's still a long way to go. Hopefully the team can learn from this, and build off this, like they did after losing to Haiti at the 2019 Gold Cup.

#canMNT #FIFAWorldCup

There's going to be a lot of finger-pointing, but the reality is that everyone needs to be better - players, coaches, the federation - if they truly want to get to the next level and take advantage of the opportunity ahead of them.

#canMNT #FIFAWorldCup

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Ryan Lindsay

@RyanBLindsay

The #CanWNT/#CanXNT did really well with their set-pieces against Brazil in their last match. They created many opportunities through their off the ball movement to create space to attack & to exploit Brazil's defensive set-up.
Here are a few quick things I noticed:
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Their first big chance came from a set-piece that they were able to set up similarly to a corner.
Prince runs a pick on the defenders at the front-post to open up space for Sinclair, who made a run around her. Looks very much like a play you'd see in basketball to open up a shot.

On the Zadorsky goal, 🇨🇦 looked to draw 🇧🇷 out of their defensive shape & towards the ball. Grosso initiates this w/ a run towards Fleming at the corner, taking a defender w/ her.
Fleming plays the ball to Lawrence, & Zadorsky + Buchanan reset their runs before the D advances.

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Steven Sandor

@stevensandor

Coming tweet stream/storm: Today's craziness brings to a head what we've been seeing in Canadian Soccer for years. We should have seen it coming. #CanMNT #CanadaSoccer

In Canada, soccer is going in two vastly different directions at the same time. The #CanMNT qualifies for Qatar. The #CanWNT wins gold. But, even before COVID, player numbers were down in Canada. And, there has been a stunning lack of success for the pro game in this country.

So, as the national teams succeed, domestic support for the game isn't there. #CanPL has failed, terribly, to move the needle. There's less interest in MLS than there was even five years ago.

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Saif Kaisar

@StaySaif

⚽️🥇 Last time Canada took on Sweden they lost 1-nil, but Canadians heading out to pubs this morning hope that won't be the case this time around. A lot of people waking up early to watch this gold medal football match. #Tokyo2020 #canadasoccer #Sweden vs #Canada

The mood among the 75 fans and some Olympians at this pub going from happy and excited to sour after Sweden scores its first goal. Canada nil - 1 Sweden. They're still hopeful Canada will win.

Team Canada scored. It's tied 1-1. People here are happy to say the least. Mood went from sour back to hopeful and determined. Fans here say Canada is going to win.