TORONTO, Canada—Canada Soccer is coming home!
Canada Soccer announced today that the Canadian men’s national team will play upcoming World Cup Qualifiers this September at BMO Field in Toronto. Canada will host Honduras on Sept. 2 in Toronto as well as El Salvador on Sept. 8.
The matches will be played in front of fans, ‘pending relevant public health approvals from the City of Toronto and Province of Ontario.’ As of now, current guidelines permit up to 15,000 fans in the stands at outdoor sporting events.
“We really want to sing that anthem at home in Canada with our fans, there’s no better sound in sport,” said John Herdman in a press release, Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach.