Canada ends disappointing men’s soccer year with 2-0 loss in South Korea
CHEONAN, Korea, Republic Of — As regional rivals battle for a spot at the 2018 World Cup, Canada’s men’s national soccer team faces another rebuilding process and the growing pains that go with it.
Canada lost 2-0 loss to South Korea in an international friendly Friday on the same day that six other teams in the CONCACAF region kicked off the final round of World Cup qualifying.
Canada, eliminated from the final qualifying round in September, has started the slow build to the 2022 World Cup that has an important stop next summer at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
“It was a disappointing year. We had set goals at the end of last year as to where we wanted to take 2016,” said defender Adam Straith. “We didn’t obviously quite get there. Now it’s another rebuilding phase.”