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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Joe Callaghan

UNBELIEVABLE: Canada leave final world cup window with more questions than answers | History Defined

Canada's Jonathan David and Iceland's Hordur Magnusson fight for the ball during a friendly on Saturday in Toronto.
Canada's Jonathan David and Iceland's Hordur Magnusson fight for the ball during a friendly on Saturday in Toronto. Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images

By the time Jesse Marsch finally brought a close to proceedings, the March international window was two minutes away from breaking into April.

Tuesday in Toronto had been “odd” according to Canada’s head coach. It was an afternoon when the four-month wait to discover their opening World Cup opponents went as long as it possibly could. Canada players had to go mobile, taking their playoff watch party to the coach journey to BMO Field for that night’s friendly with Tunisia as, back in Zenica, Bosnia and Italy prepared for penalties.

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