Canada vs. Messi, Argentina
As Canada’s men’s national team prepares to take on Lionel Messi’s Argentina in the semi final of the Copa America soccer tournament, we take a look at the years-long project that brought Canada’s soccer program from relative obscurity to the biggest moment in their history.
The Canadian men's soccer team is set to take on Lionel Messi and Argentina, the current holders of the World Cup and No.1 ranked team in the world, in the semifinals of the Copa America soccer tournament.
The game is arguably the biggest match in Canadian soccer history.
James Sharman is a longtime soccer journalist and host of the Footy Prime podcast. He'll share how this marks the culmination of a years-long project which has taken the Canadian program from relative obscurity to legitimacy.
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