During the 2010s, Canada hosted a women’s World Cup, won the rights to host a men’s World Cup and successfully launched a domestic league. As far as sporting decades go, that’s pretty darn good.
Well, on the surface at least.
Look a little bit deeper at the results themselves and, on the men’s side especially, Canada still hasn’t lived up to the potential that the country’s soccer participation, increasing infrastructure and investment should dictate.
The turning of the calendar will bring a chance to change that, as 2020 ushers in what is likely the most critical decade in Canadian soccer to date.