Guest Ed Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 See the article here: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/2004/11/30/741712-ap.html Meanwhile the CSA's top priority is to establish an MLS team for players who can't cut it in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I’ve been promoting that idea for some time. It’s smart. Wrexham is for sale cheap. The CSA should buy it. Run it as our U-23 team. Sell the best players off once they turn 23. Run it as a business. Crap the youth teams could be our U-20, U-18 and U-16 teams. We will have to “hothouse” our players somehow and a new CSL isn’t the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Interesting that a former Canadian national team coach is supervising the training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 The Chinese idea is not really new, as the article pointed out an experiment with having players live and train in Brazil. With all due respect, the CSA is trying somewhat by having base camps for U20/U17 in Mexico, although not so much in extent as the Chinese. The CSA claims it doesn't have the funds and its Chinese counterparts have both corporate and government support, considering Beijing has the Olympics in 08. But I think the Wrexham idea has some merit, although the immigration (or work permit) issue can still bring some limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 quote:Originally posted by redhat But I think the Wrexham idea has some merit, although the immigration (or work permit) issue can still bring some limitations. Not if we annex the city! Come on, this could be the beginning of Imperial Canada.[^] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HamiltonSteelers Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Brilliant! My kids will have to learn Welsh in school. "No son, there's two d's and three l's in that word." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 All for one-- All for Wrexham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 quote:Originally posted by redhat But I think the Wrexham idea has some merit, although the immigration (or work permit) issue can still bring some limitations. I don't think the Work Permit issue would be much of a problem. I believe there is a caveat about players developed in your youth system being exempt from being classified as non-EU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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