Canada on the World Cup trail: Tickets cost less than a stadium beer back home
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – Canada’s World Cup qualifying fate will be decided in a crumbling stadium surrounded by barbed wire.
Built in 1997 for the Central American Olympic Games, Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano can accommodate some 40,000, with many of those standing or sitting on bench-like steps in the hot sun.
On Sunday, street vendor Moses Bunce was in downtown San Pedro Sula selling tickets for the game for 150 Honduras lempiras — about C$7.50.
A win or tie will move Canada (3-1-1) into the final round of qualifying in the CONCACAF region, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Honduras (2-1-2) needs to win to keep going.
Canada has not reached the final qualifying round since 1997, when it finished last with a 1-6-3 record.
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