Both national teams made headlines this year for various reasons, but a lot of what they are working towards is still to come in the new year.
This year began in a typical way for the Canadian men's national team, with a loss to a less than full strength Iceland squad on a neutral ground. They managed to follow that up by drawing that same Iceland squad three days later. It was a day in which Dwayne De Rosario, Canada's all-time leading scorer for the men's side, make his final appearance while adding another goal to his record in the process.