Gian-Luca Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 On March 1st, according to this CSA game report. Men's World Cup Team Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Canada Victorious in Luxembourg Iain Hume - 1 goal Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Men’s National Team defeated European-side Luxembourg 1-0 today thanks to a clinical finish from Leicester City striker Iain Hume in minute-69. Canada fielded a relatively young line-up for the Luxembourg encounter with three of the roster of 16 only 18 years of age – Asmir Begovic, Jaime Peters, and Will Johnson. The Canadians dominated much of the game and never really looked threatened by a Luxembourg attack that lacked both pace and guile. Despite dominating the encounter, Canada could not break down an organized Luxembourg defense. But when Hume broke away along the left side of the area and coolly chipped his shot into the far corner, it was evident that Canada had done enough to grab the win. For the most part, the opening half was an uneventful one with both Luxembourg and Canada finding it difficult to exploit the other’s defense. However, Canada looked the far more inventive side and for the most part dictated the pace of the half. The Canucks looked incredibly comfortable on the ball for extended periods of time but could not translate that possession into clear-cut chances. But as the half progressed, Canada seemed to inch closer to grabbing the opener. Following a foul in minute-39 on debutant Stephen Ademolu near the left corner of the Luxembourg penalty area, Hume whipped in his free kick toward Canadian captain Kevin McKenna, positioned at the right corner of the six-yard box. The Luxembourg defense dealt with the set piece but the half-chance seemed to encourage the young Canadians. Five minutes later the Canadians came close again. Atiba Hutchinson stepped in front of a Luxembourg midfielder to intercept a pass, then slithered between two defenders and slipped a ball for Dwayne de Rosario in the left channel. De Rosario swung his cross toward the front post but again Luxembourg’s defense reacted first, stepping in front of Ademolu’s run. Canada produced a few more opportunities in the early moments of the second half but again the final ball from Canada failed to pry open any gilt-edged chances. But with two-thirds of the match over, the Canadians finally sliced open Luxembourg on the counter for a deserved opener. De Rosario collected a ball in the middle of the field and advanced, at pace, toward the Luxembourg defense. The San Jose-based midfielder found Hume on the left and the diminutive striker sped into the left side of the Luxembourg penalty area. Hume out-waited the advancing Luxembourg keeper and just as the net-minder committed, Hume clipped his shot over him and into the side netting. Canada saw off the remaining twenty minutes and when the whistle blew for full-time, the Canucks had done just enough to earn the victory. Next up for Canada… Canada’s Men’s National Team has agreed to an international friendly on March 1st, 2006 (the next available International Match Date on the FIFA coordinated International Calendar) against Austria. The match will be played at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria. Kick-off has tentatively been scheduled for 8:30pm local time. Wednesday, November 16, 2005 International Friendly Stade Alphonse Theis Hesperange, Luxembourg CANADA – 1 (0) LUXEMBOURG – 0 (0) Goals: CANADA – Hume 69; LUXEMBOURG – none Cautions: CANADA – none; LUXEMBOURG – none Expulsions – none Referee: Gomes Costa (POR) CANADA: 1-Kenny Stamatopoulos; 3-Chris Pozniak; 13-Atiba Hutchinson; 4-Kevin McKenna (capt); 5-Ante Jazic (15-Josh Simpson, 59); 12-Ive Sulentic (16-Jaime Peters, 64); 14-Dwayne de Rosario; 8-Daniel Imhof (10-Patrice Bernier, 46); 11-Jim Brennan; 7-Iain Hume; 17-Stephen Ademolu (9-Will Johnson, 84) Head Coach: Frank Yallop (CAN) Subs not used: 22-Asmir Begovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussoccerfan Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Why isn't there a home game for Canada ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 16, 2005 Author Share Posted November 16, 2005 Well its the same old story, one that will hopefully start to change by 2007. By March 1st,2006 very few North American based Canucks will be playing regularly - the MLS'ers will be in training, but that's about it. Our Euro-based players will all be in Europe at that time. We have the option of flying everybody over here or playing a game in Europe against quality opposition. Austria is a very good choice actually, we should be able to be competitive against them. Once we have more national team pool players playing in North America (and a few stadiums to go with it) we can start playing more friendlies in the late winter/early spring & fall with those players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Woohoo, I'm going to Austria. Only 811 people in Lux last night. Hope we can draw more in Vienna, in the stadium which will host the Euro 2008 final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saviola7 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Yeah, so much for it being a 'secret', as Yallop told us after the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tg-13 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Guess I'm going to Austria in March! Thank goodness they're not playing the game in Innsbruck or somewhere near the mountains. I'm not sure my toes would have withstood it. For the Euro-based among us, here is a brief rundown of what budget airlines fly where. Bratislava is almost certainly the best option (it's like 60 km away), unless you can find a cheap flight direct to Vienna. Ryanair: London (Stansted) to Graz, Stansted to Linz, Stansted to Salzburg, Stansted to Brno, Frankfurt (Hahn)/Milan/Stansted to Bratislava EasyJet: London (Luton)-Bratislava Thomson Fly: Coventry + Bournemouth to Salzburg Sky Europe: