In fairness to Friday’s FIFA 2026 World Cup draw, lost amidst the absurdity was at least the predictable brilliance of Andrea Bocelli’s rendition of Nessun Dorma. Sadly, it opened the show, meaning his powerful tones had no opportunity to salvage this train wreck of an event.

Thankfully, common sense had prevailed by Saturday, and a (slightly) cringed-down event at least stuck to the job at hand to announce exactly who is playing where, and when.

By now, you know which teams and which fan bases will descend upon our fair country and despite some predictable disappointment, there promises to be some compelling football played next summer in Toronto and Vancouver.

Let’s talk frankly, shall we? Canada has a considerable problem when it comes to stadiums. We just don’t have enough (if any)

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