Cameroon – 2014 Joseph, June 18, 2014April 28, 2018 Having already checked out The Suya Spot and Harlem Underground as potential African World Cup Team watching spots, I decided to check out Yauca’s Lounge. After the closing of Chez La Belle Africaine, a hot spot for Cameroon fans for the 2010 world cup, I thought there might be some fans that would migrate to Dovercourt to check out the games. It wasn’t a fantastic turnout, but there were legitimate, if not jersey draped, fans of Cameroon. Turned out to be a pretty terrible game for Cameroon and a tough way to exit the World Cup. Still, really nice bar and the food looked great. I know I will be back. Date: June 18, 2014 Score of game: Cameroon 0, Croatia 4 Location: Yauca’s Lounge, 755 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, ON Estimated number of fans at location: 8 Related
2014 Greece – 2014 June 19, 2014April 28, 2018 I stopped by the Danforth for about ten minutes of a rather uninteresting game in the World Cup 2014. Turns out, I missed the great Greek game, which shut down the Danforth on June 24th. Still, it was an impressive display of blue and white, and I have to say,… Read More
2014 Nigeria – 2014 June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 The Suya Spot on Weston Road is the African Nation World Cup headquarters in Toronto, no question. They don’t only have jerseys and flags from all four of the subsaharan African countries proudly on the wall – Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Ghana – but fans who come out to… Read More
2014 Where to Watch – Celebration Square, Mississauga June 16, 2014May 21, 2018 An amazing neutral site for World Cup fans in the GTA is Celebration Square in Mississauga. I went to Square One in search of Bosnia and Herzegovina this past Sunday but I found dozens of fans of just about every country in the World Cup this year. The square provides… Read More