Right now, Canada is one win, one draw at the Algarve Cup because, really, their goal hasn't been threatened. That's not going to happen at the World Cup. At some point, the opposition will score. At some point, Canada might need to score two to win, or to find the net on that one great chance that comes to them in order to turn a 0-o draw into a 1-0 triumph.

The day before the Canadian men’s national team faced Scotland in Edinburgh, Octavio Zambrano addressed the team.

Maxim Tissot had a trial with D.C. United in 2016; the club couldn’t fit him in the roster, but told him to come back in 2017. After that second trial — and a heck of a lot of paperwork — Tissot has a chance return to MLS

So, well, Fraser Aird sure looked like he was pretty pumped to play for Canada in Scotland, didn’t he?

With Ledgerwood off to play for Canada, coach Colin Miller said that fullback Netan Sansara will get the captain’s armband for the Stoke City match. Dustin Corea, who scored and set up a goal against Newcastle, will be out with a groin strain. And goalkeeper Nathan Ingham is nursing a strain in his kicking leg.

So, did Shiels feel the weight of expectation on his shoulders when he took the field with his new Eddies teammates for the first time Monday?

“The guys are in a good place, but we need to get out of here,” Miller said after Tuesday’s training session. “It’s getting claustrophobic. Guys are on top of each other, there’s a bit of chirping going on at training, as you would imagine. We’re now into our fourth or fifth week of preseason at this little place and it’s understandable that we need to get out and get some fresh air."

A preseason trip to Europe in no way suggests that Fath is doing anything more but increasing his investment in a team he and his brother, Dave Fath, have lost money on since day one. But, with the dollar slumping to less than 73 cents US on Friday, and it likely to drop even further as the oil price continues to sag, the fact remains that a trip to America has become increasingly expensive, and will likely be even more pricey in the spring of 2016.

We’re now at the stage of the poker game where it’s time to call. We’ve gone through the bets, the bluffs and the folds.

And one name jumps right out at the Canadian soccer supporter. Fraser Aird.