I'll take the under. Larin is a good talent but he's still only 20, and has shown consistent inconsistency with both club and country.
Personally, I'm more excited to see the roster for the 2016 Olympic qualifiers. Considering 3 staples of the senior team are still eligible (Larin, Henry and Piette), it will be interesting to see if they are called.
The men's and women's national teams will be included in FIFA 16, which is to be released Tuesday. Looking forward to breaking Canada's goal record with my created player in my 20th cap.
Looks like Hoilett has finally committed to Canada. Also of note, it's been reported that Fraser Aird has been called up for the friendly against Ghana as well.
Personally, it's about 5 years too late, and his career is in the toilet now, so I'm not really excited about the announcement. But on the other hand, it gives Canada another weapon in the attack.
Canada Soccer @CanadaSoccerEN41m41 minutes ago
Coming soon to #canMNT... Can you guess who it is? We'll have all the details at 1pm ET / 10am PT! Right here, 1st!
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Looks like Hoilett has finally committed to Canada. Also of note, it's been reported that Fraser Aird has been called up for the friendly against Ghana as well.
Personally, it's about 5 years too late, and his career is in the toilet now, so I'm not really excited about the announcement. But on the other hand, it gives Canada another weapon in the attack.
Canada Soccer @CanadaSoccerEN41m41 minutes ago
Coming soon to #canMNT... Can you guess who it is? We'll have all the details at 1pm ET / 10am PT! Right here, 1st!
Source????? I'm super excited if Hoilett commits. Schalke apparently are looking at him for the January transfer window. He's still very young and can get his game back on track.
Source????? I'm super excited if Hoilett commits. Schalke apparently are looking at him for the January transfer window. He's still very young and can get his game back on track.
Sid Seixeiro @Sid_Seixeiro10m10 minutes ago
After spending the last five years waiting for a better country to call him up Junior Hoilett finally commits to Canadian Soccer. My hero.
Here's the roster for the friendly against Ghana. Hoilett, Aird, Cavallini and Bustos all at one time or another spurned the national team. As someone who's held various amounts of rage towards those 4 at points in time, I'm confused on how to feel.
Not a bad roster for a friendly in the middle of crunch time in MLS.
CANADA 1- GK- Simon Thomas | NOR / Strommen
2- M- Fraser Aird | SCO / Glasgow Rangers FC
3- FB- Samuel Adekugbe | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4- CB- André Hainault | GER / 1. FC Magdeburg
5- CB- David Edgar | ENG / Sheffield United
6- M- Kianze Froese | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
7- M- David Hoilett | ENG / Queens Park Rangers
8- M- Kyle Bekker | CAN / Impact Montréal
9- F- Marcus Haber | ENG / Crewe Alexandra
10- F- Simeon Jackson | ENG / Barnsley FC
11- M- Tosaint Ricketts | TUR / Boluspor FC
12- CB- Nana Attakora | USA / San Antonio Scorpions
13- F- Jordan Hamilton | CAN / Toronto FC
14- CB- Adam Straith | NOR / Fredrikstad FK
15- CB- Manjrekar James | HUN / Diósgyöri VTK
16- F- Lucas Cavallini | URU / CA Fénix
17- FB- Marcel De Jong | USA / Sporting Kansas City
18- GK- Milan Borjan | BUL / PFK Ludogorets Razgrad
19- M- Maxim Tissot | CAN / Impact Montréal
20- FB- Karl Ouimette | USA / New York Red Bulls
21- CB- Wandrille Lefèvre | CAN / Impact Montréal
22- GK- Kenny Stamatopoulos | SWE / AIK Fotbol
23- M- Marco Bustos | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
24- M- Manuel Aparicio | CAN / Toronto FC II
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Getting to the hex during this cycle will require a miracle, and I don't see that happening.
But I'm more optimistic than in a long time to see some young, technical talent emerging.
We've never produced young players with the technical ability of Marco Bustos and Hanson Boakai etc in Canada before. This will be the first generation of offensively dynamic players for us. I only hope they will continue to improve and become MLS regulars.
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I haven't been this excited about the Canadian Men's Soccer Team since an hour before the 8-1 Hondarus game!!!
Very exciting times!!!! Shermanator come join me on the positive side!!!
I'm quite excited about this roster actually! The Cavallini call up just threw me for a loop.
In Olympic qualifying news, Canada's U-23 lost 3-1 to the US on Thrusday, and won 3-1 against Panama yesterday. I watched the second half of the US game via YouTube, and I thought the play was relatively even, the difference being that the US capitalized on their chances and Canada didn't. Petrasso has 2 goals in 2 games, and looks heads and shoulders about the rest of the squad.
^ The only correction is that the winner of the U23 match tonight must play Colombia in a playoff, and if they win that, they go to Rio.
I'm going to try and skip between the two if I can, or I may record the U23 match (simply because it is on "cable") and try and catch the senior match live. Add the Flames into the mix and there may be too much sportsing for me to handle tonight!
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Canada draws Ghana 1-1. From the bits I saw it was relatively even play, Ghana missed some good chances, although from reading Twitter Canada showed quite well in attack compared with the last few games. Good result, especially considering 6 players made their debut. Guess we will see what they have in the real games come November.
Canada U-23s lose to US 2-0. Their chance at the 2016 Olympics is done.
