Canada
In Canada, football has overtaken hockey for the first time as the most popular sport among young people
The boys, especially the second-generation Canadians or those living abroad, are driving this change. Now what is missing is a great result from the National team.
Football in Canada is growing rapidly, but a structural issue remains: a shortage of coaches and, above all, of playing fields.
The Canadian paradox: the country’s football potential is constrained by a shortage of facilities in a land of limitless space.
In Canada, the first matches are being played with the “Wenger” offside rule, and football already seems like a very, very different game.
Alejandro Diaz's goal in the match between Pacific FC and Halifax Wanderers could represent a turning point: get ready to completely rethink one of the fundamental rules of soccer, at least as we know it.