Having turned a corner against Honduras late last year, the Canadians can control their destiny with a result against Mexico, says Rudi Schuller.
"We pretty much embarrassed ourselves."
Current Canada captain Julian de Guzman spoke those damning words in the immediate aftermath of the most humiliating defeat in team history — an 8-1 drubbing at Honduras in October 2012 that eliminated the side from yet another World Cup qualifying campaign and cost then-head coach Stephen Hart his job.
Even worse is that Canada would have stayed alive with just a draw in that match against the Central Americans, a result which the team had already achieved in the reverse fixture earlier that year.