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Friendlies in August/September/October/November ?


jonny63

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Guys, planning for the Gold Cup means the CSA had to assure the clubs that their

players would be back at a reasonable schedule. Many are in pre-season, so it's

hard to release them without pissing the clubs off.

You really want to ask Toronto FC to release their players during any playoff run?

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quote:Originally posted by leafdolfan

A contact at the CSA told me that there are no home friendlies planned and they are not in talks with anyone else for home friendlies. At any level.

So I guess I'm not missing much at all by being up north Sept-April.

Hello TFC playoffs and OUA soccer :)

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quote:Originally posted by leafdolfan

A contact at the CSA told me that there are no home friendlies planned and they are not in talks with anyone else for home friendlies. At any level.

They are planning away friendlies and are in talk with somebody for away friendlies ?

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Crazy. They should definitely get something for the September date. Clubs have to release their players for a week, so it shouldn't be asking too much to release them for a single match.

Get a europe friendly, call up all of the euro-based players who didn't get a good look at the Gold Cup:

Begovic

Edgar

Cann

Issey Nakajima-Farran

Paris Nakajima-Farran

Ornoch

Hume

Ledgerwood

Friend

Occean

Steven Vitoria

To make up the numbers:

Wagenaar

Klukowski

Pozniak

Saiko

Hastings

Simpson

Jackson

Heck, invite the Imhof and Hoilett brothers too (if they accept, invite the de Guzman brothers as well - imagine having 4 sets of brothers on one team!)

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quote:Originally posted by jonny63

FIFA match dates for August 12, September 5 and 9, October 10 and 14.

Canada got no planned friendlies ?

Yes those are FIFA dates. But they are also dates on the World Cup Qualifying schedule. Given that most regions have a normal qualifying process ( one that doesn't eliminate you in the first four to six week ), Most everyone will be involved in WCQ. Good luck trying to find an opponent on those days.

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quote:Originally posted by Free kick

Yes those are FIFA dates. But they are also dates on the World Cup Qualifying schedule. Given that most regions have a normal qualifying process ( one that doesn't eliminate you in the first four to six week ), Most everyone will be involved in WCQ. Good luck trying to find an opponent on those days.

Teams available on Sep 5:

Serbia

Lithuania

Wales

Jamaica

Libya

Uganda

Panama

Uzbekistan

Senegal

Qatar

Korea DPR

Cuba

Congo

Tanzania

Albania

Syria

Congo DR

Gambia

Fiji

Angola

And on Sep 9:

Switzerland

Australia

Côte d'Ivoire

Egypt

Nigeria

Algeria

Korea Republic

Tunisia

Burkina Faso

Morocco

Latvia

Guinea

Mali

Iran

Jamaica

Togo

Libya

Uganda

Zambia

Panama

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I think this is all fantasy, but if we are going to play on Sep 5th or 9th - make it a Euro-based game and squad.

------Friend----------------

---------------Jackson------

Simpson----------------Hutch

-----de Guzman--Bernier-----

Kluka-Edgar--McKenna-Stalteri

----------Lars--------------

Plus a whole host of good subs.

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I wonder how much it would cost the CSA to put off a friendly in the UK? We could perhaps play Wales or even Jamacia considering all their UK based players. Another alternative could be a friendly in Germany. This would probably be even better. Friend, Stalteri, Lars, McKenna, Ledgerwood already in the country with Hutch, Bernier, Issey, Paris, Cann and Ornoch nearby in Denmark, plus De Jong and Kulkowski close in Holland and Belgium. That is 13 right there. I can't think of a suitable opponent that would want to play in Germany from that list however...

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quote:Originally posted by jonny63

FIFA match dates for August 12, September 5 and 9, October 10 and 14.

Canada got no planned friendlies ?

Jonny, it wouldn't surprise me if there are no friendlies scheduled until next spring in an effort to maximize the FIFA ranking points we picked up against Cyprus and at the Gold Cup.

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