Luis_Rancagua Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Guys, now that Lars has left Tromso, it appears that Kenny Stamatopoulos will be replacing him. This is according to an article in the Swedish Press. May I please have a confirmation on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 All you needed to do was look a little further down the page for another thread: http://www.canadian-soccer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8302 That's all anyone knows right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis_Rancagua Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 Here's an official press release: Bladet Tromsø[Publisert 16.11.2005 - 17:37] Ny TIL-keeper Av: Per-Christian Johansen Gresk-canadiske Kenny Stamatopoulos (26) overtar for Lars Hirschfeld i TIL. Klubben er i dag kommet til muntlig enighet med Stamatopoulos som i kveldspiller for Canada mot Luxembourg. Der er også Patrice Bernier og StephenAdemolu fra TIL med. - En keeper med stor rekkevidde, bra arbeidsområde og gode basisferdigheter. Vi har studert han på video, og er trygg på kvalitetenehans, sier TILs keepertrener Kjetil Tidemandsen til Bladet Tromsø. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis_Rancagua Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 Ny TIL-keeper fra Canada TROMSØ: Ikke før er Lars Hirschfeld tapt, så henter TIL inn en annen canadisk landslagskeeper, Kenny Stamatopoulos (26). Av Per-Christian Johansen, 16.11.2005 kl. 17:34 NY CANADIER: Kenny Stamatopoulos er Canadisk landslagskeeper. (Foto: Digitalsport) TIL er i dag kommet til muntlig enighet med Stamatopoulos som i kveldspiller for Canada mot Luxembourg. Der er også Patrice Bernier og Stephen Ademolu fra TIL med. - En keeper med stor rekkevidde, bra arbeidsområde og godebasisferdigheter. Vi har studert han på video, og er trygg på kvalitetene hans, sier TILs keepertrener Kjetil Tidemandsen til Bladet Tromsø. Canadieren, som også har gresk pass, var sist sesong på utlån frasvenske Enköping til Bodens, der han var lagkamerat med tidligere TIL-spiller Espen Minde. Og Minde bekrefter at TIL nå har en ny god keeper i sine rekker. Han mener Stamatopoulos også kan utfordre skadeforfulgte Knut Borch. - En veldig god keeper. Han kan helt klart utfordre Knut, sier Minde til Bladet Tromsø. Riktignok rykket klubben ned fra Superettan. - Men han er veldig bra. Høy og rask og god med beina, legger Minde til. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stian Stryni Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 New TIL-goallie from Canada TIL has today come to an oral agreement with Kenny who tonight play for Canada against Luxembourg. Patrice and Stephen will also join him. - A keeper with good range and great basis xxx. We have studied him on video, and are pretty safe with his qualities, says TIL keeper trainer Kjetil Tidemandsen to #171;Tromsø#187;. The Canadian, which also has a greek passport, was last season on loan to Bodens BK from Enkoping. In Bodens he was a teammate of former TIL-player Espen Minde. Minde confirms that TIL has a new good keeper in the team. He states that Kenny may challenge injured Knut Borch. - A very good keeper. He will with out doubt challenge Knut, says Minde. Bodens was relegated from the swedish Superettan (2nd level) - But he is very good. Tall, swift and good with his feets, Minde adds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stian Stryni Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=296910 Hirschfeld erstattet (VG) Tromsø IL har allerede erstatteren klar etter at tysk-kanadieren Lars Hirschfeld (27) forlot Alfheim til fordel for Rosenborg og Lerkendal i går TIL-leder Tore Rismo bekrefter overfor VG at Hirschfelds rival som Canadas landslagskeeper, Kenny Stamatopoulos (26), muntlig er blitt enig med klubben om en tre års kontrakt. Kun en medisinsk test gjenstår før alt er i boks Stamatopoulos (190 cm/82 kg) kommer fra den svenske klubben Enköping, og har vært leid ut i årets sesong til Bodens BK. Han har også gresk statsborgerskap, og rammes derfor ikke av restriksjonen om at en norsk klubb bare kan ha to spillere på banen samtidig fra land utenfor EU-sonen. ---- Hirschfeld replaced (VG) Tromsø IL has already the replacement ready after german-canadian Lars Hirschfeld (27) left Alfheim to join Rosenborg and Lerkendal yesterday. TIL-management confirms to VG that Hirschfelds rival as Canadas national keeper, Kenny Stamtopoulos (26), has oraly agreed on a 3-year contract with the club. Only the medical test is left, before everything is set. Stamatoploulos (190 cm/82 kg) arrives from the swedish club Enkoping, and has been out on loan this season to Bodens BK. He also has a greek passport, and thus is not hampered by the restrictions on norwegian clubs to only utilize two players in the field (or on the bench in total) from countries outside the EU-zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stian Stryni Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 http://www.til.no/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2127 Hirschfeldt ut - Stamatopoulos inn Publisert av John Werner Larsen den 16.11.2005 18:38:24 Det tok ikke mange timene fra Lars Hirchfeld takket nei til Trosmø IL før erstatteren var på plass. Kenny Stamatopoulos er navnet på TILs nye keeper. I kveld vokter han målet for Canada i landskampen mot Luxembourg. Han konkurrerer nemlig med Pat Onstad og Lars Hirschfeldt om å være Canadas nr 1 i mål. De to siste kampene har Stamatopoulos vært førstevalget. Neste sesong skal han konkurrere med Knut Borch om keeperplassen i TIL. Kenny kan skilte med en voksen CV - hør bare : Spilt de siste årene i Enkøping og Bodens i Sverige. Dobbelt statsborgerskap - gresk og kanadisk Født i 1979 