The Canadian Men's Soccer Team Thread

[ditty]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Is this game on TsN?

No, but if you are with Rogers, Bell or Telus, the game will be shown on one of their PPV channels (for free). See below.

https://canpl.ca/article/watch-u-s-a...-major-outlets

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Is this game on TsN?

Sort of. OneSoccer holds the rights, but they have struck a deal to also have it aired on Telus, Rogers, Bell, and Sasktel. Shaw customers are apparently SOL.

https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-...-1&language=en

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Matty81

Could be wrong but I dont think martinique games count for any points... they're not a member of fifa. Good news on the curacao result. Win tomorrow almost certainly clinches now. Draw puts them in the driver's seat and heavy favourites.

Yeah, the Martinique game doesn't impact anything.

I probably posted this earlier but here are the point calculations for the teams fighting for the last two spots in the hex for this round of games:

Honduras: win = 1377, draw = 1364, loss = 1352
Canada: win = 1356, draw = 1343, loss = 1331
El Salvador: 2 wins = 1346, win/draw = 1334
Panama: win = 1329, draw = 1317, loss = 1304
Curacao: 1313

If Canada loses we pretty much will need El Salvador to throw away some points. They play Montserrat and Dominican Republic, same as the October window where they did lose to Dominican Republic. I would be pretty surprised if they lose again, but maybe a draw is possible.

[Matty81]

The problem is this game against Dominican is at home in ES. I think if Canada loses it becomes a super long shot.

Also wtf shaw

[M*A*S*H 4077]

I’m getting nervous.

[cheevers]

Really looking forward to the game tonight. Anyone have any indication on how busy Rose and Crown will be? I can't get there until right at kickoff, possibly a couple minutes after.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Ughhhhhhhhh

[Slava]

I shouldn't have expected anything different.

[Jimmy Stang]

Wow. This is going to be a long night.

Shameful dive to lead to the free kick, but Canada has a lot more problems than that.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

It’s my fault for having hope

Henry is having a shocker

[shermanator]

Every ####ing time I have hope....

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Someone needs to stand up and be a leader. Stupid play by Davies and Borjan, they should know better

At least they defended that well

Edit: three self inflicted goals. Fell asleep defending the corner and then whiffed clearing headers on the second and third goals. Wake up!

[Slava]

Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077

Someone needs to stand up and be a leader. Stupid play by Davies and Borjan, they should know better

At least they defended that well

I love Wheeler saying that "maybe they don't know the rule.". How's that even possible?!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Davies has been dominating for Bayern at LB but it’s not working today. Move him higher up the pitch and try and salvage something, anything.

[Matty81]

The two backs are way too far up the pitch. That's fine with 3 centrebacks but they are exposed on the counter.

Hate losing to the states almost as much as some of the driving time wasting cheating teams in concacaf I shall not name

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Eustaquio coming on is great, but I thought Kaye was the one Canadian who has been decent. The only midfielder who could make a pass

[M*A*S*H 4077]

The US wanted it, we didn’t.

So disappointed

[CofR]

I wanna die

[J epworth]

Didn’t introduce myself to anyone tonight but that was a great atmosphere at Rose & Crown even though the game was disappointing. Fun to have a packed pub for the game!

[MillerTime GFG]

Just watched it. My thoughts:
- Canada shoulda been awarded a PK in the 21st. USA scores in the 24th to make it 2-0. Curtains.
- Canada plays a pretty good brand of football. We build plays through our midfield as they show quite well. We don’t just play direct over the top and into the corners. Great to see for a Canadian team
- We actually carried the play most the game, but cannot handle any sort of counter. Our back line is very poor defensively. Ball watchers, leaving guys wide open in our own 18 even
- Tough not to go out on a break like that, but Borjan woulda been better off staying in his net on the 2nd goal
- Davies is really establishing himself. His speed with and without the ball is his obvious strength, but what stood out to me was how good he is in tight quarters. Playing with Bayern is paying off
- Obviously a typical Canadian result in a game that means something, but we weren’t outplayed to the tune of 4-1.

I like the direction of the CMNT. I like the brand we’re playing. Excited for the future tbh. 2062 WC here we come!