The Canadian men leave the World Cup with 'our heads up,' according to coach John Herdman.
Team from Canada poses before the World Cup group F soccer match between Canada and Morocco at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha , Qatar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The Canadian men leave the World Cup with "our heads up," according to coach John Herdman. They also exit the world stage without a win, at the bottom of Group F and the second team to be eliminated.The draw was not kind to the 41st-ranked Canadians, pitting them against No. 2 Belgium, No. 12 Croatia and No. 22 Morocco.
The Croatian midfield maestros found cracks that eventually led to a string of goals, putting an end to Canada's hopes of advancing at the tournament. Herdman used 19 players at the tournament, with 15 figuring in the starting lineup. Six started all three games: Borjan, Alistair Johnston, Kamal Miller, Steven Vitoria, Buchanan and Davies.Buchanan leaves the tournament as perhaps the Canadian with the most enhanced reputation. The 23-year-old winger/wingback from Belgium's Club Brugge is elusive and exciting, the kind of attacker that defenders don't want to see coming their way.
"Now our players have been seen. Our coaching staff's been seen," said Herdman. "We know that people around the world are looking at this country saying, `Wow. They've got some good young talented players."' Canada scored 54 goals across 20 games in qualifying, second only to Japan's 58. But it managed two goals here, one of which was a Moroccan own goal.
Herdman himself had a puzzling tournament. Renowned for his speaking and motivational prowess, he seemed nervous at times in front of the world's cameras and ran the gamut from awkward to cliched.
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