190 cm høy, 83 kg Rimelig - både i investering og i drift Har skrevet 3 årsavtale med TIL - med forbehold om bestått medisinsk test I kommentarer til nyervervelsen sies det følgende : Tore Rismo, sportslig administrativ leder: - En meget god løsning. Er tross alt A-landslagskeeper for Canada. Vi har mange positive referanser, har gjort en grundig research, får en god keeper for en rimelig penge. Gir oss god og trygg dekning i keeperposisjonen neste år. Har dessuten et betydelig utviklingspotensiale. Kjetil Tidemandsen, keepertrener: - Har studert ham på video, blant annet i bortekampen mot Spania nylig. Offensiv, god fot, god i feltet. Et spennende emne. Espen Minde,lagkamerat i Bodens BK: - En kjempekeeper. Trivelig fyr, godt humør, vanskelig å score på. Patrice Bernier, lagkamerat på landslaget: - Har gått en god skole i Canada, holder utvilsomt tippeliganivå. Det tegner meget bra - og en spøkefull sportssjef Tore Rismo avslutter med en hilsen til sin venn; RBK-trener Per Mathias Høgmo : - Samarbeidet med RBK ser ut til å fungere utmerket, Canadas reservekeeper overtas av Rosenborg, mens TIL henter førstekeeperen .... --- Hirschfeld out - Stamatopoulus in It wasn't many hours after Lars Hirschfeld said no to TIL before the replacement was ready. Kenny Stamatopoulos is the name of TIL's new keeper. Tonight he guards the Canadian goal in the friendly against Luxembourg. He is competing with Pat Onstad (my note: hasn't he retired) and Lars Hirschfeld for the first spot on Canadas national team. The two last matches Stamatoploulos has been the first choiche. (my note: I belive that is because Lars has said no, against Spain because he wanted to consentrate on his club play and against Luxembourg because of an injury) Next season he will compete with Knut Borch for the first spot in Tromsø. He has played the last years in Enkoping and Bodens in Sweden. He has double nationality - greek and canadian Born in 1979 190 cm, 83 kg He is cheap - both the investement and on the pay roll. He has written a 3-year agreement with TIL - though he must pass the medical test. Comments from the management and players on the new guy: Tore Rismo, adm. leader of "sports": - A very good solution. He is a national keeper for Canada. We have many positive references, and have done thourough research. We here get a good keeper which doesn't cost us much. This gives us a good and safe depth cover for the keeper position next season. (TIL now have three keepers). He has potential to develop. Kjetil Tidemandsen, keeper trainer: - Have studied him on video, among others in the away match against Spain recently. Offensive, good foot, good field work. Exciting stuff. Espen Minde, team-mate in Bodens: - A great keeper. Nice guy, good mood, and very difficult to score goals on. Patrice Bernier, team-mate on the national team. - He has been schooled well in Canada, without a doubt ready for the Tippeliga. This looks good - and a wittily Tore Rismo ends with a greeting to his "friend", Rosenborg coach Per Mathias Høgmo: - The cooperation with Rosenborg looks to work splendid, Rosenborg gets Canadas second choice from us, while we pick up Canadas first choice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bxl Boy Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Thats the way it has to work : a team is happy with canadian players, so she's confident when hiring new canadian players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoni Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 The joke in Tromsö is that they lost Canada's #2 keeper, but ended up with the #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcy Fett Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I don't see how they think Lars is #2 to Kenny, what has Kenny ever shown for Canada except for exhibition games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Keeper Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Darcy Fett I don't see how they think Lars is #2 to Kenny, what has Kenny ever shown for Canada except for exhibition games Wasn't Kenny the back up for Gold Cup 2002? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Can't say I agree with the keeper trainer's opinion that Stama has good feet. His kicking was quite poor against both Lux and Spain. Kicking is probably the weakest part of both Stama and Hirschfeld's play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Darcy Fett I don't see how they think Lars is #2 to Kenny, what has Kenny ever shown for Canada except for exhibition games Well why they shouldn't think Lars is #2 to Kenny, its not like Kenny's had ever an opportunity to show what he can do in meaningful matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 grizzly is right. Kenny was awful with his kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Kenny is not that bad kicking: the important thing is not length of long goal kicks, it is how he sends the ball to his defenders, accurately and with confidence. So that with the same confidence they could send it back. The weakness I perceive is in fact with his hands, he is not entirely confident holding the ball, either coming across high or shot down low. Lars is more a modern keeper with sharp reactions and generally good positioning. I am not sure he is a real dominant player in the air, but perhaps I have not seen enough recently. I don't think either is a really top notch keeper, mind you. But I would sure like to see Lars evolve positively at Rosenborg under the pressure to win next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stian Stryni Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I wonder if they mean that he is good saving with his feet? I hope that the management is joking, and don't