You guys are confusing qualification results with tournament results. Sure it was nice to win the OCHO but at some point Mexico and the US didn't really care about that. It's kind of like winning the Presidents Trophy in the NHL.
The World Cup is a beast and it takes getting used to. The US or Mexico, and even Costa Rica, no matter how poor they seem to be playing, have pedigree to get our of group stages, although Mexico won't get out this time after 7 times in a row.
Canada's midfield and defensive play was quite naive. I'm not sure they would have gotten out of any group, which is fine. The Brazil group was mentioned, no way Canada is getting a result against Switzerland or Serbia. Canada got the luckiest draw probably with how bad Belgium are.
This was an very experienced field, Qatar were the only debutants and Canada and Wales after so many years were also practically debutants.
I've watched Korea play in 10 consecutive world cups and they still can't get anywhere. They've only advanced twice, 2002 as hosts and 2010.
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