Canada’s Ali Ahmed on home World Cup dream: ‘I want to win our group’

Playing two knockout games in Canada would be huge:

Home advantage is enormous and, for the Canada men’s team, a first at a World Cup. If they top Group B, their next two knockout games would also be in Vancouver. Ahmed has no concerns about playing in the US in the current political climate, saying Canada would just have to block out “external things”, but who can blame him for wanting to play as many games as possible in two cities that mean the world to him. “It’s going to be a perfect setup for me, playing in Toronto and Vancouver – I couldn’t ask for anything better.”

The teams will need clothespins on their noses and regular application of AXE body spray to mask the stench of fascism while they are playing in the USA.