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Originally Posted by Matty81
Honduras was a gong show but it obscured a pretty decent campaign to that point.
They missed the hex by 1 point. To illustrate how close they were, they tied Honduras 0-0 at home in Toronto and outshot them like 14-2 or something, hit the post.
In the hex, 4 of 6 teams made the world cup, and one of the 6 was Jamaica, who are just in shambles right now.
They were close last time around. But yeah that Honduras result was so bad.
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I contend (as I did when Canada got a good draw 3 years ago in the preliminary stages, which they won) that if Canada got into the Hex, they would've found away into the WC.
That Honduras draw here was tough, as that final game would've meant nothing if Canada got that win.
Mexico struggled a lot in the Hex, and needed a miracle from the US to storm back and beat Panama to allow them the playoff spot. Very easily, Panama could be at the WC over Mexico, along with Honduras....IMO Canada would've been there in one of those two spots. There was nothing to lose for those teams in the Hex, just like the feeling Canada would've had.
The profile raising of the sport in Canada by making the WC, would've undone/masked over a lot of the backroom crap going on that I've been going on about the CSA. Never mind the tens of millions of dollars Canada would get to develop the game from the WC TV rights, just the profile of making it into the Final 32 would give the next generation of kids something to look up to rather then continuing 28 years of failure.
Getting the '22 WC along with the US would do that same profile raising, so all of CSA's resources should be going into securing that.