Alfred Robb

But here's the thing.

You could go into play Switzerland for the group having not really played terrific football prior.

Like I said, if you get a draw against Bosnia in the opener, which would be a disappointment, but would still keep you very much alive.

And then you beat up on Qatar like everyone in the group is expecting to.

Have you accomplished that much?

Because of the first?

I think the first time Canada would get any points at a World Cup.

Yeah, right.

And that's great.

But see, this has always been the tricky part with this tournament is that 2022 was house money.

Getting there was great.

This was always about the added benefit of being a home host country.

There's such a decided advantage and there's such a history before, especially of neophytes in the game that have gone in and hosted and done great things with it.

Really embraced it.

The one that hasn't in recent memory was Qatar.

They were way in over their heads.

But they're Qatar, right?

You know what a lot of people are saying?

We're Canada.

It's Canada.