BearcatSA Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 8:45 AM, Obinna said: I really hope De Jong can give us another year or two. He was good for the Whitecaps last year and great at the GC in 2017. But he was poor in 2018, particularly defensively, and looked like he was on the decline. He lost his place in the NT as a result. I hope he has a comeback next year in CPL but the odds of his return to the NT look really long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 20 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: But he was poor in 2018, particularly defensively, and looked like he was on the decline. He lost his place in the NT as a result. I hope he has a comeback next year in CPL but the odds of his return to the NT look really long. I can't agree. He played in 9 of the 13 national team matches before his injury, including the last one. He also played 22 games for the Whitecaps in 2018. We don't have a LB that's staked a real claim on the position since his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 55 minutes ago, Aird25 said: I can't agree. He played in 9 of the 13 national team matches before his injury, including the last one. He also played 22 games for the Whitecaps in 2018. We don't have a LB that's staked a real claim on the position since his injury. The last half of his last season with the Caps he wasn't very good as he and Levis took turns losing the starting LB spot, especially in the second half of the season. Also, at 33, he's coming back from a pretty serious injury. It's not pre 2017 anymore. That needs to be kept in perspective. nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 10 hours ago, BearcatSA said: The last half of his last season with the Caps he wasn't very good as he and Levis took turns losing the starting LB spot, especially in the second half of the season. Also, at 33, he's coming back from a pretty serious injury. It's not pre 2017 anymore. That needs to be kept in perspective. Does it matter? Who has claimed the spot in his absence? He's been our best LB for the last decade BearcatSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusch to the Corner Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) https://canadasoccer.com/news/former-canada-captain-marcel-de-jong-retires-from-active-play/ Retired. Wish him the best going forward. One of my favs of all time. Edited March 6, 2021 by Kusch to the Corner JamboAl, Cheeta, Nate3322 and 16 others 15 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Always put in a good shift in the red and white. Cheers MDJ. Olympique_de_Marseille and WyattTaylor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grigorio Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 De Jong, Simpson and Hume. My 3 faves who gave it their all no questions asked guys from the last generation. WyattTaylor, deschamp86, Olympique_de_Marseille and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Three career national team goals and they were all screamers!! WyattTaylor, Kent, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Gutted. Thought we had another year, maybe two. All the best Marcel. Hope we see him coaching in Canada in the future. WyattTaylor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 MDJ in his prime would have been a great fit in this current national team. Herdman talks about us not having tier 1 players on defense, but he would of arguably made the cut during his Augsburg days. Regardless, congrats to Marcel on a fine career! toontownman and WyattTaylor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 great career..was great to see him as a bundesliga starter with augsburg and score one of the most beautiful goals in bundesliga..could have played a few more years..unfortunately got himself far from reality and probably disconnected recently with the comments he made on salaries and other in cpl..best wishes for his next steps WyattTaylor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 I gave his father a DVD recording of his National Team debut (friendly match against South Africa). And in return he sent me the match pennant. Always felf a connection with him after that. We had some really great players on that ill fated 2010 WCQ campaign. dyslexic nam, trc2014, gator and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grigorio Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, narduch said: I gave his father a DVD recording of his National Team debut (friendly match against South Africa). And in return he sent me the match pennant. Always felf a connection with him after that. We had some really great players on that ill fated 2010 WCQ campaign. friggin Pat Onstad letting that corner kick in directly 🤢 narduch and yomurphy1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, grigorio said: friggin Pat Onstad letting that corner kick in directly 🤢 Thanks for reminding me of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Big_M said: great career..was great to see him as a bundesliga starter with augsburg and score one of the most beautiful goals in bundesliga..could have played a few more years..unfortunately got himself far from reality and probably disconnected recently with the comments he made on salaries and other in cpl..best wishes for his next steps Lol narduch and NVsoccer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 He was a good player but unfortunately in the prime of his career he was never a starter for Canada, so we never really saw him at his best. He was behind Jazic/Klukowski. I remember the away match vs Panama in 2012 he was arguably our best player but never got a sniff for the rest of the campaign - those decisions bothered me at the time. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson M Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Underrated player. His family used to come watch games at the Voyageurs Viewing party here in London. They would all show up wearing his old Canada shirts! Hope they still come. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Marcel "If you're going score,score in style" de Jong. Could be an absolute delight to watch when he would go on a raid. Or take the leather off the ball. Or come together, rather clumsily more often than not, with an opponent he was closing. Good or bad, always great fun to watch. Live long and prosper! Ivan, narduch and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) Marcel's latest project appears to be a private academy back in Vancouver: Edited April 2, 2021 by nolando baulderdash77 and gator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Yeah, I'm not sure calling your self "Football Bum" or "Football Ass" is a great marketing strategy. Sure "kids today" may not be familiar with the euphemism but when they get a hold of it, it will bite the academy in the fundament. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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