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Originally Posted by GirlySports
you know that the US and Switzerland used to get spanked 10-0. Can't improve if you don't play.
If it's a Canada Cup Invitational then it's fine but can't call it a World Cup and have fake teams.
The World Cup of Soccer is special because everyone has a chance. Everyone.
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The Khazakstans (spell?) of the soccer world in soccer get elliminated years before the actual World Cup begins because the competition in soccer is so deep they get filtered out in the zone qualifications.
The soccer model needs to stop being used as a comparison for international hockey. Agreed it's the gold standard, but the hockey situation is completely different. Soccer, the most popular and universal sport in the world, hockey a regional sport that we love, but doesn't come close to the depth of competition. To your point, maybe one day, but right now the nations that can't compete don't get better by coming to World Cups to lose to Canada 10-0. Their development will come in other ways.