{ "title": "Road to FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:33:25", "published_at": "2007-08-01 11:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/road-to-fifa-world-cup-south-africa-2010", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/q0Fd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Dale Mitchell\u2019s reign as Canada\u2019s men\u2019s senior head coach begins this month with a 22 August friendly against Iceland. It continues next month with an international friendly on home soil, the 12 September match against CONCACAF rival Costa Rica at BMO Field in Toronto. Both matches, however, are jus\u2026", "slug": "road-to-fifa-world-cup-south-africa-2010", "body": "

Dale Mitchell’s reign as Canada’s men’s senior head coach begins this month with a 22 August friendly against Iceland. It continues next month with an international friendly on home soil, the 12 September match against CONCACAF rival Costa Rica at BMO Field in Toronto.
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\u200bBoth matches, however, are just preparatory work for the real job: FIFA World Cup qualifying that takes place next season. Canada hasn’t qualified for a men’s FIFA World Cup since Mexico 1986, so their goal is pretty straight forward: qualify for South Africa 2010.
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\u200bMitchell is the eleventh coach in charge of Canada’s World Cup qualifying efforts. Of the 10 coaches before him, only Tony Waiters managed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. Among Waiters’ troops back in 1986 was a young player named Mitchell.
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\u200bBefore coming to the senior team, Mitchell coached Canada at the last three FIFA U-20 World Cups: UAE 2003, Nederland 2005 and Canada 2007.
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\u200bDon Petrie (2-0-2)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1958 (two wins, no draws, two losses)
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\u200bPeter Dinsdale (2-1-1)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1970 (two wins, one draw, one loss)
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\u200bFrank Pike (1-1-4)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1974 (one win, one draw and two losses)
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\u200bEckhard Krautzun (5-6-7)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1978 (four wins, three draws and three losses)
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\u200bBarrie Clarke (6-6-2)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1982 (two wins, six draws and one loss)
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\u200bTony Waiters (11-11-21)
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\u200bCanada qualifies for FIFA World Cup 1986 (five wins, three draws, no losses)
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\u200bCanada loses all three games in FIFA World Cup 1986 (0-0-3)
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\u200bTony Taylor (6-2-6)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1990 (one win and one loss against Guatemala)
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\u200bBob Lenarduzzi (20-15-26)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1994 (six wins, four draws, four losses)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 1998 (six wins, five draws, five losses)
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\u200bHolger Osieck (20-9-17)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 2002 (two wins, one draw, five losses)
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\u200bFrank Yallop (8-3-9)
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\u200bCanada fails to qualify for FIFA World Cup 2006 (three wins, two draws, three losses)
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\u200bDale Mitchell
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\u200bWill coach Canada’s FIFA World Cup qualification efforts beginning in 2008
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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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