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    • Ozzie_the_parrot
      CPL new teams speculation

      By Ozzie_the_parrot · Posted

      Sept 11th has been revised upwards. It was showing as 1200 the day after the game after 2043 had initially been the number released to the media including the Times Colonist. Hope you are not going to try to seriously claim that the stadium was around half full for that game and the FCE one as it was when numbers like that were being announced earlier in the season. The problem for the league right now is that there have been a whole string of games where attendance has looked unusually sparse. That's what happens when you neglect to have playoffs and you have a runaway leader for that second championship place and no relegation to keep things interesting at the bottom. Winding this back to the subject matter of the thread given that backdrop having more than 16 teams and how to accomodate them is unlikely to be an issue the league will face any time soon. I suspect they are a lot more concerned right now over whether season ticket holders who have stopped showing up will renew.
    • shamrock
      Under 23 qualifying roster speculation

      By shamrock · Posted

      Yeah it's good system. At least the youngsters get to pay a lot. Most of the lower-league clubs are happy to get these kids! I think Zanatta got a bit out of luck after giving it another shot at Hearts, it then being a bit late in the season for most clubs. Now he signed with a lesser club than he could have IMO. Still he's getting a lot of mileage in the Scottish leagues!
    • steve.crowford
      The Red and Green Show

      By steve.crowford · Posted

      Maguire vs Maddison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5jVytYHnw
    • shamrock
      Canadians abroad: Sept 13 - Sept 19, 2019

      By shamrock · Posted

      Froese started and played 71 minutes for Saarbrücken, which lost 0-2 to Bayern Alzenau. The first loss of the season (in 8 games). Saarbrücken immediately lost their top spot to tiny club TSV Steinbach.  Gabriel Boakye entered in the 60 minute for Köln II, which went 0-3 to Borussia Dortmund II.   
    • A_Gagne
      Molham Babouli

      By A_Gagne · Posted

      I'm just glad he GTFO and is safely back in Canada. Rest is details.
    • spitfire
      Liam Millar

      By spitfire · Posted

      Had to share this according to the bbc and Kilmarnock Liam was Man if the match he grew into the game and almost had a 2nd.  Celtic away next week a big big game...
    • CanadaFan123
      Cuba vs Canada (on Grand Cayman island) Tuesday, Sept 10th - 7:15pm EST

      By CanadaFan123 · Posted

      Embarrassing to even admit that.  Just shows you’re temperamental and not fit to be a ref.
    • canta15
      Theo Bair

      By canta15 · Posted

      Made a great assist today on a 1-2 to give the Caps the lead in added time against Houston
    • Snowcrash
      Jonathan David

      By Snowcrash · Posted

      I love Davies but he was dominating MLS mainly athleticism and world class pace. David is one of the top players in Jupiler League on technique and soccer IQ. His athleticism, though not on par with Davies, is very good and he's not anywhere close to his physical peak.
    • Rocket Robin
      League 1 Ontario 2019

      By Rocket Robin · Posted

      Just a quick message from the League 1 Ontario games of Saturday September 14, 2019 as I've got an early start tomorrow. Today was the first game of the semi-finals with the second legs happening next weekend. I was at the Masters FA vs Oakville Blue Devils game at L'Amoreaux Park in Scarborough. That ended 0-0 and was a pretty rough game with at least two multi player dustups. At the end of the night both teams had a player Red carded and OBD earned five Yellows and Masters had two. Referee Brian Butler knew what he was doing and didn't fall for any in the box diving. Trainers had to be called out a few times for injuries to both teams. I thought there may have been about 100 people on this cool night with the temperature dropping as the sun had set just before the game started. Good defences on both sides with Spiridon Koskinas for Masters and Lukas Birnstingl for Oakville. Birnstingl has a shutout stretching through the playoffs back to the regular season. I had started the evening at Mt Joy for the Alliance United vs FC London game as I expected I could be in Oakville next weekend and therefore would have seen the 'final four' again before the championship game. It was suggested that I leave well before the game started because Alliance had only eleven players and none of their University of Toronto guys were here (two games this weekend?) and the team had no substitutions. They were trying to call in some guys just to sit on the bench and avoid the fine imposed by the league. “The game (score) could get ugly” and “it'll be a massacre” was what I heard. Quite a shock as the team only lost 1 game all season! I took his advice and drove to L'Amoreaux (it was actually on my way home anyway). Now the two who suggested this were Alliance head coach Ilya Orlov and assistant Julian Green! I'd like to thank them now for their warning as the game ended 5-0 for London. While at the Master's game the L1O tweets stopped early so I though the game was still 1-0. Well the chances of going to the return leg in London next Friday night were remote anyway but now that's saved me the drive for sure. Now AU won't bother to play U of T players even if they have no games next week with a scoreline like that.   More details in a few days but I may have a larger role tomorrow at the York 9 matinee game as a lot of reporters will be at the Toronto FC game downtown (the games overlap) and even the CPL league reporters will be split up as the Forge FC game in Hamilton will end at the exact time as the York game begins. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01  
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