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Originally Posted by polak
I'm really not trying to be mean or troll or anything but it's funny how nervous you guys are for a game that is still pretty early in the process.
Hopefully, those who haven't experienced it yet will soon know how it feels to watch your actual team (not just your favorite adopted team) play in a world cup game.
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I see your point, and it doesn't offend me, but for a Canadian soccer fan this is the biggest game in over a decade. While it would be nice to actually be in the world cup, the implications of a game like this are just massive. A place in the Hex would add a shot of much needed excitement and media interest in the game, "on the fence" players might commit to Canada for their careers, and 3.5 spots out of 6 go through to the World Cup. But it all ends with a loss today.
Canada's place in the football world is different than a lot of established football countries. Games with this much weight only come around once in a blue moon, and while come countries may see anything less than an appearance in the finals of the world cup as a failure, for Canada, advancing to the Hex is a giant step. It's all relative.
And while I also cheer for my motherland (England, but that's one disappointment after another), I would be over the moon if I ever got to see Canada play in the World Cup. Canada making the World Cup, on a relative scale, is more of an achievement than England making the World Cup simply because of expectations and the differences between the two programs.