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Chapter 1: What are the highlights of the World Cup matches so far?
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You guys should do an award show.
I'm thinking about it. That'd be good. Based solely on the awards.
We've got the music.
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Chapter 2: How did David Edgar feel about Canada's participation in the World Cup?
Yeah. Now we need our awards and a show.
Well, music is half the battle.
David Edgar, former Canadian international, is going to join us in just a moment here. He's calling games for BBC now. Going to talk a little more Canadian soccer. We'll do that in just one sec. Reminder, we are in hour three of the program, and this hour of the show is brought to you by the BC Construction Safety Alliance.
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As mentioned, our next guest capped nearly 50 times for the Canadian men's national team throughout a decorated playing career, which includes stops Newcastle and Burnley. Now he's calling games for BBC and he joins us now on the Halford and Brough show on Sportsnet 650. It's David Edgar on the Able Auctions hotline.
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Chapter 3: What was the emotional impact of the opening match for David Edgar?
Good morning, David. How are you?
Morning, guys. Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it.
Hey, thanks for coming on. We appreciate you taking the time. Before we get into the finer details of the opening match, I got to ask you, as a guy that represented his country 42 times and got to wear the captain's armband at the Gold Cup, and you're a proud Canadian international, what was it like being in Toronto for that match, now working on the media side of things?
But I imagine it must have been somewhat emotional for you watching Canada host and participate in a World Cup.
Oh man, it was surreal. Yeah, it really was. I, yeah, you say being on the media side, I was there a couple hours before. So as a player, you're, you're kind of hotel bus straight into the change room and you don't get to really soak up much of the atmosphere, but.
I was there a couple hours before, soaking it up as much as I could, looking at the stadium, seeing the fans, and then witnessing all of the red jerseys come in. We were kind of worried.
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Chapter 4: How has Canadian soccer evolved over the years?
Obviously, you'd seen reports about how many Bosnians and stuff were going to be there, but seeing it come in with the red jerseys and then afterwards being able to walk with them to the train station, it was just an incredible experience from start to finish for myself.
Are you kind of like us in that you actually find it hard to believe that Canada is hosting a World Cup? These are World Cup games that we're seeing. It just seems like the program has come such a long way and soccer in the country has come such a long way, not only in terms of the team, but also the fan knowledge of the game as well.
Yeah, 100%. Like you said, we were so nonchalant as a nation about hosting it as opposed to the other two countries. And then it just happened and it's bang and it's hit football fever crazy across the nation, I think. But yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's been, it's been really cool to watch that obviously seeing the fans, really becoming engaged in the players. I got an Uber with some fans.
They've all got jerseys on. These are things I didn't get to see. You know what I mean? We're wearing a lot of Canadian jerseys, especially in Kitchener, which is just outside of Toronto.
Chapter 5: What challenges did Canadian players face when representing their country?
You're not seeing a lot of Canada jerseys. Now they're everywhere. So it's just seeing where the programs come is all credit to the CSA and the group of boys.
So in order to understand where the program is right now, I think everyone needs to understand where it came from. And David, I'm sure you don't ask him about the Honduras.
Well, that's where we're going.
So I don't want to look for those that don't know. It was back in 2012 and the Canadian men's national team had a huge opportunity in World Cup qualifying out of CONCACAF to go to Honduras and potentially get a result and move on. And what was going to be seen as a big step forward for the program? It came to a crushing end in an 8-1 defeat, and you were there.
And again, I don't really want to harken back to these dark times, but I'm sure you've had enough time to compartmentalize it or at least figure it out. What do you remember about that loss, where the program was, and where you felt about Canada soccer at that time?
Yeah, the trauma's healed from that. I stopped hearing the vuvuzelas in my nightmares. But yeah, honestly, it was...
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Chapter 6: What insights can David Edgar provide about the current Canadian national team?
it was a bit of a struggle back then. Obviously the programs come on leaps and bounds in terms of where the players are at and in terms of the clubs they're at globally, what the resources the players have. And that's just where we were at as a nation at that time.
And had we have made that jump against Honduras, I think we would have, we would have kicked on especially cause we did have the players. We were missing a few in that, in that qualifying, but Yeah, it was extremely frustrating and a disappointing time. But you've got to go through dark times to come out. And we do it.
It's not about individuals who were there at the time, like myself and players I played along. It's about where we're at now and how far we've come. Because you know what? Hopefully, there was players probably young. Well, I don't know. Some of those kids on that team now were probably looking at us
And probably a little bit embarrassed at that result like we were and the rest of the nation was, right?
Chapter 7: What tactical changes might be necessary for the upcoming matches?
And wanting to change that in the future. So it all plays a part. But yeah, we went through some difficult times. But every time I got to play for my country, it was just an absolute honor, whether it was obviously you want to win, but those games, you learn a lot about yourself as well.
I want to dive into that a little bit more, too, because you were capped 42 times by Canada. This is also while you're playing at Newcastle and Burnley. So there's always that tug of war between club and country. And I imagine it was made a little bit more complex back in the day because, you know, when you're representing Canada, there's a lot of travel involved.
There's a lot of flights and there's a lot of games, you know, playing. St. Vincent and the Grenadines or Haiti and some of the lower lights in CONCACAF and you're leaving, you know, clubs like Newcastle to do it. Can you just describe that struggle for us? Cause it's something that players are still going on through now that all that tug of war between club and country.
Yeah. Yeah.
Chapter 8: What lessons can be learned from this World Cup experience?
And it's, it's a little bit less now because of where Canada is in the rankings. But at that time it was laughable to, to some of the P the coaches and stuff in England that I was going to play for Canada. And it's, it's, painful to say but there would be times where I'd come back and I'd always answer the call and we'd go wherever and like you say I'd probably have to go to St.
Lucia for a qualifier and you're back on a Thursday I might have started the game before I left but you're back on a Thursday you've got Friday to recover and they're not going to play you on the Saturday and before you know it in professional football you're out the team so that then has a knock-on effect in your international career so it
We were at a time where we needed all of our players playing and playing at top clubs. And it was difficult. It was a difficult spell to grind it out. But, you know, along with many other guys, I'm not the only one. We always answered the call to come and play.
We're speaking to David Edgar, former Canadian international, now working for the BBC here on the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet 650. Okay, let's turn our attention to the ongoing World Cup. We kind of classified the 1-1 draw with Bosnia as fine. I think I had a large sigh before I said it, but I'm like, it's fine. It doesn't doom them in the group.
You would have loved to have seen three points out of it, but it was fine. Is that a fair assessment of what you saw and the result in the opening match, David?
Yeah, 100%. I think... You get away with probably just a lackluster performance in the first half. Then the subs are made in the second half. You come out a little bit sharper in the second half. but then that hydration breaking the subs and you're a different team and you, Canada is much more on the front foot. We've got some chances cleared off the line.
Those go in on a different day and you're clear in that game. So, um, I was happy with what I saw, especially in the, in sort of the subs coming on and making an impact. It shows the depth we have as a group, which is massive and something we didn't have in the past. So the people are coming on, waiting to come on and make an impact. Um, but yeah, fine. It's still history. Um,
It's disappointing because I would have liked to have seen what that place would have been like had we got three points or had we got a late winner. Because it was a spectacle seeing all those fans there in red. But like you say, it was important not to lose that game. And then obviously Qatar gets a good result against Switzerland. So it's all square now.
Let's pretend you're the manager here. You're Jesse Marsh going into this second match. What alterations are you making to your starting XI?
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