Let's compare Canada to Australia. Both countries don't really care about soccer. Australian league matches barely get 10000 people. They don't play in any nasty places or have any weather/altitude advantages. SCG or the big MCG aren't really fortresses. They also have alot of immigrants that cheer for the opponent in those games. Australia would be happy to get 50% cheering for them in an international game. Players are the same make and style physically. They also have players that could have played for them choose other countries. So why is Canada so much worse than Austrailia?
Coaching.
Australia invests in the national team and gets coaches like Venebles, Hiddink and now Holland's Pim Verbeek. They've been to the World Cup or right on the doorstep in the last two decades.
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