Mad_Cyril ta! The original goal was to be up and ready for 2026 when we co-host, but it’s become apparent that we’re ready for it now and are playing accordingly.
As a fan of the game, it used to be like watching a middle aged Sunday pub side play Mexico and watching us get a good bollocking as a result. The women’s team would draw more than three times the crowds than the men’s side.
Now the Prime Minister is dropping in to say hi and taking photo ops. Drake is hitting up Alphonso Davies on Instagram and saying he wants to meet the team. Wayne ‘The Great One’ Gretzky (arguably the greatest ever ice hockey player and a Canadian icon) is messaging them with support, etc. Videos of our goals are going viral and topics about the team are trending internationally on Twitter. News is being lead off with stories of their consistent successive efforts on the pitch. There’s a real buzz around them here and it’s about time. It was like living in the Dark Ages for far too long in a country where just three years ago they were lucky to be even televised because they were so terrible.
Most of my life we’ve been beyond abysmal losing to teams like Mauritiana, Dominique (who aren’t even a FIFA team) etc. That’s even in the last five years! I’ve always supported Germany as a result of my heritage, but now….
