{
    "title": "Canada To Play Czech Republic and Republic of Ireland",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:42:00",
    "published_at": "2003-10-28 10:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-to-play-czech-republic-and-republic-of-ireland",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/m3Fd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Ottawa, Canada \u0096 The Canadian Soccer Association today announced its Men\u2019s World Cup Team will play international \u0093A\u0094 friendlies against two of the top 15 teams in the World when they face the Czech Republic and the Republic of Ireland on November 15 and 18, respectively. Canada will face the Czech \u2026",
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    "body": "<p>Ottawa, Canada \u0096 The Canadian Soccer Association today announced its Men&rsquo;s World Cup Team will play international \u0093A\u0094 friendlies against two of the top 15 teams in the World when they face the Czech Republic and the Republic of Ireland on November 15 and 18, respectively.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada will face the Czech Republic in Teplice, Czech Republic on Saturday, November 15. The Czechs, who won their European Championship Qualifying group with a record of seven wins and one draw, are ranked No. 11 in the FIFA World Rankings.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada will then fly to Dublin on Sunday, November 16 to face the Republic of Ireland at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on November 18 at 7:30 p.m. local time. The Republic, No. 15 in the FIFA rankings, was eliminated last month in the European Championship qualifying round and was looking for a fixture during the international break for the playoff games.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bColin Miller will again be the head coach of the squad after taking over on an interim basis for the friendly against Finland on October 11.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b\u0093These are two huge games for us,\u0094 said Miller. \u0093I was pleased with how we ended against Finland and we were eager to play more games before the end of the year. As we get closer to World Cup Qualifying early in 2004, it&rsquo;s very important for us to be able to play together as often as possible. It doesn&rsquo;t get much better than facing the Czech Republic and the Republic of Ireland and we are very excited and pleased to be able to play such well respected teams and we look forward to the challenge they represent.\u0094<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bMiller will announce his selection for the two games on November 10 and will not choose players selected by Men&rsquo;s Olympic Team head coach Bruce Twamley for the Olympic qualifying series against El Salvador on November 15 and 19.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada has never played either country at the senior level.</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-0a9e624e-72f1-488e-8388-52941734f7a0\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
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