Keegan Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Panama is a game I expect us to win, as the announcer said we have been the best team in the tournament now lets win the whole thing! Great effort from everyone today that first half was unreal but we slowed down the pace and let T and T attack us we'll need to work on that as that won't fly in the WC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 To put this in context, the only time i've ever seen our U17's play at a WC was when we hosted it in 1987 (and it was a U16 tourny back then) and i was 12 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOGAKANATA Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Beautiful play! for the beautiful game! Allez les rouge!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepaco Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 the experience these kids will get from playing in the WC will be very beneficial for the sport in Canada, long term. Needless to say, the academy system seems to be paying off all ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Couldn't watch at work but great to see the result. Canada can actually SCORE goals! Wooot This bodes well for our U20, U23 and MNT in the future. Now imagine 3 fully pro academies a few years down the road .... oh yea baby, oh yea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJones Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Just awesome! Well done boys! I made my social studies class watch this morning and they cheered like they did at the Olympics last year when Canada won an event! Good thing my admin didn't come in. Trying to explain why a soccer game was being shown when students were suppose to be doing Social Studies mighthave been hard to justify! To see one of your former players work so hard and succeed like this is just incredible! Worth the risk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Just awesome! Well done boys! I made my social studies class watch this morning and they cheered like they did at the Olympics last year when Canada won an event! Good thing my admin didn't come in. Trying to explain why a soccer game was being shown when students were suppose to be doing Social Studies mighthave been hard to justify! To see one of your former players work so hard and succeed like this is just incredible! Worth the risk! Good for showing them, I know my brothers friend showed his class the Canada Greece match the other week. Which player did you coach? The academy system is already paying dividends you can see it in the technical level of the players, we were a class above Trinidad today even getting a little cocky in the first half which was nice to see. It was good to see all these guys we've been hearing about, Jordan Hamilton for a 14 year old is huge and technically gifted it seemed one definitely for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJones Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Good for showing them, I know my brothers friend showed his class the Canada Greece match the other week. Which player did you coach? The academy system is already paying dividends you can see it in the technical level of the players, we were a class above Trinidad today even getting a little cocky in the first half which was nice to see. It was good to see all these guys we've been hearing about, Jordan Hamilton for a 14 year old is huge and technically gifted it seemed one definitely for the future. Daniel Stanese. The student now want to watch the World Cup in June. It's test time. Might be tough. I know I'll be watching on my laptop. Might be some cheating going on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Great job by the boys. Fantastic news. Hamilton is eligible for the U17s in 2013! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Great job by the boys. Fantastic news. Hamilton is eligible for the U17s in 2013! Unless the rules have changed you can only play in one U17WC. See Adu, Freddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killgod Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Bloody TSN. You got a main page with their 3 top articles on a NBA trade (yawn), NHL trade RUMOURS (yawn), Curling (I like curling, but cmon). Side bar articles of more NHL trade RUMOURS, NHL coach health and what a retired NHLer thinks of the organization his kid plays for. U17 Makes the world cup and only gets a side bar piece on the soccer section. Shame on you TSN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T. Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 The academy system is already paying dividends you can see it in the technical level of the players, we were a class above Trinidad today even getting a little cocky in the first half which was nice to see. It was good to see all these guys we've been hearing about, Jordan Hamilton for a 14 year old is huge and technically gifted it seemed one definitely for the future. Not only the MLS Academies, goal scorer Chris Nanco is a product of Sigma FC Academy in Ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Congrats to the boys - it's feels like a long time since we've qualified for a World Cup on the men's side. A positive sign that our move into MLS is paying dividends for the national team. I hope we get to watch the games with all the increased exposure, popularity and avenues for watching televised matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 well done boys....big accomplishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Fantastic! Terrific! A Canadian men's team beat a very good team and looked good doing it. Un-be-frickin'-lievable. It's great to see the lads progress and all but T&T were very poor. We still have a bit of a problem in the final third. Against a stronger team we wouldn't get as many opportunities in front of goal as we did today, so we need to make sure we make the most of every opportunity. Still, a good result. I like that Petrasso kid. He's got some skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Unless the rules have changed you can only play in one U17WC. See Adu, Freddy. Really? That sucks. Noticed they kept the clean sheet without Benomar as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 It's great to see the lads progress and all but T&T were very poor. We still have a bit of a problem in the final third. Against a stronger team we wouldn't get as many opportunities in front of goal as we did today, so we need to make sure we make the most of every opportunity. Still, a good result. I like that Petrasso kid. He's got some skill. Were they that poor though? I think its more to do with how effective we were out there, I've only seen 4 teams play so far (CR, Panama, T&T & us) but we've easily been the best movers of the ball and most sound defensively as the Jamaican announcer attested too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Jamaica currently leading Honduras 1-0 in the 29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThiKu Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Outstanding, boys!!! Good luck in semi's! Bodes very well for the future....but let's just see how they do in the u20 cycle before getting too excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 That Aleman goals is one of the best goals I've seen from a Canadian in a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Now imagine 3 fully pro academies a few years down the road .... oh yea baby, oh yea Yes, this achievement is ENTIRELY due to having professional club academies in Canada. Finally. And to think, that there were some detractors to the idea of bring in MLS clubs to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Though i find the trend of our youth teams having a large number of MLS Academy products on them a good thing, i will play devil's advocate regarding this particular squad. If you look at the players from the 3 teams, particularly the Whitecaps contributions you'll find that a fair number of these kids have barely joined their team yet or have been playing for only a year. Alderson, Cain and Polakiewicz just joined the Caps over the winter. They were playing for Portugal FC in the CSL last year. Carreiro was playing for his youth club in Manitoba last year and just joined TFC this winter, ditto for Jay Chapman (Ajax). Aleman and Petrasso were in their first year with TFC last year as 15 year olds. Since last year was the first true season of Impact Academie their 3 kids on the team have obviously only played one season with them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 At this point all you can say is: mission accomplished. In FIFA qualifying tournaments, the objective is to qualify and that's what every country strives for. It doesn't matter where you finish hence losing to Panama would not lessen my enthusiasm one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Though i find the trend of our youth teams having a large number of MLS Academy products on them a good thing, i will play devil's advocate regarding this particular squad. If you look at the players from the 3 teams, particularly the Whitecaps contributions you'll find that a fair number of these kids have barely joined their team yet or have been playing for only a year. Alderson, Cain and Polakiewicz just joined the Caps over the winter. They were playing for Portugal FC in the CSL last year. Carreiro was playing for his youth club in Manitoba last year and just joined TFC this winter, ditto for Jay Chapman (Ajax). Aleman and Petrasso were in their first year with TFC last year as 15 year olds. Since last year was the first true season of Impact Academie their 3 kids on the team have obviously only played one season with them as well. Well, I would say to that, that its the ability to leverage from the private entities ( in this case the clubs) in the recruiting process that this the reason for the success. Did we have weaker players before? I dont think so. I think that the problem before was identifying the players and picking the best ones. Thats was all left up to the CSA and its limited resources in the past. Many who weren't picked, probably quit the game. Now that process is done by entities who have a vested interest in ensure that the best talent is identified. The CSA just has to come in a picks from the cream of the crop. So their job is IMMENSELY EASIER and thats the big difference. Before, everything was left up to the CSA on its limited budget. No national program in any country can thrive under those circumstances. also having kids in Europe was also crap for soccer in Canada because you know absolutely nothing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Highlights from CONCACAF site: http://www.concacaf.com/page/Under17s/VideosDetail/0,,12813~2300698,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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