Painting The Pitch Red
Host Henry Standage explores the heroic rise, grim decline, and eventual triumph of Canada’s men's national team, through the lens of some of the most respected soccer voices in the country.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2022
Chapter Four: Qatar’s Canvas
The 2022 World Cup
Featuring: Sid Seixeiro, Craig Forrest, Brendan Dunlop and Kristian Jack.
The reds arrive in Qatar after a dramatic few months of lead-up, while Canadians around the country come to…
Chapter Three: In Bloom
2018–2022
Featuring: Craig Forrest, Brendan Dunlop, Kristian Jack, Sid Sexiero, Babtunde Omotoye and Emma Lefebvre.
After a miserable start to the 2010s, the hire of John Herdman and the rise of a gol…
Chapter Two: The Northern Drought
1989–2017
Featuring: Craig Forrest, Brendan Dunlop, Kristian Jack and Sid Seixeiro.
In the wake of the country's showing at the 1986 World Cup, the next generation of Canadian players perseveres throu…
Chapter One: Welcome to Newfoundland
1985–1987
Featuring Sid Seixeiro and Colin Miller.
A 100 years after the country established itself as an early soccer juggernaut, Canada utilizes gamesmanship to qualify for its first-ever World Cup.…
Prologue: "Things Have Changed.”
When an underdog Canada team heroically qualified for the 1986 World Cup, nobody would have predicted it would be 36 years until the country would compete again for the most prestigious trophy in spo…