Richie Laryea

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532 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 14 Jul

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OverDrive · Laryea on representing Canada at the FIFA World Cup, the atmosphere and the mindset of the team · 14 May 2026 podcast

I think that's the biggest growth I've seen within the program because when I first joined, I debuted against Cuba at BMO Field and

There weren't many fans.

And then, you know, fast forward, it happened pretty quick, actually.

But in 2021, now we're in the hex trying to qualify for the World Cup.

And now we're the stadiums at BMO are sold out.

We're going to Edmonton.

It's sold out, you know.

So it just quickly kind of got into a really good way.

But I think more so what excites all of us about that is what it means for the youth soccer here now in Toronto.

You know, I think people...

Has it taken off recently?

It has, it has.

You know, I think whenever you're out and you see the kids, it seems like everyone's gravitating towards soccer.

And I know it's Canada and it's big on hockey and rightfully so, you know, we're very good at hockey.

But now I think soccer is very close behind.

So I think...

Yeah, these last two years, I think especially, like you mentioned with Copa America, I think it really got people to believe.

And I think even more so now with the friendlies we had, like I mentioned, Netherlands, France, Colombia, Wales, we played such big teams and they now look at us like, oh, these are serious competitors.

This is going to be...

a walk in the park.

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