Canada earns first-ever point in World Cup draw
Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros of The Cooligans react to Canada’s 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina in its opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Check out the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.
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A huge result.
This is the first, ever point for Canada in a World Cup.
Remember they obviously qualified for the last one, but they got smoked, in every game.
Yeah.
I, that’s why I think it’s a little bit, it’s a little bit, rude that people are like, “Oh, you messed up.”
Hey, they did pretty good.
Jesse Marsch has them playing with confidence.
Sure, but I, I did say in our preview, I was like, I, I don’t have super high expectations, for Canada, and, you know, on, on paper, you’re the home country and Bosnia and Herzegovina not the strongest of countries.
but I thought, they, I thought, Bosnia and Herzegovina did a great job, and, and didn’t They weren’t You know, you looked at the, the crowd, it’s just a sea of red.
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Yeah.
very th- even though I think th- there’s a- Bosnians and, and Canadians are, like, two very different whites.
You know what I mean?
Okay.
Um- You know, Bosnians are more like Latinos out there, bro.
Yeah.
You know?
And the Canadians are, like, nice, you know?
Sure, sure.
but they, they held their own- Yeah, they did and Canada had a tough time.
Um- How do you think, how do you think, do you think Canada makes it out of the group?
who’s in their group?
If, I don’t know if we have that graphic.
I don’t remember who, what’s in their group.
I can look it up right now.
I’m gonna say yes, because again, the third place teams, I mean, they, they, they look decent.
I mean, you know, they obviously they played a team that, was, g- very defensive.
Yeah.
Canada, Qatar, and Switzerland.
They, Canada should get out.
Yeah.
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