Manchester + Barcelona + Warsaw to Salzburg, Amsterdam + Paris to Innsbruck, and the following destinations from Bratislava: Manchester, Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn, Warsaw, Stuttgart, Paris, Basel/Mulhouse, Nice, Barcelona, Milan, Venice, Split, Dubrovnik, Athens German Wings: Stuttgart + Cologne/Bonn to Vienna Transavia: Amsterdam to Innsbruck, Amsterdam to Salzburg NIKI (This is an Austrian "budget" airline): Flies to Vienna from the following: London, Manchester, Paris, and just about every city in Germany and Spain. Flybe: Flies to Salzburg from Birmingham and Southampton. mytravel.com: Flies to Salzburg from Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick and Manchester. Flies to Innsbruck from Gatwick and Manchester. No, nobody living in Europe to not show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 If you're planning on flying to one of the neighbouring airports (ie: not Vienna Airport), Bratislava is the closest one. A shuttle to downtown Vienna takes only 45 minutes, or at least it did in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 It's another Wednesday. Since I should be free of obligations by then, I just might spend the previous weekend in Bratislava. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Sky Europe just started to Bratislava out of Barcelona, quite cheap indeed. They advertise a 10 euro bus link into Vienna, watch for that. I am also thinking of going, though is that a weekend date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFC Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 If your lookig to fly into Innsbruck or Salzburg you would be as well considering Budapest as well. It's about two hours (ish) by motorway or direct train. Sky Europe, Easyjet, Wizz Air all fly to Budapest. Vienna Airport is quite small and about 20 minutes (by car) from the centre of the city. Brataislava is a good option and could be worth an overnight stay if required as it is cheaper than Vienna. Oh and if you fancy the trip from Canada, Malev fly daily from Pearson to Budapest, if you book early enough it would be around $500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Budapest and Vienna have bus links for like 25 euros I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juaninho Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Hopefully I can actually make this one, instead of bailing at the last minute. Really wanted to go to Lux, but I had too much to do in such short time, that it was well, difficult to go. The train from Bratislava to Vienna is somewhat cheap, if I'm not mistaken. Lovely train station in Bratislava, as it seems to be something I'd imagine in Cuba. Really groovy 1 car train that shuttles from border town to border town. Don't know what the border situation is like now, but surely hitchhiking may be an option to go to Vienna from Bratislava. And, if you think going from Vienna to Bratislava is problematic, it is somewhat of a tradition that if Austrians want to get rid of their cars for insurance purposes, they take a trip to Bratislava and leave it there, where it will be kindly stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tg-13 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I vouch for Bratislava, too. And for the eligible males among us, Bratislava has in my opinion the best looking female population in Europe. I think Austria is a perfect game for us. They're not really that good, I've seen them play twice on TV in the past two years (both times against England) and even though they gave England problems that was more due to England's ineptitude than anything Austria did. They SHOULD beat us, especially at home... but they're not so good that we can't snatch a draw. Of course, a wretched performance like the one against Luxembourg won't get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Gian-Luca On March 1st, according to this CSA game report. Next up for Canada… Canada’s Men’s National Team has agreed to an international friendly on March 1st, 2006 (the next available International Match Date on the FIFA coordinated International Calendar) against Austria. The match will be played at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria. Kick-off has tentatively been scheduled for 8:30pm local time. It's not an international match date according to FIFA's web site. February 8 and March 29 are the two dates listed. With regards to travel, supposedly Greece will be playing in Australia in March (no specific date was set). All the Aussies play in Europe. So both teams will travel from Europe to Australia for 1 meaningless game, and then travel back. While I think it's a real stupid idea (why not play in London or Athens, as Melbourne will be a Greek home game anyways), Canada can't use the travel excuse anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFC Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 quote:Originally posted by juaninho Hopefully I can actually make this one, instead of bailing at the last minute. Really wanted to go to Lux, but I had too much to do in such short time, that it was well, difficult to go. The train from Bratislava to Vienna is somewhat cheap, if I'm not mistaken. Lovely train station in Bratislava, as it seems to be something I'd imagine in Cuba. Really groovy 1 car train that shuttles from border town to border town. Don't know what the border situation is like now, but surely hitchhiking may be an option to go to Vienna from Bratislava. And, if you think going from Vienna to Bratislava is problematic, it is somewhat of a tradition that if Austrians want to get rid of their cars for insurance purposes, they take a trip to Bratislava and leave it there, where it will be kindly stolen. Border crossings are pretty informal now since Slovakia joined the EU (same goes for Hungary). The disappearing car trick is a bit of an urban legend though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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