He was referring to the 41st-ranked Canadian men’s journey back to the World Cup after a 36-year absence, but it appears he could have been describing his trip to Canada’s first formal news conference at the men’s soccer showcase in Qatar. Herdman and captain Atiba Hutchinson were 41 minutes late to meet the media Tuesday.
Herdman, who is known for his attention to detail, was asked whether the traffic was bad.
“Yeah it was,” said the coach, who looked both embarrassed and angry. “It’s been a little bit of a tricky arrival here. It’s your first World Cup, you don’t really want to be keeping the media waiting so our apologies there. But we’ll look into that internally, make sure everything’s clean for the next time through.”
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