Finally, Canada has an appointment with its Montreal audience. The men’s team has just announced a meeting at the Saputo stadium against Australia next October. It will be a first match in Montreal since 2017. Yes, it’s been a long time.
The duel will take place in a friendly setting on October 10. At that time, it will be more than eight years that the men’s team will have played its last match in the Quebec metropolis. The Reds had beaten the Curaçao 2-1, in June 2017, a match which had been the scene of the international beginnings of Alphonso Davies.
Australia, ranked 26e By FIFA, qualified for its sixth consecutive World Cup after its 2-1 victory against Saudi Arabia in June. It will be another good test for Canada (30e), which is building a fairly busy schedule by next meeting next summer. Four days later, he will be struggling with Colombia (14e), Au New Jersey.
He will need this preparation, since his adventure at the Gold Cup, whose title he was targeting, stopped net against Guatemala, in the quarterfinals last Sunday. This defeat is the last competitive match that Canada will have played by the World Cup.
“We are excited to play another high quality match at home for our first meeting in Montreal since 2017,” said coach Jesse Marsch, by press release. The connection between the people’s team and the Canadian communities is one of our largest priorities to create craze for our World Cup at home, in 2026. We know how passionate about Quebec is passionate about our team. And we can’t wait to play in front of a packed room in October. »»
Canada and Australia have clashed 9 times in the past 100 years, the first dating from 1924. The unifolié recorded three victories, a draw and five defeats.
Before the aforementioned international window, Canada will travel to Europe to face Romania (45e), September 5, as well as Wales (29e), September 9.
The rest of the calendar leading to the World Cup has not yet been announced. But we already know that Canada will hold its last training camp in Montreal before the tournament. And he will play his last preparatory match there in early June 2026. Here again, the opponent should come from outside the Concacaf zone, and will also try to prepare for the World Cup. Which augurs well for the caliber of it.
