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DeVos: 2014 World Cup Qualification Or Bust, No More Excuses

By Jason De Vos

Offside: Fixing Canadian Soccer – Getting to the World Cup
Canada has only qualified for the World Cup once: the 1986 tournament held in Mexico. Since then, we have made six attempts to qualify for that elusive festival of football, and on every occasion we have come up short.

I was involved in three of those qualifying campaigns. I played sparingly in the 1998 campaign, but I had two full attempts at reaching the World Cup in 2002 and 2006.

I have been asked many times over the years if I have any regrets about my playing career. I always answer that question the same way; I have no regrets – because I did the very best I could every time I stepped on the field – but I have some disappointments.

The single biggest disappointment for me was never making it to the World Cup.

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