Canada booed the U.S.A during the FIFA World Cup opening celebrations.  Today, on our biggest national holiday, Morrocco crushed Canada 3-0 sending them home.

Canada haz sad.

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I’m not sure why Canadian media needed to emphasize the absence of Ruth; but, oh well, bye.

Canada became the first of the co-hosts to exit the World Cup as a clinical Morocco won 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals on Saturday in Houston. The 2022 semi-finalists Morocco will face title favourites France or Paraguay as the business end of the tournament in North America approaches. (more)

An ancillary note of historic irony.  In December of 1777, Morocco was the first country to recognize American independence. Sultan Mohammed III of Morocco issued a declaration allowing American ships to freely enter Moroccan ports, granting them the same privileges as vessels from nations with established treaties, effectively recognizing the United States as a sovereign nation.

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