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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Yeah exactly. Still fun to rub salt in the wound, but truthfully that didn't feel like a REAL absolute best on best to me because of the NA usurpers. Going into that game, it definitely didn't have the same feel of WC 96 Final, or the 02, 10 or 14 Olympic games against them for me because of that. Felt more like Canada* vs. USA*.
Watching team NA has been a blast, but I'm hoping they don't bring it back next time. It's really taking away from the nationalism and Canadian pride these international tourneys are supposed to draw out of you, at least for me.
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If they are going to continue with this format, I would like to see team Canada and USA get right of first refusal to select Under-23 eligible players. I don't think it would have made any difference to Team Canada's selections, but probably affected Team USA.