The Canadian Men's Soccer Team Thread

[GirlySports]

No Atiba Hutchison!

We're toast!

[shermanator]

Here's a good article on our chances at the Gold Cup. Will be a tough go with Borjan, Johnson and Hutchinson all out for various reasons:

http://www.mlssoccer.com/goldcup/201...up-job-beckons

Roster is as follows:

CANADA
GK- Lars Hirschfeld | NOR / Valerenga
GK- Quillan Roberts | CAN / Toronto FC
GK- Kenny Stamatopoulos | SWE / AIK
D- Marcel de Jong | USA / Sporting KC
D- David Edgar | ENG / Birmingham City
D- Andre Hainault | GER / VfR Aalen
D- Dejan Jakovic | JPN / Shimizu S-Pulse
D- Nik Ledgerwood | GER / Energie Cottbus
D- Ashtone Morgan | CAN / Toronto FC
D- Karl W. Ouimette | USA / New York Red Bulls
D- Adam Straith | NOR / Fredrikstad
M- Tesho Akindele | USA / FC Dallas
M- Kyle Bekker | USA / FC Dallas
M- Julian de Guzman | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC
M- Simeon Jackson | ENG / Coventry City
M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC
M- Pedro Pacheco | POR / Santa Clara
M- Samuel Piette | ESP / Deportivo la Coruña
M- Tosaint Ricketts | ISR / Hapoel Haifa
M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
M- Maxim Tissot | CAN / Impact de Montréal
F- Marcus Haber | ENG / Crewe Alexandra
F- Cyle Larin | USA / Orlando City SC

[shermanator]

Not sure where the best place to put this is, but here's a good article on soccer in Nunavut:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/sp...rren-land.html

[GirlySports]

Can we play WCQ there?

[Johnny199r]

I'm going to T.O to watch Canada vs Costa Rica in the gold cup and The next generation of Canadian soccer at the Pan Am games. My first national team games...

[shermanator]

Some of us are hitting up Fiddler's Courtyard to watch the El Salvador game tomorrow night at 8:30 if anyone is interested. This is the must win game, a win puts Canada in a decent spot to make the quarterfinals.

[Magnum PEI]

Very entertaining first half in the USA Honduras game. Should be interesting to see how Canada does tomorrow.

[Jimmy Stang]

Pretty excited for the Gold Cup. I know that Canada is in tough, but I'll be watching optimistically.

The match tonight will be on Sportsnet 360 (and World) at 8:30. All of Canada's matches will be on either Sportsnet or Sportsnet 360, whereas the matches not involving Canada will require a subscription to Sportsnet World. Disappointing but not entirely unexpected given that the games are on during prime time, Sportsnet carries baseball, etc.

[GirlySports]

SN360 showed both matches yesterday

[shermanator]

Costa Rica draws Jamaica 2-2. That doesn't bode well for Canada but the real test starts in 10 minutes.

[Acey]

This will be the first Gold Cup match I'm watching so far. Needed a few days of recovery after watching every single minute of the WWC.

[GirlySports]

Is SN360 messed up for you guys?

[Jimmy Stang]

Looks OK for me. I'm on Shaw.

[Jimmy Stang]

Sportsnet really can't be bothered with Canadian soccer anymore, eh? I guess they spent their wad on the hockey rights, but not even Gerry and Craig to host? Just the Fox feed re-transmitted.

Better than nothing, of course.

[GirlySports]

Hmm mine is jittery

[Acey]

Canada 1.70 vs El Salvador 4.00
Carson, California



Formations:
Canada: 4-1-4-1
El Salvador: 4-5-1

[Jimmy Stang]

If you're desperate I can send you some details for getting onto my slingbox.

[GirlySports]

i switched to smaller TV. lo-definition works fine.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Costa Rica draws Jamaica 2-2. That doesn't bode well for Canada but the real test starts in 10 minutes.

2-2 is good, we can now win the group!

[Acey]

Canada absurdly outnumbered in the stands.