Yep. After Belgium (#2 ranked country heading into WC), Morocco (semi-finalist) and Croatia (ditto) in Qatar it would be nice to have an easier draw this time.

I just did this WC draw simulator and it threw Uruguay a d the winner of Italy’s playoff pathway into our group!

ash-iwn.github.io/wc-draw-sim/

Italy in a World Cup will ALWAYS be dangerous.

1 in 1728 by my questionable math.

Also liked seeing him drop a shoulder on that Venezuelan late in the game sending him for a tumble when they started taking liberties.

Or a big dose of parental anxiety has been dumped in the Lower Mainland water supply.

😂. My wife & son drove me to VGH when I had mine. Nurse got me set up in a bed quickly. I was a mess. My wife is now thinking I'm being a bit of a drama queen. Nurse squares up to her, looks her in the eye, "The pain is worse than childbirth." I laughed about that once the hydromorphone kicked in.

Had one last December. Worst pain I’ve ever had. Was only medium-sized too.

Bruce you wouldn’t believe the amount of comms we’ve sent out about this. We’re now at the stage where we’ll be updating the parent code of conduct.

Good point.

Defending was indeed strong but Ecuador looked strangely indifferent the whole game.

Lol. Just turned it on after a nice sea wall walk and a couple beers at the Wicklow on their patio. This whole scheduling nationals back east after October needs a re-think. University nationals for me and women are on in Toronto and Hamilton respectively. NSL semis in Toronto as well.

Can confirm - the costs are stupid. Dynamic pricing was in full free market abomination mode on the ticketing site in the Visa pre-sale.

There’s a lot more to it than BC Soccer I think.