CANADA Best World Cup performance: First round in only previous appearance in 1986Other honours: CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup winners in 1985, 2000FIFA ranking: 41How they qualified: Canada finished first in the CONCACAF zone final qualifying standingsCoach: John Herdman. The 47-year-old Englishman has taken an unconventional route to the World Cup after starting his coaching career while working as a part-time university lecturer. After working with Sunderland’s youth academy he moved to New Zealand in 2003, and took over as head coach of the New Zealand women’s team in 2006. That led to a …