Lilloco Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 According to the papers, Canada played against Edmonton FC and beat them 4-1. The interesting part of this, for the Honduran press, was that the Edmonton FC was told to place their players in the same formation that Honduras used against Canada 4-4-1-1, and that Yallop placed a man to shadow the right side Edmonton midfielder(apparently this is supposed to be Rambo). It was also revealed that Canada formed a 4-4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 As much as I have enjoyed attending the open practice I went to at the 2002 Gold Cup, I'm starting to wish Canada's practices were closed affairs. Honduras should not have this information. The Guats should not have had a photographer at our practice in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timotas Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I wonder who scored our goals! I'm sure it was more of a scrimmage type game without a referee, light tackling and a very laid back game/scrimmage. Nonetheless, this is great for the Canadian squad, getting a 90 minute game/scrimmage; the more they play in a game together, the better this team will get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownaguy Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I'm really not too concerned about this, you can't really expect Honduras to make wholesale changes just because we beat a crappy Edmonton club 4-1 using similar formations. In fact, if this story is true, I'm pleased to see that Yallop was able to get a scrimmage together with Edmonton to get the boys on the same page and used to playing together again. I think we all know that there is no way we had enough time to arrange a friendly with any other country, so getting a scrimmage with the local Edmonton A-league team was definitely the next best thing....didn't somebody on the board bring up this idea last week ?? nice work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownaguy Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 my thoughts exactly Timotas,, you beat me to the punch...any little games or scrimmages like this we can get will help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilloco Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 Sorry guys forgot to post that the goals were scored by Radzinski (2), Peschisolido and DeRosario..according to the inside source the first two made a dangerous combination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Sounds like Pesch's groin is doing better. hope to see him come on late in the game (not a starter tho!) Just ordered my brand new canadian soccer jersey....best 115$ i ever spent......not i gotta get my ass to some MNT games to break it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Pat let in the lone goal? Oh no we're doomed ... (kidding) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilloco Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by redhat Pat let in the lone goal? Oh no we're doomed ... (kidding) You guys are merciless..but you havent seen bad goalkeeping till you see the Honduran keeper, Noel Valladares, they call him Papa Noel cause he always leaves gifts for the forwards to score with.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerbeast Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Lilloco According to the papers, Canada played against Edmonton FC and beat them 4-1. The interesting part of this, for the Honduran press, was that the Edmonton FC was told to place their players in the same formation that Honduras used against Canada 4-4-1-1, and that Yallop placed a man to shadow the right side Edmonton midfielder(apparently this is supposed to be Rambo). It was also revealed that Canada formed a 4-4-2. I think is safe to say that Honduras are a 100% better side then Edmonton Aviators FC.The fact we gave up a goal to them has to be a concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownaguy Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Why on earth be concerned about giving up one goal in a fairly laid back scrimmage ??? First off where no one is risking injury and most of our top players from Europe are still battling jet lag after playing in Europe Saturday and a couple of them on Monday , some of these guys have only been in the country 48 hours. This was a chance for some our guys to get a good run under their belts and get reacquainted playing with each other (esp. Hume , Radz, and Devos). If the score ended up 0-0 or 1-1 , maybe it would sound off an alarm bell or two, but I don't think anyones gonna be losing any sleep over that Edmonton goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codegoat Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I don't think it was Edmonton FC vs Canada, I think Edmonton was used to fill out the rest of the second Canadian side. We have 11 on one side, 7 on the other, so they would have put in 4 Edmonton players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Travis: Was the side with 11 Canadians more or less Yallop's favoured starting side? Sounds like it must have been if Radz, Pesch, and DD scored for them. If that's the case, which side did Josh play in? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 You're probably right, codegoat. That certainly makes more sense than having the 7 national team players sitting on the bench while the EdFC guys are on the field. I'd be interested to find out how Gordon Chin performed in the scrimmage. I hope Yallop isn't planning to add still more untested guys to the roster at this point. But Chin's the one EdFC player who wouldn't look out of place in a practice session with the national team. He's also familiar with Hume and Simpson from the WYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codegoat Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Dave, I don't wanna throw too much info out. We don't have an area that is guaranteed only to Canadian eyes. But it would only make sense for Frank to put his starting 11 together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 BTW, what's wrong with this picture? The Canadian National Team holds a practice in a Canadian city playing against a Canadian professional team, and the Canadian fans have to go to a Honduran media source to find out about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Lilloco You guys are merciless..but you havent seen bad goalkeeping till you see the Honduran keeper, Noel Valladares, they call him Papa Noel cause he always leaves gifts for the forwards to score with.. LOL! Hey, I hope he's as crap as you say he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Chet BTW, what's wrong with this picture? The Canadian National Team holds a practice in a Canadian city playing against a Canadian professional team, and the Canadian fans have to go to a Honduran media source to find out about it. They werern't playing Edmonton FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Lilloco Sorry guys forgot to post that the goals were scored by Radzinski (2 Wow! He's there! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilloco Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Krammerhead They werern't playing Edmonton FC. Just to be sure, is someone on the coaching Staff of Edmonton FC a Latino? apparently this is the source of the info, they give the name in the paper but I forget... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Say it ain't so. Ross Ongaro is the coach of Edmonton. We have a mole!!!!!!!!!! To think, Ongaro coached our National Futsal team, and he's giving info to the enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Who is paying Edmonton FC players to remain together as a team? Certainly not the USL, so I highly doubt they were playing Edmonton FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by codegoat Dave, I don't wanna throw too much info out. We don't have an area that is guaranteed only to Canadian eyes Very astute of you. I would also suggest that anyone else with inside info refrain from posting it on this board. It's bad enough that some of our practices are "open" while the Honduran ones are not. I'm hoping that Yallop has something up his sleeve for the Hondurans, and that he has asked the players to avoid talking strategy with media or others who might relay it to the opposition. If that were the case, Codegoat's comment might be in keeping with this. I know that if I were Yallop I would be very concerned by our inability to shut down Guatemala, and would be looking to make some changes, not only in personell but in formation as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokanne Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Nobody needs to pay the Edmonton FC players right now, this is a way of showing that the team still exists and to try and help find a new ownership group in Edmonton. So that we can someday have a league. The Season is over and the players have been given the money that they agreed to be paid. They just don't have a owner for next season and if they don't find one then they are finished. This will mean the end of pro soccer in Edmonton and probably the end of any chance at ever getting a pro soccer league in canada. Those two Edmonton Soccer Associations could probably save the team, but nobody thinks non profit organizations can run teams better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 So you are telling me that Edmonton FC players (many who should be getting ready to play indoors) are hanging around Edmonton without any income and playing the national team? Seems to me that codegoat was most likely correct, that some Edmonton players who are remaining in town filled out a roster that consisted of players from the national team. They hardly could be called Edmonton FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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