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Nkhaniyi inayamba mu 2019. Canada inagonjetsa United States kwa nthawi yoyamba m’zaka 34, ndipo m’malo motsogolera gululo pokondwerera, mphunzitsi wa nthawiyo John Herdman adapatsa osewera aku Canada “nsembe” zambiri pa mbali yawo. Choyamba, Jonathan David anali kufunafuna Michael Bradley pamene amayesa kulamulira masewerawo, ndiyeno, benchi ya ku Canada inali kuchitapo kanthu chifukwa cha kuipa koopsa.

Herdman adanenanso kuti ndi nthawi izi – kutsimikiza kotere – komwe kungapangitse Canada ku World Cup yoyamba kuyambira 1986.

Zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, adatsimikiziridwa kuti ali wolondola: Canada idalandira Jamaica pa BMO Stadium pamalo ozizira kwambiri, kenako idaphwanyiratu Jamaica. Cyler Larin, Tajon Buchanan ndi Junior Hoilett adagoletsa pamaso pa khamu lalikulu panyengo yozizira kwambiri.

Panthawiyo, iwo anali okondedwa kuti apambane. Jamaica idakumana ndi zovuta pakusewera, pomwe Canada idatsogola oyenerera ku CONCACAF.

Kufanana kumeneku kunapangitsa zomwe zinkawoneka kukhala zosapeŵeka kuchitikadi. Komabe, anafunika kupambana. Mu chipale chofewa cha Toronto, mafani aku Canada adakondwerera ndi chidwi chachikulu.

Zoonadi, imeneyo inali mfundo ya mavidiyo onse a Herdman: panalibe chigonjetso chenicheni mpaka dziko lake litayenerera World Cup.

Herdman, yemwe amatsutsa mwamphamvu kulengeza chigonjetso chamtundu uliwonse pauphunzitsi wake, pomaliza pake adatulutsa malingaliro ake poyankhulana pambuyo pamasewera:

“Ndikuganiza kuti ngati tonse tibwera palimodzi – ino ndi nthawi yoti aliyense athandizire mpira ndi kulumikizana,” adatero pambuyo pa mluzu womaliza. “Chifukwa titha kukhala amphamvu kwambiri. Ndipo nthawi yafika.”

Masewerawa, omwe adachitika pa Marichi 27, 2022, akadali, mosakayikira, otchuka kwambiri m’mbiri ya timu ya dziko la Canada. Ndizowona kuti adatenga nawo gawo mu Mini World Cup m’mbuyomu, koma 1986 inali nthawi ya mbiri yakale ya mpira wamakono.

Imeneyi inali nthawi yodziwika bwino, tsiku lomwe Les Rouges adabwereranso kumagulu amitundu ya mpira. Kuyambira pamenepo, sanayang’ane m’mbuyo.

Zolephera za 1986 … ndi zaka zowawa zomwe zinatsatira

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Canada samayenera kuyenerera mu 1986. Ngati 2022 inali yopambana, ndiye kuti 1986 inali chozizwitsa. Osewera onse omwe anali mu timuyi anali akatswiri ochita mpira, komanso omwe adachokera ku North American Soccer League (NASL) – ligi yomwe idasiya kugwira ntchito mu 1985.

Mayiko awiri okha ochokera ku Confederation of North, Central America ndi Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) ndi omwe adayeneretsedwa kutenga nawo gawo la World Cup panthawiyo, ndipo dziko la Mexico likuyenerera kukhala dziko lokhala nawo, Canada idatsala kuti ipikisane ndi dera lonselo.

USMNT inali isanakhale mphamvu yayikulu yachigawo, Canada idakwanitsa kulowa nawo gawo loyamba, kenako idadzipeza yokha pagulu ndi Honduras ndi Costa Rica – mayiko awiri okhala ndi zikhalidwe zodziwika bwino za mpira.

Canada idatenga mfundo yofunika ku Costa Rica, kenako idapambana 1-0 ku Honduras, chifukwa cha chigoli chomwe munthu wanthawi zonse amagwira gasi.

Chifukwa chake, Canada idakwanitsa komaliza kwa World Cup kunyumba motsutsana ndi Honduras, komwe kupambana kunali kofunikira kuti munthu ayenerere. Bwalo losakhalitsa la anthu 13,000 ku St. John’s, Newfoundland, linali litadzaza, ndipo dziko la Canada linapeza chigonjetso cholimba cha 2-1 kuti lipeze chiyeneretso chake choyamba cha World Cup.

Gululi, ngakhale linali ndi akatswiri ankhondo a NASL komanso osewera ochepa omwe adachita nawo ma Olimpiki a 1984, anali osadziwa kwambiri.

