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 1: Analyzing failure starts now
Introduction
Many Canadians still remember the day in 2001, when soccer star Owen Hargreaves, a Calgary native, decided to represent England, giving up on the country he was born and raised in.