Canadian Grass Hockey (Formerly the Soccer thread)

[Kanj]

Reyna and Berhalter are gonna end up bffs after this 

[timeEd32]

Outrageous 

 

[Mike]

So we're definitely better than Trinidad and Tobago, like.

[gazza ladra]

Wtf is up with Canada drawing with Guatemala and Guadeloupe? They playing kids or something?

[toontownman]

15 minutes ago, gazza ladra said:

Wtf is up with Canada drawing with Guatemala and Guadeloupe? They playing kids or something?

Yeah, missing 10 starters. Just isn't the depth behind that yet. The Guatemala game was atrocious. That said it was near +40 with humidity and the game started at 9pm local!

 

Guadeloupe actually have a fairly solid team. A couple of top tier league players and mainly all French expats that play in Ligue 2. 

 

Canada should be beating both though. Lots of new players simply not gelling. Ahmed from the whitecaps looks a great find for the program though as does mls rookie Bombito. Canada desperately needs CB's. It's a gong show back there.

[woody]

2 hours ago, toontownman said:

Yeah, missing 10 starters. Just isn't the depth behind that yet. The Guatemala game was atrocious. That said it was near +40 with humidity and the game started at 9pm local!

 

Guadeloupe actually have a fairly solid team. A couple of top tier league players and mainly all French expats that play in Ligue 2. 

 

Canada should be beating both though. Lots of new players simply not gelling. Ahmed from the whitecaps looks a great find for the program though as does mls rookie Bombito. Canada desperately needs CB's. It's a gong show back there.

The background stuff with the CSA saying bankruptcy was possible then trying to walk it back also wasn’t helpful.

[Mike]

On 16/06/2023 at 21:29, Mike said:

We sent some soccer balls up north just for laughs and now the canucks are syruping all over the thread.

 

RIP the Canucks syruping all over the thread.

 

Always got the Blue Jays, I guess.

[The Bonk]

Hey! I’ve got no problem losing on penalty’s, @Mike. Good effort from a lot of new faces from what I read.

 

Gold Cup has fallen off, though. Why does it exist if the Nations League just happened? 

[Mike]

I didn't even know it was on, tbf. Saw the result this morning.

[toontownman]

Was pretty happy with the game. Was expecting a thrashing. Dissapointing result give the performance but good for a battle of the B teams.

 

Only difference is that is also Canada's C, D E and F teams. The depth comparison between the two nations is so wide. It's getting better though.

 

Cowell is a beast for the states. Ahmed had a break out tournament for Canada. Lack of any decent CB's is still a huge long term issue for Canada. Rest is looking good though.

[Lazarus]

Let me guess - @Mike has been at the thread titles again?

 

 

Edited July 10, 2023 by Lazarus

[David Edgar]

Wonderful thread title.

[Kanj]

Mad that the Nations League had our top side and the Gold Cup has our B side. 

[Adam P]

Is this a subtle dental reference to take the piss out of British teeth? 

[Deuce]

That Jacob kid seems like he’s got something to him. Great goal.

 

Canada’s top XI can compete, but our depth just blows them (and everyone else in the conference) out of the water. Hopefully this spells the beginning of the St. Clair era in goal, too.

[The Bonk]

9 minutes ago, Adam P said:

Is this a subtle dental reference to take the piss out of British teeth? 

 

I thought it was more like "we're going to shove soccer down your throat" type @Mike thread title noncing.

[Deuce]

14 minutes ago, Kanji said:

Mad that the Nations League had our top side and the Gold Cup has our B side. 

Purely a scheduling thing. If our top/Euro-based players were gonna play, better to give them a few games at the tail end of their club season rather than an early call back and month-long commitment that leads straight into club pre-season. No way they’d have called them in for both, they’d not have gotten any breaks. Doesn’t really matter if we win this GC either.

[B-more Mag]

17 minutes ago, Adam P said:

Is this a subtle dental reference to take the piss out of British teeth? 

 

 

[woody]

5 hours ago, Mike said:

 

RIP the Canucks syruping all over the thread.

 

Always got the Blue Jays, I guess.

The country hasn’t been this low emotionally since the great Quebec syrup heist. 
 

But honestly, no complaints about the score and nice to see some of our younger players get some game time and develop (ie: Ali Ahmed)

[The Bonk]

3 minutes ago, Deuce said:

That Jacob kid seems like he’s got something to him. Great goal.

 

Canada’s top XI can compete, but our depth just blows them (and everyone else in the conference) out of the water. Hopefully this spells the beginning of the St. Clair era in goal, too.

 

When they show up. Nations League final was not a glowing account of ability. I think we'll see better players coming through who actually want to play for Canada with the team improvement. Soccer Canada (men's) really owes Herdman a debt of gratitude.

 

1 hour ago, toontownman said:

Was pretty happy with the game. Was expecting a thrashing. Dissapointing result give the performance but good for a battle of the B teams.

 

Only difference is that is also Canada's C, D E and F teams. The depth comparison between the two nations is so wide. It's getting better though.

 

Cowell is a beast for the states. Ahmed had a break out tournament for Canada. Lack of any decent CB's is still a huge long term issue for Canada. Rest is looking good though.

 

I wish Fikayo Tomori didn't have any England caps........ 

[toontownman]

32 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

 

When they show up. Nations League final was not a glowing account of ability. I think we'll see better players coming through who actually want to play for Canada with the team improvement. Soccer Canada (men's) really owes Herdman a debt of gratitude.

 

 

I wish Fikayo Tomori didn't have any England caps........ 

He is the new Hargreaves. The impact he could have made for Canada would have been huge. He is likely missing out on two world cups as it is. Maybe 3. Too bad but he made his choice and wasn't smarter for Southgate cynical capping. Fell for it not once but twice!

[The Bonk]

@toontownman Yeah, kinda, I get where you're coming from. Hargreaves was a big player for England in his time, Tomori won't even get that opportunity, it would seem. 

[loki679]

3 hours ago, Lazarus said:

Let me guess - @Mike has been at the thread titles again?

 

 

 

 

Odds on his lass has heard that more than once

[TRon]

On 10/07/2023 at 16:12, David Edgar said:

Wonderful thread title.

 

Nothing will ever come close to 8mosphere, there were murmurings in Parliament of repealing independence following that abomination.

[Memphis]

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37996709/usl-set-vote-promotion-relegation-august-source

 

The USL - the second-tier league in the US behind MLS - is set to vote next month on adding promotion and relegation. Right now there's a 24-team Championship, a 12-team League One, and a disparate League Two that's sort of like a National League, still regional and with a lot of relatively small teams. Apparently there's enough support that observers think it could be implemented in 2024. I do broadcast work for the USL team in Memphis and I'd love to see the league adopt it. All of us in soccer in the US have been trying to get promotion/relegation incorporated into our leagues, it would be such a gamechanger for the sport. It's a tough sell in the franchise model that MLS uses but if it works in USL, there might be a chance. Keep an eye out.