Alphonso Davies was not yet born when Canada last qualified the hexagonal

Canada is only 90 minutes away from confirming its ticket to the eighth final of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifying, Heading to Qatar 2022, because in case of maintaining this Tuesday, June 15, the advantage achieved against Haiti, the selection of the country of the maple leaf would return to a final phase of the eliminatory, for the first time since the process towards France 1998, in which Alphonso Davies, the main Canadian figure of the moment, had not yet been born.

Alphonso Davies was born in November 2000 and so far he has not seen his team fighting for a ticket to the World Cup. in practically his entire life, since in the previous qualifying rounds, Canada had been eliminated in the previous rounds, so the Bayern Munich footballer He leads the new Canadian generation that wants to return its national team to a World Cup, for the first time since its only participation in the Mexico 86 edition.

Canada plays their ticket to the eighth final of the Concacaf this Tuesday, when they face Haiti in the second leg of the play-off at the Toyota Stadium in the United States, where they will have to maintain the advantage achieved in the first leg thanks to both Cyle Larin, to sneak in as one of the three remaining teams of the final phase in the World Cup qualifying round of the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean, in which teams such as Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras and Jamaica are already waiting.

The North American team has only played one edition of the final phase of the Concacaf tie, since registered his first and last participation in the World Cup process towards France 1998, when the first Hexagonal Final was played and the Canadian team finished in the last position, registering just one win, 3 draws and 6 wins in the 10 games of the edition in which Mexico, the United States and Jamaica were left with the tickets for the world Cup.

For his part, the only time that Canada has been in a World Cup was in the edition of Mexico 86, when they got the remaining ticket for the World Cup tournament after the automatic classification of the local squad, however, the Canadian team was left as the worst team in the tournament after being eliminated in the group stage with three losses and without being able to score.

The emotional story of Alphonso Davies

Alphonso Davies has become the new face of Canadian football, as his recent achievements with Bayern Munich have put him in the forefront of the world elite at just 20 years old, But his success story was accompanied by great suffering in his first years of life, since the current side of the Bavarian team was born in a refugee camp in Ghana, after his parents fled from Liberia, so that just his five years old, will move with his family to Canada, thanks to a family restoration program, based in Edmonton.

Davies left his past behind to begin writing his story and became the youngest player to make his USL debut and second-youngest to play within MLS, where he quickly stole the spotlight and following his performance with the Vancouver Whitecaps, The Canadian was signed by Bayern Munich, where he achieved the treble last season and became Bundesliga champion in the most recent one, before reporting with his team, with which he wants to make history and with which he currently registers 4 goals and 5 assists during the first knockout round.