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Canada, a country suitable for tourism and livability, is also the first choice for many corrupt immigrants. Ten years ago, many people probably didn't know who Canada's football stars were, after all, even now, Canada's number one sport is undisputed is ice hockey. It is said that the United States was a football desert before, but in contrast, Canada is the real football desert. The last time Canada played in the World Cup was in 1986, and five years ago, the Canadian FIFA ranking was just 120th, much lower than #national football#, but just five years later, Canadian football has risen rapidly. It is such a country that used to have a football environment that was not much better than China, and in 2022, after a gap of 36 years, it once again broke into the #World Cup#.
The first World Cup was gone
Canada's first trip to the World Cup was not much bigger than the national team
In the 1986 World Cup, Canada also began their first World Cup trip under the hand of God in Maradona. For a less developed country in football at the time, the first trip to the World Cup was like a national football team, with freshness, tension and excitement that all Canadian fans considered to be the starting point. However, the subsequent plot is like the national football team, Canada lost all three games, swallowed five eggs and one goal without scoring, which seems to be better than the national football, but in fact everyone is similar. For the World Cup newcomers, this record is not a shame, but for the majority of fans, especially those with a wide range of ideals, this result is tantamount to a thunderbolt.
Gold cup ZTE, short-lived
The gold cup winner had too much luck
Fourteen years later, Canada still hasn't made it to the World Cup again. Just when fans thought there was no hope for Canada, the 2000 Gold Cup began. In the group stage, Canada and Costa Rica, the invited team South Korea team were in the same group. Unexpectedly, the last three teams shared two points, and Canada tossed a coin to get lucky to finish second in the group. This was followed by Mexico, Trinidad and Toba, and Colombia winning the Gold Cup for the first time. But this title was destined to be short-lived, a striker who played in League One, an unemployed midfielder, a goalkeeper who played as a substitute in the Premier League, this was the main team of Canada at that time. In the subsequent World Cup, Canada also failed to continue its good luck, breaking through in the CONCACAF Division, and when the national football team rushed to the World Cup for the first time, Canada had missed the World Cup for 16 years.
Equal emphasis on naturalization and youth training
Hutchinson can be seen as the starting point for naturalization in Canada
After several World Cup failures, the Canadian Football Association began to mass naturalize foreign players, most of whom came from Central and North America, South America and Africa, injecting a lot of vitality into the team. After Montagliani was elected president of the Canadian Football Association, he began to work on rebuilding the Canadian league system to make the Canadian league more and more professional. And ten years of implementing the naturalization policy, and implementing a longer-term naturalization plan, that is, the goal is to gather with some potential players, as well as the descendants of some naturalized personnel, and finally, Canada's naturalization finally blossomed, from Hutchinson ten years ago, to Alfonso Davis, Jonathan David, Hoylet and other players who are currently working in the mainstream European leagues, they can be said to be the second generation of naturalization, their parents are not all Canadians, through the Canadian Football Association selection and youth training, and finally become talents.
The second generation of Canadian naturalization has begun to emerge
It can be said that Canada's victory today is not achieved overnight, but is the result of more than ten years of adherence to a policy and the joint efforts of everyone.
When Canada finally realizes its dream, the national football team, which has had the same situation, seems to be extremely confused about the future. After the dismal exit of the Round of 12, the long road of the national football team to the World Cup will be reopened, in contrast, whether it is naturalization or youth training, the national football team still does not see any hope of becoming stronger, which is what makes fans despair.