Well that was....... something. El Salvador took CONCACAF buffoonery to another level tonight. Not that they were thinking rationally but that display was never going to end well for them. I get the tactic of making the game chippy and trying to draw Canada into a street fight but even that requires some level of discipline. El Salvador was completely unhinged from the get go.
It's hard for me to take much away from this game other than that it's 3 points and nobody appeared to get injured. I'm tempted to critique the fact that we struggled to break down their 5-3 low block after the second goal but I just think getting out of the match without injuries and cards was priority one once we were up 2-0.
I'm really interested in seeing who starts on Sunday against Guatemala. There's lots of juicy questions for me:
- Promise or Tani up top with the Ice Man?
- Assuming that Saliba comes back into central midfield, who partners him? Choiniere? Koné? Sigur? Is Eustaqiao an option?
- We've got 4 days now until Guatemala so I don't think rotation is as much an issue.
My starting line up would be (R-L)
St. Clair
Johnston - De Fougerolles - Cornelius - Laryea
Buchanan - Choiniere - Saliba - Shaffelburg
J. David - P. David
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