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The Canadian men’s soccer team needs goals at B.C. Place Tuesday. Help, too.

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Canada hosts El Salvador at the same time that Mexico hosts Honduras in the final games of this fourth round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

It’s going to take a six-goal turnaround to see Canada, and not Honduras, through to the Hex — the final round of qualifying — for the first time since 1998.

Do the math however you want. 2-0 Canada and 4-0 Mexico? 3-0 in both games? Dare to dream the improbable, even: four goals at home?

However you add it up, it’s going to take career-defining Canadian performances, Mexico in the mood, and maybe some luck.

“We have belief in ourselves,” said midfielder Atiba Hutchinson, Canada’s talisman. “We know what we’re capable of doing at home. We’ve had good games in this stadium. The confidence is there.

“Obviously we have to have a good start. If we can get an early goal and get things open, anything can happen from there. But we have to approach the game in the right way. We have to be balanced.”