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    The question of whether the CSA has done the right thing by placing Canada's group games in Edmonton and Montreal is up for debate.

    After all, it might not be ideal to have the team travel across the country and then back again (if they win Group A they will play in Vancouver in round of 16) in the space of a week.

    However, head coach John Herdman told CSN that the team is fine with it.

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    "When you live in Canada you can't escape travel, can you?" he asked with a laugh.

    "Every team would like to be in one place and not move throughjout the tournament, but in a country the size of Canada that isn't possible," he said.

    "We've got a greater responsibility and we embrace it. For the good of the game we need to be in different parts of the country."

    Herdman said that the team was working on some "internal strategies" to deal with the potential for jet leg.

    Regardless of travel, Herdman indicated that the team was focusing on the positives of home pitch advantage.

    Additionally, he spoke of the importance of the U20 World Cup, which will be held in 2014 in Canada. There have yet to be details announced regarding the 2014 tournament.

    "We simply cannot rely on the current group of players exclusively for 2015," Herdman said. "We need to have an exhaustive search for new talent.

    "The 2014 tournament gives us a great opportunity to look at some of the young players we are relying on having a breakout.

    "We can see how they react to the pressures and opportunity of playing an additional World Cup at home. "



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