The Canadian Men's Soccer Team Thread

[CroFlames]

JDavid keeps on keeping on. Scores vs Romania in the 11th minute.

[puffnstuff]

LOL top notch goalieing there 2 0

[CroFlames]

A disaster for the Romanian keeper, but credit to Ahmed for keeping the pressure on. I think most guys would give up on that thinking it's an easy clear for the keeper.

Overall, Canada is dominating these guys.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Ahmed looks really good. The goal was certainly a gift, but he looks lively and is making things happen. Great set piece delivery on J David's goal too

[Locke]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

LOL top notch goalieing there 2 0

Golden Rule...."Do NOT F*** around in front of your own net!!"

[CroFlames]

Dickhead fan shining a laser at Crepeau.

[browna]

Pretty solid overall. Romanians did have the run of play in the second half and Crapeau played well.
All things good, though Kone throwing a tantrum when getting subbed isn’t ideal.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

I think Sigur will be in the starting lineup for the first World Cup match. Not sure what position he will play, but man what a player

[shermanator]

Absolute domination by Canada over a decent Romanian side in Romania. Was not expecting anywhere near that so pleasantly surpirsed.

Kone played well but the temper tantrum after being subbed out is unacceptable. He is at a crossroads in his career where he can't fall back on his talent anymore and he needs to learn to be a professional. He's already been dropped by Marseille, has not started well at Sassuolo and is no longer first choice in midfield with Canada.

Thought Crepeau was fantastic. He has almost always done well with the national team regardless of poor club form. I've never really bought into the idea that St Clair is the #1.

Eustaquio is leaving camp for precautionary reasons and returning to Porto. I would imagine we will see a midfield of Sigur and Saliba or Choiniere for the next game. I don't know if I see Sigur starting the first game of the World Cup just yet but it's trending that way.

De Fougerolles was tremendous again and I think we have a real stud on our hands at CB.

Would love to see Marshall-Rutty make an appearance on Tusday against Wales. He'll never live up to the "next Davies" hype he had when he was 15 but he's a solid player having a great season with Charlotte and I think he can work as a depth option at fullback if needed.

[Locke]

That was a team that looked good yesterday. Romania aren't a bunch of schlubs either. That was a fun one.

[CroFlames]

All this without the skipper too.

Much to be excited about with Marsch's Canada.

[Locke]

Bring it on ya feckle Welshmen!! Canada is in town! You know what that means?

Bad news for Wales!!

And potentially Whales, but mostly just Wales!!

[Blaster86]

Wales


Where men are men and sheep are scared.

[Locke]

Eat it Wales!!! What a free kick!!

[Blaster86]

That shot was gorgeous.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

That shot was gorgeous.

Just beautiful.

You can imagine that one Welsh dude lying on the ground...."well balls..."

[Locke]

Man the Welsh are fast! I guess you've gotta be if you want to catch sheep.

[CroFlames]

A sublime goal from a CB of all people.

Awesome to see, I love this Canada. Marsch needs to drill into Davies that he doesn't need to do it all. Trust his teammates and Canada can go far.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

No chatter about the roster drop for next week's friendlies yet?

I think it is telling that it is only a 24 man roster. My hunch is that if everyone is healthy this is pretty much the world cup roster + Davies + Johnston.

Positively stoked Liam Millar is back in the team. I don't think he'll see many minutes (if any) but get him up to speed on any tactical tweaks ahead of the November window. He only got his first minutes of the season yesterday.

It seems like it is really Hoillet or Osorio for the veteran presence and I quite like that Pantemis is back in the fold. He's been the #3 at a World Cup before and I think that's good experience to have on the team.

Goalkeepers:
Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS)
James Pantemis, Portland Timbers (MLS)
Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United (MLS).

Defenders:
Zorhan Bassong, Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
Moise Bombito, OGC Nice (France)
Derek Cornelius, Rangers FC (Scotland), on loan from Olympique de Marseille (France)
Luc de Fougerolles, F.C.V. Dender E.H. (Belgium), on loan from Fulham (England)
Richie Laryea, Toronto FC (MLS)
Niko Sigur, Hajduk Split (Croatia)
Joel Waterman, Chicago Fire (MLS).

Midfielders:
Ali Ahmed, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
Tajon Buchanan, Villarreal CF (Spain)
Mathieu Choiniere, LAFC (MLS), on loan from Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland)
Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal)
Ismael Kone, U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (Italy), on loan from Olympique de Marseille (France)
Liam Millar, Hull City (England)
Jayden Nelson, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS)
Nathan Saliba, Anderlecht (Belgium)
Jacob Shaffelburg, Nashville SC (MLS).

Forwards:
Jonathan David, Juventus (Italy)
Promise David, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
Cyle Larin, RCD Mallorca (Spain)
Tani Oluwaseyi, Villareal (Spain).

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/bom...lies-1.7647329

[shermanator]

Moise Bombito broke his leg today. Sounds like it's pretty serious.