Embattled Scotland manager Gordon Strachan might want to eat his words a little bit. In his pre-match analysis of the visiting Canadian national team, he told BBC that “they’re a hard-working side who are always developing - obviously [soccer] is not their national sport.”
National sport or not, Canada looked to be a more than capable opponent for Scotland in Edinburgh, holding the hosts to a 1-1 draw in an international friendly. It was Canada’s first result against Scotland, as all previous meetings ended in a loss.
It wasn’t a perfect performance from Canada, in fact they were probably let off a little bit by a poor Scottish showing, but it was a positive result.