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Originally Posted by browna
The bar should've always been higher to beat the minnows (again Curaco has 160k people in the country) such as Curaco, T&T etc and certainly since Herdman and Marsch, where the expectation now is that we should be beating Honduras and El Salvador and Panama regularly and on par with Mexico and the US within the conference.
Curacao doesn't have any more experience than Canada, certainly this current version that got to a WC, took the WC champions to task twice in the last 12 months and should've held on vs Uruguay for a bronze in Copa America.
Travel is no excuse (Vancouver to Houston is 3h flight and there were plenty of days off).
It was a horrendous result, and always will be against a team such as that. It is an expected win and always should be. Akin to Canada losing in the WC hockey last month to the Danes.
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I agree that our performance was disappointing but Curacao is, football wise, not a typical, small Caribbean island. There's over 140,000 people in the Netherlands with Curacao roots. Their player pool is primarily comprised of Dutch born and trained players who've never lived in Curacao. The majority of their starting 11 last night has Eredivisie experience. Yes, they're not at the level of Canada but I actually expect them to beat Honduras on Tuesday and get out this group. Last night was poor from Canada but I don't think Curacao still qualify as a CONCACAF "minnow".