M’chenicheni, iwo anali ndi vuto ngakhale kulinganiza machesi apaubwenzi, monga momwe mphunzitsi Tony Witters akukumbukira kuti: “Chotero, tinasonkhanitsa gulu losakhalitsa, ndipo tinali kuchita bwino kulikonse kumene kukanatilipira kuti tiseŵera ndi kulipira malipiro athu pofika. Tinayendera kumpoto kwa Africa, ndipo tinapitanso ku Asia.

Bettors amayembekezera kuti Canada ikhala ndi mwayi wopeza zigoli, ndipo zoneneratu zawo zidakwaniritsidwa. Timu ya dziko la Canada idatuluka mumgululi osagoletsa chigoli chimodzi.

Magulu ambiri akuyenera kuyamba kuyambira pano, ndi mbadwo wakale umalimbikitsa m’badwo watsopano kuti ukwaniritse bwino. Koma Canada, m’malo mwake, idabwerera kumbuyo. Idalephera kuchita bwino mu 1990 itagonja ku Guatemala.

Kampeni za 1994 ndi 1998 zidali zosemphana, pomwe kupambana kwa CONCACAF Gold Cup mu 2000 kunali kopanda chiyembekezo chabe.

Herdman ndi maloto

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Kenako, chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 2010, zinthu zinasintha. Izi zidachitika ndikusankhidwa kwa mphunzitsi wotchuka. Octavio Zambrano adachita bwino pa 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, kutsogolera timu ya dziko kudutsa gululo koyamba kuyambira 2009.

Koma pamene Herdman adapezeka, Canadian Football League inafulumira kumusayina. Mphunzitsi wodziwikayo adachita bwino kwambiri ndi timu yadziko ya azimayi, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ikhale yamphamvu padziko lonse lapansi.

Panthawiyo, dzina la Mngeleziyo linkagwirizana ndi maudindo ambiri a utsogoleri, makamaka kuphunzitsa timu ya dziko la England ya azimayi, yomwe inali ndi mbadwo wodalirika wa osewera achikazi.

Koma Canadian Football Association idafunitsitsa kuti Herdman akhale mdziko lakwawo, motero adamusankha kukhala mphunzitsi watimu ya amuna mu Januware 2018 ndi contract yayikulu yazaka zisanu ndi zitatu.

Ntchito yake inali yomveka bwino: kumanganso mpira waku Canada. Inali ntchito yotopetsa. Gulu la azimayi linali ndi talente, koma idakumana ndi zovuta zambiri.

Koma Herdman anali atamanganso timu yadziko ya azimayi. Koma gulu la amuna linkafunikanso ntchito ina yopulumutsa anthu. Anachita bwino kwambiri. Patangotha ​​chaka chimodzi atatenga udindowu, adalengeza kuti Canada itenga nawo gawo mu World Cup ya 2022.

Ambiri, kuphatikiza mafani a timu ya dziko la US, adaseka, akufunsa kuti: “Kodi munthu uyu angakhale wotsimikiza?”

Komabe, zotsatira zikuyamba kuwonekera. Zikaonekeratu kuti Canada idzachita nawo World Cup ya 2026 pamodzi ndi United States ndi Mexico, malotowo adakhala otsimikizika.

Zomwe zidathandizanso ndikuti Canada idakhala ndi gulu lolimba, lotsogozedwa ndi nyenyezi yachichepere ya Bayern Munich Alphonso Davies, wodziwa zambiri zomuzungulira. Herdman analinso mphunzitsi wanzeru, wokhoza kulimbikitsa timu.

“Ndikuganiza kuti amalankhula zolimbikitsa mphindi iliyonse yatsiku,” wosewera Lucas Cavallini adatero atapambana mu 2019. “Ndicho chifukwa chake tili pano. Ndichifukwa chake timachita zinthu zofunika.”

Kukafika kumeneko

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Potsirizira pake, kuyeneretsedwa kunawoneka kukhala kosavuta. Herdman adamanga timu yolimba mozungulira Davies, adapereka mphindi zenizeni kwa wosewera wachinyamata Jonathan David, ndikukopa anthu angapo kuti alowe nawo timu ya dziko la Canada.

Dzina la gululo linasintha kwambiri. M’mbuyomu, gulu la Canada linali lodzitchinjiriza, ngakhale kukayikira. Herdman sanafune kuchita zabwino kwa aliyense, koma ankadziwa kuti kusinthasintha kwanzeru kunali kofunika kwambiri. Ku Davis, anali ndi wobwerera kumanzere wabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi.

Chifukwa chakutsika kwawo mu FIFA, timu ya dziko la Canada idakakamizika kudutsa gawo loyambira kuti ifike pagulu lamagulu asanu ndi atatu lomwe liwonetse malo a World Cup.

