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EPISODE · Jul 9, 2026 · 26 MIN

Did Canada just become a 'soccer nation'?

from CanCon · host Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Laura Palmer

Nothing much had ever been expected from soccer in Canada—or at least from men's soccer in Canada, and mainstream soccer fandom. Until recently. After our women's team showed the world we could punch well above our weight in the 2000s, the game started to gather steam. Now, after a successful run by the mean's team at the World Cup, and what has been by all accounts a superb atmosphere at the games played in Toronto and Vancouver, are we finally a 'soccer nation'? And is it worth the hundreds of millions of dollars it cost to do it? James Sharman, one of Canada's leading soccer analysts and commentators, and a co-host of Footy Prime, joins us to explain how soccer in Canada came this far, both on and off the pitch, and where it might be going next. Feedback from listeners is so, so welcome. If you have something to say, email us: [email protected].

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