What A Great Moment In Soccer History For Canada

By Joe Ingino Editor/Publisher ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States “I live a dream in a nightmare world” Always Remember That The cosmic blueprint of your life was written in code across the sky at the moment you were born. Decode Your Life By Living It Without Regret or Sorrow. - ONE DAY AT A TIME - Something to be truly proud of. CANADA, and Canada’s national soccer team representing all of us in the Copa America. Until, now. Canada never made a difference in the soccer matrix. The Southern hemisphere nations normally dominated the scene. 2024 appears to be different. This past week. Canada played Venezuela. What a great game it was. Full of mistakes from both sides. Rough play was evident from the Venezuelans. Canada took a beating but was victorious. Canada has surely come a long way. In Group A, Canada has managed to rank in second place behind world champions Argentina. Canada played Argentina before and lost 2 - 0. This friday it is the final judgement. Canada faces Argentina once again. If Canada is successful they would be eliminating one of soccer's titans. Head Coach, Jesse Marsch and his staff have surely done an outstanding job in bringing the Canadians this far. During the Venezuelan game. Marsch, frustration was obvious as the referee kept calling fouls against Canada and not against Venezuela. After the first goal by up coming international star, forward Jacob Shaffelburg. Shaffelburg, took a barrage of assaults to his legs. Many were not called. Some of the punishment by the Venezuelans was so severe that at one point, it looked like Shaffelburg was not going to get up. His leg had twisted in such a way that it looked like a serious knee injury. Shaffelburg, got up and continue with his assault on Venezuela almost bringing Canada to two more goals. Shaffelburg showed some real star qualities as he gave Canada numerous opportunities with his wide crosses over the goalies box. Speaking of goalies -- Goalie Maxime Crepeau, another international star in the making. His agile demeanor in the face of almost certain goal was inspiring. He saved Canada from at least 8 goals. Unfortunately, he got caught going up on one of the early rushes and the opposing Venezuelan team cashed in on the opportunity making the game 1 - 1. The goalie, the forward and the coach are a great back bone for the rest of this Canadian team. The Canadian team has never gone this far. In Canada we should all be behind them. I know we are a hockey country. But, the achievements of this great Canadian team on the international stage needs to be recognized and supported. Canadian soccer is taking the world by storm and as Canadians we should stand behind them and support them all the way. Their success is all of our success and something as a Nation we should help promote. If the Canadian Team goes on. We soon may become an international world Champs. Time will tell. GO CANADA GO.