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Originally posted by malek here are the next games, 17-Nov-04 GUA:CAN - 13-Oct-04 CAN:CRC - 09-Oct-04 HON:CAN - 08-Sep-04 CRC:CAN 20:00 04-Sep-04 CAN:HON 19:00 18-Aug-04 CAN:GUA 19:00 Canada is in a group of 4, including Honduras, Guatemala and Costa-Rica. There's 3 groups in all. The best 2 teams in this group, advances (presumably canada and Costa Rica). Next stage is, 6 teams, 1 group, best 3 go to the world cup. 4th plays a game against the 5th in Asia, winner goes to World Cup.

Nice...thanks Malek...although I'm not willing to go too far to watch them play so hopefully they are playing in TO at least once (do we even have a stadium?)

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Originally posted by Dj-HordasH Toronto star // Jul. 5, 2004. 01:00 AM Save some cheers for Canadians I believe that the Euro 2004 tournament has been spectacular, but it has further perplexed me as to the state of soccer in Canada. During this tournament we watch all our European favourites and fully support them, win or lose. Fly our flags when our favourite wins, or take part in hour-long discussions trying to figure out why they lost. We cheer for the goals from players like Charisteas, or Rooney. We however, forget the fact that Canadians play soccer too. Angelos Charisteas' Werder Bremen teammate Paul Stalteri was playing for Canada here in Kingston in World Cup qualifiers in mid-June. Wayne Rooney's Everton teammate Tomasz Radzinski was also here, but did anybody notice? The very players playing in the Euro are teammates of some Canadian internationals, yet the Europeans are worshiped and would be noticed immediately upon arriving in Toronto. Canadian international players come home and nobody knows who they are, even though they play with or against players that are idolized from Europe. It is frustrating, but mostly it is sad. It is sad because the people that are famous in Canada like David Beckham or Luis Figo will probably never come to Canada, will only visit if on holiday or if paid to do so, yet the players who sweat for Canada and who sacrifice for the country of their birth are the ones we choose to know nothing of. Canadian kids don't have to look over the Atlantic for their role models; they are much closer to home. I'm not saying that you can't support both Portugal and Canada, but if you are going to have to choose one, then it has to be across the board. Don't only support Canada when it's hockey because you can't have the best of both worlds. Support the Portuguese hockey team as well if you feel so devoted to your country. I use Portugal as an example, because I myself am a Portuguese-Canadian, but my point applies to all European football/hockey fans in Canada. I know that Canadian soccer isn't up to par with European football, but without support it never will be. If you love soccer so much and you want to see it closer to home, because Canada is home, don't exhaust all of your support during this Euro. The Canadian national team has six World Cup qualifiers to play beginning in August and they would love for all the devoted Canadian Euro followers to save some of their support for them as well. Christina Ferreira Brampton

this is bollocks....of course I can cheer for Canada in hockey but not in soccer. Of course I'd love it if we won the World Cup, but no matter how much our youth programs improve, THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN. We are not a football nation...plain and simple. Just qualifying for the WC is a miracle in this country, and when we did for the only time in 1986, we didn't even score a goal. This is a country comprised of many people with European backgrounds, so it's natural to cheer for the motherland.

I myself was born in England and my dad's side is totally English...but I stil consider myself equally Canadian. But if Canada faced England in the World Cup Final (haha yeah right), I know who I'd be cheering for, and the same goes if England played Canada for the gold in hockey. Basically that article says you can only cheer for one nation in everything, and that's just stupid.

I do hope Canada qualify though, but they likely will not.

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