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  Kyle Larin celebrates his goal in Haiti.  Photo: Canada Soccer Herdman’s men are laser-focused on their mission: “take us to the octagon” as the Canucks host Haiti in Chicago for the final leg of the second round. Canada’s pursuit of a World Cup berth continues when they take on 83rd-ranked Haiti, the 11th strongest team in CONCACAF. The two sides squared off in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, where Canada put on quite the professional performance defeating the host 1-0 courtesy of Kyle Larin's tap-in goal on 14 minutes. The Reds could have doubled their lead shortly after taking the lead with Larin and late in the second half with Jonathan David whose attempts were well stopped by Haiti's shotstopper Placide. Canada ran a few risks themselves, particularly in the second half but Bojan responded well. The Red Star Belgrade man had to come up big when a Pierrot bicycle kick forced him to a fingertip save. Canada, however, was able to soak up the pressure by the home side and run...

Photo Credit: AP Photo / Mike Wyke The Canadian men’s national team’s long route to the next World Cup takes a decisive turn as the Canucks square off against Haiti in a key home-and-away encounter. We examine how they got there, and what’s next as Canada’s quest for Qatar 2022 continues. After missing out on the top five-ranked teams who were seeded in CONCACAF’s world cup qualifying group of eight (known as "the octagon"), Canada knew that it was destined for the long road to World Cup 2022 that will take place Qatar. Canada is pursuing the world’s biggest tournament through a first round (organized through round robin groups) and eventually a second knockout round to the tournament. Under this format, the remaining 29 CONCACAF associations were placed in groups, the winners of which move on to the knockout round. Canada’s group stage performance saw the 70th ranked association thump 168th ranked Bermuda 5-1, destroy 194th ranked Cayman Islands 11-0, dominate 205th ranked A...