Adachita mwachangu, kugonjetsera Haiti 4-0 pagulu kuti apite nawo gawo lomaliza. Papepala, gulu linkawoneka lolimba, ngakhale ndi mipando itatu yotsimikizika.

Gulu ladziko la US likufuna kubwezera litatha kuphonya World Cup ya 2018, ndipo likuwoneka lokonzedwanso motsogozedwa ndi Gregg Berhalter. Ponena za Mexico, inali Mexico – ndipo nthawi zonse imayenera kukhala yoyenerera.

Malo achitatu adawoneka bwino, koma Costa Rica ndi omwe adakondedwa pambuyo pakuchita bwino pa World Cup ya 2014.

Canada idayamba kampeni yawo ndi zokoka ziwiri: malo okhumudwitsa kunyumba ku Honduras, kenako ulendo wopita ku United States. Kenako idapambana mosavuta El Salvador, mfundo imodzi pa Azteca Stadium ku Mexico, komanso chigoli chimodzi ndi Jamaica.

Pambuyo pamipikisano isanu, machitidwewo anali abwino – Canada sanagonjetsedwe – koma adayenera kuyamba kupambana. Chotsatira chinali chipambano chopambana chamasewera asanu ndi limodzi, chowonetsedwa ndi kupambana koyamba ku Mexico kenako, chofunikira kwambiri, ku United States.

Kupambana kwa Mexico kudabwera mkati mwa chipale chofewa ku Edmonton – zomwe zidapangitsa kuti meme ayambe kufalikira pawailesi yakanema akutcha Commonwealth Stadium “Ice Tica.”

Kunena zoona, zimenezo zinali zokwanira kupeza ziyeneretso zachindunji. Pomwe masewera a Jamaica adabwera, zonse zidawoneka ngati zamwambo, komanso adatsogola gululo.

“Tsopano anthu amakhulupirira. Ndizodabwitsa momwe amakhulupilira. Ndipo zidzangokhala bwino. Tsopano tikufuna kupita ku World Cup ndikuchita, “adatero Jonathan Osorio.

Zotsatira za Major League Soccer

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Ndizofunikira kudziwa, pakadali pano, kuti pali chodziwika bwino cha MLS pakukula kwa mpira waku Canada pansi pa Herdman.

Ndizowona kuti mphunzitsiyu adabadwira ku England ndipo adakulitsa luso lake ku New Zealand, ndipo ndizowona kuti dziko la Canada lidachita bwino kwambiri pomwe adatenga timuyi, koma ulendo wawo wopita ku World Cup sikanatheka popanda zopereka za Major League Soccer.

Chinthu chimodzi ndi chodziwikiratu: MLS ili ndi magulu atatu mdziko muno, kuphatikiza Toronto FC, yomwe idakwanitsa katatu mu 2017.

Koma osewerawo adaphatikizanso osewera ambiri a MLS, kotero pomwe Berhalter adayang’ana talente yaku Europe m’malo mwako, Herdman adatembenukira ku MLS kuti apeze mayankho.

Adayitanira osewera 16 a MLS panthawi yayitali yoyeserera, komanso osewera 10 pamasewera awiri omaliza (ena anayi agululi adakulira ku MLS asadasamukire ku Europe).

Zina mwa izo ndi chifukwa njira yachitukuko ya osewera yatulukira yomwe inalibe kale. Kwa zaka zambiri, talente yaku Canada idakakamizika kupita ku mayunivesite aku America kuti akakhale ndi mwayi wokhala katswiri.

Pofika chaka cha 2007, pamene Toronto FC idalowa nawo mu ligi ngati gulu lokulitsa, zosankha zidapezeka ndipo njira yopititsira patsogolo osewera idakhala yosavuta.

Ngakhale mpaka pano sipanakhalepo nyenyezi zenizeni zaku Canada – Davies adatchuka kwambiri m’dongosolo lino atakhala wokhazikika ku Bayern Munich – apereka kuzama kwa timuyi.

Qatar … ndi kutha kwa nthawi

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Izi sizinali zokwanira ku Qatar. Kujambula kunali kovuta ku timu ya Canada. Anaikidwa m’gulu lomwe linaphatikizapo Belgium, Croatia, ndi Morocco, zomwe zinadabwitsa aliyense ndi maonekedwe ake mu mpikisano.

Mpikisano usanayambe, Herdman anabetchera timu yake, nati: “Tidzakumana ndi zimphona za mpira wapadziko lonse lapansi, palibe kukaikira za zimenezo, ndipo tiri ngati David kuno.” Iye ananenanso kuti: “Koma Davide anayenera kugonjetsa Goliati chifukwa ankadziwa bwino mphamvu zake.

