On Monday afternoon, the Canadian men's soccer team returned to train at the cold but familiar confines of BMO Field, one year to the day since an emphatic victory over Jamaica took them to their first World Cup in 36 years.
So much has happened since then — good and bad, on and off the field — the anniversary felt less like a chance for happy reflection, and more like a time to settle accounts.
Head coach John Herdman might have preferred to focus on Tuesday's match against Honduras. A win or a draw will see Canada through to the CONCACAF Nations League finals in Las Vegas in June.
A loss means the Hondurans will go to the desert instead. But the conversation soon turned to the ongoing institutional crisis at Canada Soccer.
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