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Old 07-30-2018, 08:51 AM   #1241
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Some soccer blogger from vancouver posted a pic of tabla and davies and said he heard some good news. Then posted that he had a source saying tabla is committing to canada and wanted to play in toulon but his agent pulled him. Then deleted post #2.

Dunno how to embed tweets but account is @glasscityfc
Interesting, let’s hope he does. Him and Davies would be great building blocks for the future.
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Old 07-30-2018, 05:57 PM   #1242
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I wouldn't expect anything regarding Tabla until you see his name on a Canada Soccer roster.
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Old 07-30-2018, 09:10 PM   #1243
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So glad we capped Davies when he was 16.
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Old 08-30-2018, 10:36 AM   #1244
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Canada's squad for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying against the US Virgin Islands. I love this squad because it includes arguably our stronger 11, and gives an opportunity to cap tie promising U23 players like David, Millar and Busti.

CANADA SQUAD
1- GK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC
2- FB- Zachary Brault-Guillard | FRA / Olympique Lyonnais
3- CB- Manjrekar James | DEN / FC Fredericia
4- CB- Derek Cornelius | SRB / FK Javor Ivanjica
5- CB- Dejan Jaković | USA / Los Angeles FC
6- M- Samuel Piette | CAN / Impact de Montréal
7- M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
8- M- David Wotherspoon | SCO / St. Johnstone FC
9- F- Cyle Larin | TUR / Beşiktaş JK
10- W- David Junior Hoilett | WAL / Cardiff City FC
11- F- Tosaint Ricketts | CAN / Toronto FC
12- W- Alphonso Davies | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
13- M- Jay Chapman | CAN / Toronto FC
14- W- Liam Millar | ENG / Liverpool FC U-23
15- CB- Doneil Henry | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
16- M- Scott Arfield | SCO / Glasgow Rangers FC
17- FB- Marcel de Jong | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
18- GK- Milan Borjan | SRB / FK Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade)
19- F- Lucas Cavallini | MEX / Puebla FC
20- F- Jonathan David | BEL / KAA Gent
21- M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC
22- GK- Alessandro Busti | ITA / Juventus Primavera
23- W- Tesho Akindele | USA / FC Dallas

Link: https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-...1777-preview-1
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Old 08-30-2018, 04:21 PM   #1245
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I love that roster... I can't believe Busti accepted a call-up at his age in the program he is in and not having grown up in Canada, that's a rarity.. what a huge opportunity to cap tie him and a couple others. Italy has had him at a couple of their youth international camps as well.


Also excited to see Jonathan David play with him destroying in Belgium at such a young age.
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Old 08-30-2018, 08:44 PM   #1246
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Also, if anyone is wondering why Canada has only played 1 friendly in the 8 months Herdman was brought on, Herdman says they're getting their off the field things in order. In addition to that, it's damn expensive to arrange friendlies.

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"One of the things that we said that we would commit to was doing things with higher quality," Herdman told reporters by telephone on Thursday. "[Bringing] the elements of tactical and technical analysis that might have been missing. Bringing the mental performance aspects that might have been missing."

The English-born coach stressed quality over quantity in the team's preparation under his guidance thus far, especially as Canada was not involved with this summer World Cup in Russia.

"For me in this stage it's doing more with higher quality with the best players, so creating an environment and events that the top players really want to be involved in rather than skimping and scraping on a camp with staff missing or not being able to service the players at the level that they receive at clubs," he said.

Herdman also pointed to the prohibitive cost of getting players together for camps, especially with other programs under the Canadian Soccer Association umbrella also needing consideration. He noted the six-figure expense of previous training camps — Herdman quoted the recent Toulon U-21 tournament in France as costing the CSA upwards of $400,000 — may not always be worth their bloated price tags. Add in the new regional tournament, and it becomes even more of a balancing act, the coach said.
http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/socce...d159rcuzu6a03o
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Old 08-30-2018, 09:08 PM   #1247
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Also, if anyone is wondering why Canada has only played 1 friendly in the 8 months Herdman was brought on, Herdman says they're getting their off the field things in order. In addition to that, it's damn expensive to arrange friendlies.



http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/socce...d159rcuzu6a03o
Sickening that the CSA is unapologetically once again using a good man in Herdman to be the one to trot out and deliver poor messages and make weak excuses. He's the coach of the team responsible for preparing a national team to not get beaten by 10 goals in less than 8 years, he's not the treasurer or administrative negotiatiator.

