Canada forward Cyle Larin during a friendly against Iceland last week in Toronto Credit: Geoff Robins / AFP

Swap the Azzurri kit and slip into something maple-flavored: the Canadian Soccer Association spent Saturday tempting Toronto’s Italian diaspora to trade blue for red and rally behind the home team at the 2026 World Cup.

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