Canada’s first World Cup

The North Americans’ first taste of World Cup action came at Mexico 1986. Having finishing top of a qualifying group that contained Guatemala and Haiti, the Canadians were drawn in a pool with France, Hungary and Soviet Union. After Jean-Pierre Papin’s header condemned Tony Waiters’ troops to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Les Bleus, they then fell to consecutive 2-0 losses against Hungary and an Oleg Blokhin-inspired Soviet Union.