After a morning of speculation fuelled by a New Zealand report that the Canada men's soccer coach had agreed to take over the 105th-ranked All Whites, Herdman and Canada Soccer put out the fire with a statement Wednesday.
After a morning of speculation fuelled by a New Zealand report that the Canada men's soccer coach had agreed to take over the 105th-ranked All Whites,“Success at this level will always invite opportunity,”said in a Canada Soccer statement. “I've received several offers in recent months, all of which I have turned down, including an offer from New Zealand Football.
“There is no doubt how much passion and commitment John and his coaching staff have poured into our men's national team program, taking our men from outsiders to our first World Cup in 36 years,” said Cochrane. “Everyone in our organization is committed to John and his coaching staff and he is the right person to take our country to new heights.”'s record at the Canadian men's helm is 32-13-5 since leaving the women's program in January 2018.
was leaving the women's program to take over the men and replace the fired Octavio Zambrano, who was named head coach the previous March. “Eleven years of work in this country and I've been pioneering for a long period of time, and you'll not find anyone as passionate as I am about this program or about these players or about this staff,”told a news conference in Doha. “You'll not find one as passionate who wants to take the country to that next level. And you'll not meet anyone that's experienced this moment with this team - and the learning that I'll take from this to take into the next one.
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