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What does this game mean to you as a soccer fan?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest game in men\u2019s Canadian soccer history by far. For me, personally, I\u2019ve coached over two-thirds of that squad in the national years team so I\u2019m just really proud of the boys seeing them now on the biggest stage of all. I\u2019ve known them at 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, etc\u2026 It\u2019s just so nice to see them not just have this opportunity \u2014 but absolutely seize it.\u201d<\/p>\n
What does this game say about Canada as a soccer nation?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt says what those of us have been in the game always believed \u2014 that we are a soccer nation. The women\u2019s team carried us for so many years and we failed to capitalize on their successes in the past. So, hopefully, we can use this galvanizing effect on people across the country and continue to push on. We\u2019re a nation of immigrants, we\u2019re a nation that\u2019s so culturally diverse and from people all over the world who\u2019ve come from countries where soccer is the number one sport. I think this is really starting to show that and it\u2019s just so nice of the Vancouver games to see the sea of red and people walking around the streets of Winnipeg now in Canada soccer jerseys.\u201d<\/p>\n
How are you going to be part of the game on Saturday against Morocco?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ll just stick to watching it at home and taking it in with the family and being able to savour the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n
What is your prediction for the final score?<\/p>\n
\u201c2-1 Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Fabio Capone<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Fabio Capone, Manitoba Bisons women\u2019s head coach<\/p>\n What does this game mean to you as a soccer fan?<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of passion behind it. It\u2019s proud as a Canadian to be at this stage and the trickle effect it\u2019ll have on what comes to my future players, my own children. The pride and the platform that it\u2019s created has told us how people have embraced it.\u201d<\/p>\n What does this game say about Canada as a soccer nation?<\/p>\n \u201cThat we\u2019re for real. We\u2019ve arrived but at the same time now we have to perform. In many years past, we were the underdogs but now we have set the stage in a standard. We have to, as a nation, embrace that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n How are you going to be part of the game on Saturday against Morocco?<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly just by myself with the kids in front of a TV. That\u2019s how I watch games that are important for me because \u2014 from a coaching perspective \u2014 I watch the game and everything that\u2019s happening so I can soak it all in.\u201d<\/p>\n What is your prediction for the final score?<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a proud Canadian but, from a coaching perspective, I think Morocco is a sound competitor that want it just as much as we do. For this game in particular, we\u2019re the underdog. My heart says we pull it off but my soccer Spidey senses say that\u2026 this one favours Morocco. It could get away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t SUPPLIED<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Sarah Klassen isn\u2019t a bandwagon jumper. She has been a superfan of soccer ever since she was a kid.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Sarah Klassen, local avid soccer fan<\/p>\n What does this game mean to you as a soccer fan?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so exciting. To be so passionate about your country and watching them play but also the fact that they get to go so far for the first time and we get to be a part of it as a fan \u2014 it\u2019s so great.\u201d<\/p>\n What does this game say about Canada as a soccer nation?<\/p>\n \u201cThat we are more than capable.\u201d<\/p>\n How are you going to be part of the game on Saturday against Morocco?<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to be with my family. We\u2019re going to be in front of the TV yelling and screaming at everything that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n What is your prediction for the final score?<\/p>\n \u201cMorocco is going to score first and then Canada is going to come back in the second half with two bangers.\u201d<\/p>\n Tonya Derkson, PPL Bonivital Flames women\u2019s coach<\/p>\n
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