Shaking off Swiss letdown, Canada braces for ‘track meet’ with South Africa in round of 32
The undermanned Canadian squad lost 2-1 to the better team. The players came achingly close to the draw that would have kept them at home to play the round of 32 in Vancouver.Wednesday night, surprise: Lowly ranked South Africa upended the favoured South Korea and it’s now South Africa that Canada faces Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. In FIFA’s rankings, Canada is 30th, South Korea 25th and South Africa 60th. (Switzerland is 19th.)South Africa, like Canada, is in the knockout round for the first time, in this gargantuan 48-team World Cup.
- ▪The undermanned Canadian squad lost 2-1 to the better team.
- ▪The players came achingly close to the draw that would have kept them at home to play the round of 32 in Vancouver.Wednesday night, surprise: Lowly ranked South Africa upended the favoured South Korea and it’s now South Africa that Canada f
- ▪In FIFA’s rankings, Canada is 30th, South Korea 25th and South Africa 60th. (Switzerland is 19th.)South Africa, like Canada, is in the knockout round for the first time, in this gargantuan 48-team World Cup.
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Open this photo in gallery:Canada's Alistair Johnston thinks Sunday's round of 32 match against South Africa will be a great one for fans, saying the game in Los Angeles would be a track meet.Abbie Parr/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIn the eternal words of Ferris Bueller, life moves pretty fast.One moment it looks like you’re about to face South Korea in your first World Cup knockout game; suddenly, it’s South Africa.On Wednesday afternoon at BC Place Vancouver, Canada squandered homefield advantage in a deflating loss to Switzerland. The undermanned Canadian squad lost 2-1 to the better team.
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