loyola Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 From what I understand, the May 2011 FIFA rankings will be used for the WCQ draw in CONCACAF. I'm not sure Ecuador rankings matters much in the equation. I think they are a good opponent for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What's a Grenada? Well, it's not quite Granola, and it's not quite Canada, but oh man hahahahahahahaha... and to answer your question, I don't know. Ecuador - yet another CONMEBOL opponent for BMO Field. It will be interesting to see how many Ecuadorians are in Toronto (probably enough to fill both the East and West stands again like Peru). Hopefully there will be some kind of coordinated marketing effort put together for this one, sort of a Send Off for the Gold Cup. I doubt it, though, and it will probably come down to Jamie having to fight with TicketBastard to get us a proper section, as well as having to get people to poster all the local soccer complexes and notify the soccer associations. I always ask myself, why doesn't the CSA email out huge releases to the provincial soccer associations, who then must email out huge releases to the districts, who then must email out the release to every single player registered in their district? I mean, what the hell is the use of the bloody National ---> Provincial ---> District ---> Registered Player system anyway aside from getting registration fees to feed the bureaucracy???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 A chance to watch Antonio Valencia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 From what I understand, the May 2011 FIFA rankings will be used for the WCQ draw in CONCACAF. I'm not sure Ecuador rankings matters much in the equation. I think they are a good opponent for us. Ah, yes, well-remembered. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 The CSA should be working closely with TFC, OSA, Voyageurs, TFC supporters and local associations to get the majority of tickets sold prior till they're available to the public. Great team for us to play, very excited to watch this match live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare431 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I didn't end up buying tickets for the Detroit trip due to uncertainty on work commitments. But this is a must go to. I'm recruiting people as I type this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfucultmaster Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ecuador ranked 49th by fifa They got a couple of good players in Antonio Valencia from Manchester United as well as Jefferson Montero who plays for Levante It should be a good game, now does anybody know how many Ecuadorians live in Toronto? There are a lot of them.........and they will all show up. They will also travel heavily from the U.S. This game should be well attended. I imagine there will be many more Ecuadorians at this game then there were Costa Ricans for the Costa Rica match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killgod Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ecuador plays in Mexico on May 28th, we can use that game to compare where we stand up to Mexico pre-GC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I remember Ecuador played Poland in Montreal. Was there a big Ecuador contingent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I remember Ecuador played Poland in Montreal. Was there a big Ecuador contingent? Judging from the highlights not a considerable amount. I think Toronto would be more I kind of wish a game like this would NOT be played in Toronto. Not just because of the opposition fan thing but also because the Toronto soccer market showed signs of saturation last year. June 1st would be a decent time to play out west. Winnipeg, Calgary, or Edmonton should be an easy sell with hockey teams likely finished and CFL not yet started. Obviously there's the turf issue and it would be a financial risk to lay down grass. Vancouver would also be good to capitalize on the Caps excitement. The Canucks should be in the Stanley Cup finals though which would vacuum up a lot of the city's attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Damn, if this game is a go in Toronto I just might have to make it down. Two Canada games in one week, all within driving distance ?!, hard to pass up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reds YNWA Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I'll be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reds YNWA Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 FYI according to my Ecuadorian friend there are 20K in Ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Its now up on the fifa website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Great news about Ecuador! Hmm ... if they use May 2011 rankings, we'd better be careful we don't improve too much ... or we might find ourselves not playing any September to November games ... (probably not much chance of that at this stage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killgod Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I used to live St. Clair west, just east of Dufferin. During the 2006 World Cup, I noticed a patch of Ecudorian support before you got to Corso Italia. There were a few shops/cafes in a row all supporting their flag with people out on the streets. They will had some good support, hopefully the CSA pumps up the Gold Cup and that match so we have a good showing ourselves. Our team doesn't get enough marketing to the general public! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gian Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ecuador plays in Mexico on May 28th, we can use that game to compare where we stand up to Mexico pre-GC. The game will be in Seattle, WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gian Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I remember Ecuador played Poland in Montreal. Was there a big Ecuador contingent? There were only about 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killgod Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ah. Just saw that Mexico was listed as the home side on fifa.com. Either way, we get to see what we want to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ah. Just saw that Mexico was listed as the home side on fifa.com. Either way, we get to see what we want to see! Yeah, Mexico never plays friendlies at home any more. It's far more lucrative for them to play in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derofan Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Lets hope we put up more of a fight against Ecuador then Peru last year when we got blanked 2-0. Anyways i hope hart tries to find some new players for our lack of attacking. It was great we won against Belarus but it was a defender that scored not a striker. I wonder how Ricketts did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Lets hope we put up more of a fight against Ecuador then Peru last year when we got blanked 2-0. Anyways i hope hart tries to find some new players for our lack of attacking. It was great we won against Belarus but it was a defender that scored not a striker. I wonder how Ricketts did? Ecuador is better than Peru too, IMO, so this might be a good gauge of where we are at compared to the Peru tilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 FYI according to my Ecuadorian friend there are 20K in Ontario it would not surprise me if that number was actually a tad higher.. There are definitely more Ecuadorians in the GTA than there are Peruvians. We are going to need to do a very good job of promoting this match to ensure as big a home crowd as possible. I was at the US v ARG match last Saturday in NJ and that crowd was pretty evenly split between home and away supporters. At this point, I would take a 50/50 split for this friendly on June 1. Hard to rally huge support for a friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-collins Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Weekday, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 The game against Ecuador has been added on the FIFA website. PS: I changed the title of this thread to include Ecuador. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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