O Canada, oh baby: Twitter reacts to historic World Cup qualification
The wait is over.
For the first time in 36 years, Canada's men's soccer team is headed to the World Cup after John Herdman's side clinched a spot in Qatar with a 4-0 victory over Jamaica on Sunday.
The Twitterverse was fired up. Here are some of the best reactions to Canada's monumental achievement:
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!! #CANMNT 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) March 27, 2022
CANADA IS GOING TO THE WORLD CUP!!! pic.twitter.com/OUSK9vqQFK
— Alex Seixeiro (@AlexSeixeiro) March 27, 2022
Wearing shirts that say WE CAN
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) March 27, 2022
They did.
Canada is going to the World Cup. pic.twitter.com/xc4uKxMTyo
✈️#CanMNT pic.twitter.com/VcVIbVFNhZ
— Canadian Premier League (@CPLsoccer) March 27, 2022
We are going to QATAR #Qatar2022 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
— Christine Sinclair (@sincy12) March 27, 2022
Canada's men's team just qualified for the World Cup and Alphonso Davies, one of the best young players in the world, missed the last five games. Think about that.
— Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) March 27, 2022
The sound of a dream coming true 🍁pic.twitter.com/O2YAGFvdGH
— CBC Sports (@cbcsports) March 27, 2022
Alphonso Davies, like a lot of this country right now, is crying.
— Faizal Khamisa (@SNFaizalKhamisa) March 27, 2022
Atiba Hutchinson is the only member of the current Canada squad that had been born the last time the men’s team qualified for the World Cup…
— Squawka (@Squawka) March 27, 2022
This year, at 39 years old, he’ll be captaining his country at the next tournament. 🍁 https://t.co/TzjvsIuFDV
Earlier today I thought, let me watch the Canadian men play soccer. This was never a thing that happened. I know I'm not alone. As far as I'm concerned that's as impressive as qualifying for the World Cup. They went from decades of "oh, Canada" to "you should watch Canada."
— Miriti Murungi (@NutmegRadio) March 27, 2022
Hey🇨🇦,
— Karina LeBlanc (@karinaleblanc) March 27, 2022
In the last 12 months our #CANWNT won🥇at the Olympics and now our #CANMNT team has just qualified for the World Cup.
Can we now start the conversation amongst us all that we are a ⚽️ country? There’s always room to be great at more than 1 thing.
Every🇨🇦child,DREAM BIG!
Someone make sure John Herdman gets his Canadian citizenship. Canadian passport to go to Qatar, baby! #CANMNT
— Rachel Doerrie (@racheldoerrie) March 27, 2022
John Herdman is the first coach to lead a men's and women's national team to FIFA World Cup Qualification 💪 #FOXFacts pic.twitter.com/7ODENT7rZl
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 27, 2022
It’s going to be 60° warmer than it is right now in Toronto when #CanMNT play in Qatar
— Brendan Dunlop (@Brendan_Dunlop) March 27, 2022