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Tracing Canadian mens soccers emergence from global obscurity to international powerhouse featuring insight from star players like Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David

The last time Canada qualified for a mens World Cup was in 1986 For a generation afterwards the Canadian national mens soccer team struggled in obscurity an afterthought in a country that was not yet soccermad The twentyfirst century brought a wave of soccer passion and expertise to this frozen countryand a crop of new superstar players who lifted the forgotten team into the international spotlight

Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David are now internationally known names and soccer a national obsession Through interviews with players and coaches Joshua Kloke tracks the rise of mens soccer in Canada from darkness to the world stage in 2022

This is the inside story of how the best team in Canadian soccer history grew from disappointment to international fame