Having certified for the boys’s World Cup for the primary time since 1986, it is honest to say Canada have extra innovative nowadays – in additional methods than one.
Canada, who topped the CONCACAF qualification standings to achieve their first World Cup in 36 years, journey with a bodily sword, engraved with the phrases “Qatar 2022” to each sport.
Supervisor John Herdman revealed the workforce’s totem after the 4-0 win over Jamaica that sealed passage to the match, and defined the explanations behind the image.
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Herdman mentioned: “The sword’s one thing that symbolizes ‘New Canada’. I mentioned to those boys [that] we have at all times had a defend, however we created a sword and on the sword it says ‘Nihil timendum est,’ which is ‘Worry Nothing’ [in Latin].
“That is New Canada. That is the swagger we wish to play with. It goes in into each stadium to symbolise we’ll personal their floor and be New Canada.”
Armed and harmful
Whereas Canada have loved clean crusing on the pitch within the CONCACAF qualifiers, sealing their place at November’s World Cup earlier than continental powerhouses USA and Mexico, their mascot has had a rougher trip.
Final week, after they travelled to Costa Rica for a match, the sword was seized by airport customs, with footage of the weapon revealed in nationwide newspapers.
With out their fortunate sword, Canada had been crushed 1-0 – their solely defeat within the closing stage of CONCACAF qualifying to this point.
Nonetheless, it was returned to the workforce after they left central America, with Herdman revealing it was current at Sunday’s historic win over Jamaica.
“We have got it. We acquired it again. It was in that turf [at BMO Field],” he mentioned.