"Other CSA initiatives" likely includes regular "scouting"trips to Europe for a handful of CSA board members and week long executive retreats. This country is hosting a World Cup for the only time in most of our lifetimes, and participating in a World Cup, where you'd have to be 43 years old in 2026 to have ever remember watching Canada in a WC, and the CSA, who's going to get a massive massive check, is already penny pinching.

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Old 09-09-2018, 01:12 PM   #1248
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Today's match is being streamed on oz.com.

https://www.oz.com/concacafnationsle...d-70ac559e73cb

It's part of the website's free trial. I believe it is a beta version, so there might be glitches, but I can't imagine it being worse than DAZN.

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Old 09-09-2018, 01:25 PM   #1249
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Jeebus, this lineup :


https://twitter.com/user/status/1038861926254735360


2 defenders and a hell of a lot of young offensive talent. Going all out for a lot of goals today. Nice to see three key young guys getting cap tied. Wouldn't mind seeing the young keeper go in for the second half if it's already over.
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Old 09-09-2018, 01:26 PM   #1250
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the entire tournament doubles as qualifying for the Gold Cup so need a lot of goals.


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Old 09-09-2018, 02:50 PM   #1251
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Feed's pretty good. Canada up 5-0 approaching halftime, David with a pair on his debut, Cavallini with a pair and Oso with the other. Surprised Larin isn't playing a bit, though they looking dominant as you'd expect.
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Old 09-09-2018, 04:52 PM   #1252
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Larin gets 2 in the 2nd half as Canada wins 8-0


now in 2nd place :P Top 6 go into League A. Top 10 qualify for the Gold Cup


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Old 09-09-2018, 05:23 PM   #1253
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8-0 thrashing in a game where Canada needed to run up the score. David, Millar and Cornelius all cap tied. I'll take it!

Next up, Dominica in Toronto in October. I would like to see Brault-Guillard cap tied in that game, and plenty more goals to come.
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Old 09-25-2018, 10:34 AM   #1254
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Big news today, Ballou Tabla has decided to play for Canada!! Most excited I’ve ever been for Canadian soccer.
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Big news today, Ballou Tabla has decided to play for Canada!! Most excited I’ve ever been for Canadian soccer.
Huge news for Canada. It's so encouraging to be on the right side of some of these decisions now. I'm sure hosting 2026 is playing a role in that but it also builds on itself. Once a couple players make that choice it encourages others to follow.
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Old 09-25-2018, 11:37 AM   #1256
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Wow, I did not see that coming at all. For anyone who #### on the decision to can Zambrano and bring in Herdman, I think you can officially give your head a shake.

A few years ago Canada didn't have a player in a top league in the world outside of Hutchinson. Now they have players at Bayern, Barcelona, Liverpool, Besiktas, Lyon, Gent and Puebla, all under the age of 26. If they get their CB depth sorted out, I think they can definitely make a run at the hex for 2022.
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Qualifying for 2022, or at least getting to the Hex, would be a huge boost going into 2026.

It is really encouraging that players are choosing Canada now. With so many people coming to Canada as immigrants, or having dual citizenship by virtue of their parents, it seems to finally be a benefit to Canadian soccer rather than a detriment.
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man, Davies on the left and Tabla on the right for the next decade
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Wow, I did not see that coming at all. For anyone who #### on the decision to can Zambrano and bring in Herdman, I think you can officially give your head a shake.

A few years ago Canada didn't have a player in a top league in the world outside of Hutchinson. Now they have players at Bayern, Barcelona, Liverpool, Besiktas, Lyon, Gent and Puebla, all under the age of 26. If they get their CB depth sorted out, I think they can definitely make a run at the hex for 2022.
Herdman doesn’t deserves all the credit for that.
Zambrano got the ball rolling, and then got the rug pulled out from him.

Judas ditching the the WNT before a World Cup to let them flounder in the after math was bush league.
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Old 09-26-2018, 08:47 PM   #1260
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Herdman has done well in his limited run. Tough to fault him for leaving the women's program if that was a goal of his as he has said. If any of us got offered a job we wanted that we were worried might never arise again I think we'd do the same.

He apparently also had offers to manage mens teams in europe as well and the iron was hot for him... You've gotta balance loyalty with your own career goals and seize opportunities that might never arise again.

He put in 8 good years of service with the WNT and I am pleased with what he's done for the csa for both genders.
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