Kugonja pang’ono ku Belgium kunapereka chiyembekezo, ndipo Davies atagoletsa chigoli choyamba cha dziko lake pa Mpikisano wa Padziko Lonse patangotha ​​​​mphindi ziwiri pamasewera awo ndi Croatia, chiyembekezo chidayambiranso. Komabe, chiyembekezo chimenechi sichinakhalitse. Croatia yagoletsa zigoli zinayi motsatizana. Kenako adaphwanyidwa ndi Morocco pamasewera omaliza amagulu.

Gulu la Canada lataya machesi onse atatu, silinapeze mfundo imodzi, ndipo pambuyo pa chisangalalo chonsechi, zonse zidagwa.

Zinthu zinangotsala pang’ono kutha. Herdman adatsogolera Canada kumapeto kwa 2023 CONCACAF Nations League, koma sanachite bwino motsutsana ndi United States, atachotsedwa mu semi-finals.

Herdman adasiya udindo wake mu Okutobala 2023 ndikukhala mphunzitsi wa Toronto FC, komwe adakumana ndi zovuta.

Anakakamizika kusiya ntchito yake mu 2024 zitadziwika kuti akuchita zamanyazi mwadala, pomwe timu ya mpira wa ku Canada idagwidwa ikugwiritsa ntchito ma drones kuti aziwonera zomwe adani achita.

Herdman adatchulidwa mu lipotilo, ndipo adalandira “chidzudzulo cholembedwa” chifukwa chodziwa zomwe zikuchitika, ngakhale sizikudziwika ngati adayambitsa opaleshoniyo.

Jesse Marsh, yemwe adasankhidwa pambuyo pa Herdman, pambuyo pake adanena kuti “sanadziwe bwino zomwe zinali kuchitika.”

Komabe timu ya dziko la Canada inkafuna mphunzitsi watsopano. Zinali zofunikira kukonzanso chikhalidwe cha timu.

Jesse Marsh ndi tsogolo lowala

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Ndipo kotero ife tikufika ku Marsh, munthu amene ali ndi chakukhosi kuposa wina aliyense mu mtima mwake. Malinga ndi malipoti, American Marsh ndiye anali wodziwika kwambiri kuti aphunzitse timu ya dziko la America bungwe la US Football Association lisanatembenukire kwa mphunzitsi wa Chelsea panthawiyo, Mauricio Pochettino. Atalephera kupeza ntchitoyo, a Marsh adayambitsa kampeni yokwiya kwambiri pawailesi yakanema pomwe adawulula momwe adasokeretsa mgwirizano womwe adagwira nawo ntchito ngati wothandizira.

Marsh adakhala mphunzitsi wa timu ya dziko la Canada mu Meyi 2024, pasanathe mwezi umodzi kuti Copa America iyambe. Marsh, monga Herdman, anali ndi gulu labwino kwambiri, koma adawoneka wopanda chochita motsutsana ndi ena mwa osewera abwino kwambiri aku South America.

Komabe, Marichi mosayembekezereka adatsogolera Les Rouges kupita ku semi-finals, komwe adagonja ndi Argentina, yemwe adapambana mutuwo.

Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, timu ya dziko la Canada sinasiye kukula. Mpikisano wa Gold Cup unali wokhumudwitsa, koma m’masewera ake a 2026 World Cup isanachitike, Canada idawonetsa kulimba mtima. Davies pano akuchira kuvulala kwa ACL, koma akuyembekezeka kukhala atakonzeka pofika 2026.

Davies wakhala akuchira chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa ACL, koma akuyembekezeredwa kuti azikhala bwino ndi 2026. Marsh akupindulanso ndi MLS, ngakhale mosiyana pang’ono.

Si chinsinsi kuti bungwe la Canadian Football Association likuvutika ndi mavuto azachuma, ndipo chitaganyacho chachepetsako mtolowo popereka makalabu atatu a Major League pamalipiro a mphunzitsi wakale wa matimu a New York Red Bulls ndi Leeds United.

Marsh akutsindika kuti palibe chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito talente ya MLS pobwezera. Komabe, dongosololi likuwonetsa mgwirizano m’dziko lonselo, mothandizidwa ndi magulu atatu akuluakulu aku Canada.

Mwina ichi ndiye cholinga. Marsh ndi mphunzitsi wabwino kwambiri yemwe wapatsidwa ntchito yovuta kuti alowe m’malo mwa nthano ya mpira waku Canada.

Akhala akufuna kuchita bwino kunyumba kwawo mu World Cup. Ngati 2022 ndi tsiku labwino kwambiri m’mbiri ya mpira waku Canada, mwina, pansi pa Marsh, pakhala masiku abwinoko akubwera.