It’s not necessarily fun playing soccer in the extreme cold. In fact, Jelani Smith, head of soccer operations for Hamilton’s Forge FC, says it’s “difficult” and “very unsettling.”
But when Canada’s men’s national soccer team meets the U.S. at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton on Jan. 30 for a World Cup qualifying game, Smith said, the deep-freeze conditions will most likely challenge the visiting team.
“They’re in the off season, so they’re not coming in top shape and then … they’re leaving pre-seasons from warmer places, so Arizona, Florida or California,” Smith, a former professional player, told CBC Hamilton.
“Having to come back here and having to deal
