Scott Stinson: Canada's World Cup wait is almost over, and Alistair Johnston says they are ready for the biggest game of their lives

“It really is kind of surreal, because we qualified quite a while ago now,” says right\u002Dback Alistair Johnston.

All of which is, again, a little surreal. Canada romped through the CONCACAF qualifiers, becoming a team unlike any Canadians had seen, drawing record ratings and crowds and beating — beating! — regional powers Mexico and the United States. And now they are minnows, a 250-to-1 longshot.“It’s 11 11, the pitches are the same size, no matter who you are playing against,” he says. “The balls are still round, I hope.”Still, he says, this is a team that surprised people before.

They didn’t go undefeated or win every home date, but they did have an 11-game unbeaten streak and topped the group. It wasn’t quite sprouting wings, but it was close. Even if Canada won’t have the pressure of, say, Brazil or England, they still expect an intensity, when they open against Belgium on Nov. 23, that they haven’t experienced before.Article content

The team wants to start by setting Canadian records, which at this tournament is a pretty low bar. Score a goal. Earn a point.Things already have. Johnston’s promotional event in Toronto is for Bud Zero’s Forza Canada campaign, alongside Giovinco in the heart of Little Italy. It takes advantage of two things: Canada is in the World Cup, and Italy is not.

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