Canada
Co-hosts on a feel-good rise
In 2022 they lost every game without scoring. Now, on home soil, they grabbed their first-ever WC point.
Watchability4/5
Drama4/5
Star power4/5
Title shot1/5
Team rating
78TEAM
- Attack80
- Midfield76
- Defense76
Next matches
- Next upvs SwitzerlandBC Place, VancouverJun 24
The read
Canada are co-hosts and a genuine fairy-tale-in-. At their last World Cup in 2022 they lost all three games; now, on home soil, they grabbed their first-ever World Cup POINT with a late equalizer against Bosnia in front of their own crowd. Led by the electric Alphonso Davies — a flying full-back with a remarkable life story — this is the host you can't help but root for. The stakes: prove the 2022 humbling was the start of something, not the ceiling.
The fan’s readA co-host fairy-tale mid-flight: from losing every 2022 game without scoring to their first-ever World Cup point on home soil, with Alphonso Davies electrifying the break.
The cast
- Jesse MarschThe first American to coach Canada's men's team; took them to fourth at the 2024 Copa Américamanager
- Alphonso Davies ★The face of Canadian soccer is racing his own hamstring to be fit — co-hosts trying to write a fairy-tale may get their talisman back just as the group heats up.ClubBayern Munich
- Jonathan DavidCanada's all-time leading scorer and a cold, clinical finisher now at Juventus.ClubJuventus
- Cyle LarinRescued a point vs Bosnia with a late goal — a knack for the big, dramatic moment.ClubMallorca
- Tajon BuchananDirect, fearless, two-footed wing play — the man who makes something out of nothing.ClubVillarreal / club TBD
Key moments
- 20222022 World CupAt Qatar 2022 — Canada's first World Cup in 36 years — they lost all three games but scored their first-ever World Cup goal, an Alphonso Davies header against Croatia.
- 19861986 debutCanada's only other World Cup, their 1986 debut, ended in three straight losses without scoring a single goal — the goalless campaign people sometimes mistakenly pin on 2022.