Canada’s men’s national team play the biggest match in their history, their first World Cup knockout game, against South Africa in Los Angeles on Sunday (12noon PT, 3pm ET, 8pm UK).To get The Athletic’s loyal Canada readers ready, we took mailbag questions from subscribers about what comes next in Canada’s World Cup.Thank you to all those who responded. We couldn’t answer them all but here is a selection below — and if you’re not following our Canada men’s national team coverage (you’re missing out!) then you can add it here.
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What are Canada’s chances of beating South Africa and what tactics should they employ to do it? (Roland C.)
Let’s start with the question likely on many people’s minds: can Canada actually do it?
A few things have to break right for Canada to beat South Africa. But I like Canada’s chances of ticking off those boxes and leaving Los Angeles with their first men’s World Cup knockout round win. And to answer the question, they probably shouldn’t change much to do just that.
