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Not to hijack Ian Kennett's thread ...

Do/Could we have the players/formation to qualify? Including fence-sitters?

If JDG2 doesn't get a sniff in Holland would he come back?

2008 was supposed to be the team, but if Hoilett comes through, and the current crop of defenders keep seeing the pitch and developing, the future starting XI might look better.

http://www.rednationonline.ca/December_2013_Canada_Receives_Difficult_World_Cup_Draw_dec_10_09_column.shtml

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Below is a list of players that will be eligible for selection come the 2014 World Cup. Our to strongest positions have to be or defence and midfield.

Goalies

Keenan Gracey

Michael Misiewicz

Robert Stillo

Adam Street

David Monsalve

Haidar Al-Shaibani

Josh Wagenaar

Defenders

Fabrice Lassonde

Gino Mauro

Paris Nakajima-Farran

Derrick Bassi

Kennedy Owusu-Ansah

Eddy Sidra

Greg Smith

Marco South

Adam Straith

Alex Supernant

Nana Attakora-Gyan

Mike Klukowski

Adrian Cann

Marcel de Jong

David Edgar

Nik Ledgerwood

Andrew Hainault

Dejan Jakovic

Midfielders

Gabe Gala

Janiel Hoillet

Matthew Lam

Kyle Porter

Sean Rosa

Shaun Saiko

Atiba Hutchinson

Issey Nakajima-Farran

Andrew Ornoch

Jaime Peters

Gavin McCallum

Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault

Will Johnson

Tyler Hemming

Julian de Guzman

Forwards

Abdoulaye Sylla

David Hoillet

Iain Hume

Simeon Jackson

Toisant Ricketts

Frank Jonke

Rob Friend

Igor Pisanjuk

Julian Ucello

Olivier Occean

ALi Gerba

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^ That list is a start, but there are some current MNT players you have glaringly omitted in that list:

Lars Hirschfeld

Kevin McKenna

Adrian Serioux

Josh Simpson

Patrice Bernier

Dwayne DeRosario

Most of these guys will be in their early 30's when WCQ starts, still young enough to contribute.

Looks a little bottom heavy with current youth players, alot of those kids will probably not develop into MNT players. And you've omitted Haber and Edwini-Bonsu who started at forward ahead of Pisanjuk and Porter on the U20's.

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I don't see Monsalve ever being a first choice starter for the CMNT, Youngsters Stillo, Street, Latendresse Levesque, Misciewcz are all making great strides and who knows where Wagenaar and Hirsch will be. Wagenaar will be just 27 for the start of next qualifying, he has a few cycles left in him.

On the backline for next cycle I think the core will be Attakora, McKenna, Jakovic, Hainault, Klukowski, Edgar and De Jong and then 1 of Nakajima-Farran, Straith, Suprenant, Sidra will likely step up. Maybe Vittoria?

In the midfield the core will imo be unchanged really (which is good) with Hutchinson, De Guzman, Johnson, Peters, Nakajima-Farran, Simpson, Ledgerwood and then question marks like Massey, Ornoch (unless you count him as a FW), JBB, Hemming

Up front the core will be Friend, Jackson, Gerba, Hume, Haber, Occean, Hoillet hopefully then prospects who could step up like Edwini Bonsu, Ricketts, Bunbury

The depth is getting a lot better at least!

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quote:Originally posted by Ivan

We need a destroyer in front of the back four. deGuzman & Hutch have not been doing that adequately IMO. A healthy Serioux? One of the young CBs?

My sentiments, as well. Can't see it being Serioux, however. A younger player needs to break through in that role. If Johnson can muscle up somewhat, than perhaps it's him: he's got the quick passing/thinking skills and tactical sense for the job. Otherwise my wild card, long shot-but-doubt-it-will-happen is Jakovic.

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