I stayed tuned Tuesday night, to see if the inevitable would happen and Canada would surrender an equalizer in the final 45 minutes against Honduras.
The Canadian men’s national team is much like Toronto FC at times – more train wreck than soccer game. Meaning, quite often you are watching for the wrong reasons. Against Honduras I watched to see what time the goal would come, whether it be one or two.
The second half swan dive against Peru just three days ago facilitated the negative thoughts.
It never came.
But what a bizarre finish; not often the weather in Canada is responsible for the cancellation of anything. The whole thing sounded like something ripped form the headlines at TheOnion.com: Weather cancels soccer game in Canada.
But pathetic fallacy would fail and Stephen Hart will now have momentum heading in to the friendly with Ukraine come October.
Deserving honour
Defender Paul Stalteri, has faced his critics in supplanting Randy Samuel’s as most-capped member of the men’s national team. Samuel participated in all three games in Canada’s only appearance at a World Cup final back in 1986, and nostalgia can be a very stubborn thing.
Stalteri has always answered the call to play for his national team, and anyone who does that 83 times with only a very feint light at the end of tunnel, is a great example and ambassador to the Canadian game.
Safe money is on the patriot to earn No. 84 in a few weeks.
Friendly fire
Rob Friend is an established European player and deserves to play every time out with the national team. However, until Hart can find that wide player with A-plus crossing abilities, Friend will continue to gather critics and mire in a scoring drought.
Pride of Springfield
Very little of Josh Simpson is seen thanks to his club career in Turkey. Watching him patrol the midfield Tuesday reminded me of only one thing.