ly behind the team and supporting what we are doing.’

 Little things that we see in England – when there is a newsvilla.org World Cup near you know there is a World Cup coming around – that didn’t happen’.

World Cup-bound Ike Ugbo played for Chelsea’s academy after moving to England aged nine

Canada’s profile and prominence has changed significantl onnp.org y now with Ugbo part of the squad under English coach John Herdman and that includes Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies and Lille’s Jonatan David who have put the country on the international football map again.

In March, Canada made history by qualifying for this year’s World Cup, their first since 1986, and Ugbo, 23, said: ‘When I went back over and we qualified, and even before the qualification, you c panifol.com ould see little things like adverts in the newspapers, us being invited to events like basketball games.

‘It just shows that the country is really behind the team and supporting what we are doing.’

Ugbo, a former England youngster who briefly declared for Nigeria before deciding his international future lay with Canada, added: ‘Once we qualified against Jamaica, you could see the tears in players’ eyes. People were on the ground crying. 

‘I could see this means so much to everyone and they put so much work in before I even came to get to this point. I made the choice to change over, to join the group and help the team do the 

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