Canucks in Qatar - Episode 2: Canadian soccer history + Paul Dolan 🎧

'Canucks in Qatar' is a soccer podcast from theScore, tracking Canada's men's national team as it returns to the World Cup for the first time since 1986. From exclusive interviews to in-depth match previews and analysis, our hosts will explore John Herdman's charges from every angle before, during, and after this winter's tournament. Led by superstar Alphonso Davies and a collection of burgeoning young players, Canada's men's team is enjoying a meteoric rise. The World Cup is only the beginning.

To know where you're going, you have to know where you've been. For too long, the debilitating low points in Canadian soccer - who can ever forget San Pedro Sula? - outweighed the exhilarating highs, like qualifying for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Featuring an exclusive interview with Canada Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Paul Dolan (19:06), Episode 2 examines the history of both the men's and women's programs, and charts an exciting path forward for Canadian soccer. The golden generation is here. It's time to bury the demons.

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As promised, here's the moment when a live rooster was thrown at Paul Dolan during Canada's 1986 World Cup match against France:

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