Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Armenian national team will play Canada in an international friendly on February 29 in Cyprus.
As Sportsnet.ca reports, this was announced by the Canadian Soccer Association on January 17.
The match will be the first meeting between Armenia and Canada.
Canada coach Stephen Hart said that “when Armenia was presented to us I did some quick homework on them and saw that they were a very effective attacking team, and I thought they would be a really good opponent for us.”
Armenia currently sits 46th in the FIFA world rankings, compared to 72nd-place Canada.
Canada’s only previous World Cup appearance came in 1986 in Mexico where it bowed out if the first round after suffering three shutout losses.
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