believe that Kenny was the first choice if Lars didn't turn down the offer. The advantage of Kenny is that he has been playing first team football, these years while Lars was riding pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Jeffrey S. Kenny is not that bad kicking: the important thing is not length of long goal kicks, it is how he sends the ball to his defenders, accurately and with confidence. So that with the same confidence they could send it back. The weakness I perceive is in fact with his hands, he is not entirely confident holding the ball, either coming across high or shot down low. Lars is more a modern keeper with sharp reactions and generally good positioning. I am not sure he is a real dominant player in the air, but perhaps I have not seen enough recently. I don't think either is a really top notch keeper, mind you. But I would sure like to see Lars evolve positively at Rosenborg under the pressure to win next season. Kenny is not very accurate with his kicking. He kicked it into touch in both of the last two games. He often kicks it into an area where no Canadian players are and seems very shaky when the ball is passed back and he is under pressure. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the quality of his play against Spain (hard to judge against Lux) but kicking is not his strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Forrest wasn't good with his feet (but he started with the old rule so that can be an excuse but as a pro should've improve but it's tough when you,re 6'6) Onstad wasn't either (same as Forrest) Hirsh isn't Kenny isn't Sutton is average but can be suspect at times. So we never had a GK who I feel would be safe with his feet, every time I see a back pass to our keeper I feel unsafe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 quote:Originally posted by loyola Forrest wasn't good with his feet (but he started with the old rule so that can be an excuse but as a pro should've improve but it's tough when you,re 6'6) Onstad wasn't either (same as Forrest) Hirsh isn't Kenny isn't Sutton is average but can be suspect at times. So we never had a GK who I feel would be safe with his feet, every time I see a back pass to our keeper I feel unsafe..... I am surprised by how keepers train sometimes, given the new culture of keepers needing good feet. D. Fernandes used to train regularly with the first team at Celta Vigo and the keepers, including Cavallero the Argentine international, always did the standard drills, often were sent out to play scrimmages. Thunder used to actually be sent into the striker position and would actually score in scrimmage at Celta. When he was back at Vancouver playing in the local leagues two years ago he actually played as a non-keeper upon occasion, and I understand that he actually scored. Now he complains that at Paok they do none of this footwork training, and he trains futsal in his own free time to improve his ball handling. The comment came on the wake of that huge blunder he made a few weeks ago on a backpass that he miss-kicked. Someone who does excellent tricks with his feet (and the rest of the body) and is quite spectacular with his ball handling is Josh Wicks, the Whitecaps keeper. Perhaps this was not seen by fans but since he trained my son last summer I got to see he was actually quite hot with the ball, and always trying new things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcy Fett Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Joe Keeper Wasn't Kenny the back up for Gold Cup 2002? Yeah he was the backup but Lars was #1 and won goalie of the tournament..Lars' history with Canada is very good and he was bumped out of #1 due to the fact that he didnt have a regular starting job in Europe(backup to Kasey Keller in Tottenham for a long while), I do not feel there is any justification to kenny being labelled #1 over Lars, while he is a great goalie I don't think he has at anytime proven himself to be a #1 international goalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Lars was told to play some first team soccer, because his quality was slipping while he rode the pine at Spurs. If the same scenerio unfolds at RBK, he will be in the exact same situation. Frankly, I don't think any of our goalies have proven themselves to be the dominant goalie for Canada. I expect the position will continue to be rotated depending on who is playing and available. Sutton, Lars, and Kenny have all proven to be competant, but none have a lock on the starting job for Canada. If Fernandes continues his progress at PAOK, we will very shortly have 4 goalies pushing for Canada's starting keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 it's Lars' if he wins the Rosenborg job. Can you imagine having a champions league goalie in 2007!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Rosenbord are in the CL this year but won't be next year since they finished in the bottom of the league. No chance to see him in the CL in 2006-2007 but maybe in 2007-2008 if Rosenborg improve their results. Our best chance to see a CL GK next year is Daniel Fernandes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoni Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 quote:Originally posted by loyola Rosenbord are in the CL this year but won't be next year since they finished in the bottom of the league. No chance to see him in the CL in 2006-2007 but maybe in 2007-2008 if Rosenborg improve their results. Our best chance to see a CL GK next year is Daniel Fernandes. On the other hand, Rosenborg need just one more point in group play to get a Uefa Cup berth for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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