Earlier in September, another Canadian journey to the world's biggest sporting event, the men's soccer World Cup, came to an end. Canada failed to progress to the final qualifying round trailing behind Mexico and Honduras. Being placed in an embarrassing 104th position in FIFA's national teams' ranking, Canada needs to analyse the reasons for failure. This is the first episode of a series based on a year-long investigation trying to answer one question: Why is Canada doing so bad at men's soccer?
Episode 2: Refusing to Babysit and Other Coaching Problems
Despite the high participation and viewership numbers we discussed last episode, Canada is yet to produce a national men’s team that can confidently compete in the North American/Caribbean region.