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Canada remain a work in progress as the World Cup ...

Canada's sobering loss to Switzerland meant they lost a golden opportunity to play a round-of-32 game in front of their home fans.

Canada remain a work in progress as the World Cup ...
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In the space of one solitary second-half minute against Switzerland , Canada saw their World Cup bubble temporarily burst.

Up until Wednesday's clash, this had felt like a new frontier for soccer in the country, a summer with the potential to catapult the national team to global notoriety. However, after Switzerland forward Rubén Vargas set his team on the way to a 2-1 victory with a goal just 40 seconds after the break, it became abundantly clear the tournament co-hosts are still very much a work in progress.

The scenes at full time remained celebratory -- after all, this was still a day on…

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