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Originally Posted by shermanator
Agree completely. A guy like Begovic would have been the #1 keeper for years on Canada, but they call him up and don't cup tie him. Months later he's playing for Bosnia because he has no idea if he's even wanted in Canada.
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Bull****. Begovic was officially cap-tied to Canada under the old rules as he had played for us at the U20 World Cup. Then FIFA changed the rules so that only World Cup or Confederation Championship games or qualifiers would count and he took the chance to bolt. You can't blame that on anybody but the player. Similarly there can be no argument that guys like Jonathan de Guzman or David Hoillett don't know that Canada wants them. They just don't want to be a part of developing our program or leading the way for the next generation and instead want to step in once the team has "proven itself worthy of them". Tomorrows headlines will likely include the news that de Guzman no longer has any interest in us (again) and the Hoillett has chosen to play for Jamaica.
And Canada's men's team will continue to suck and future players will continue to use our suckage as an excuse not to play for us and on and on the cycle goes.