Kibby Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 lol when that kid walked up 2/3rds of a way to midfield I had this strange feeling he could score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brethers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Let roberts take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 A draw keeps us in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSpur Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well done lads...First U17 point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Final 2-2. Who stood out for Canada today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Final 2-2. Who stood out for Canada today? Roberts, and not just because of the goal, legendary as that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeelaw Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Great result for the youngsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brethers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I'm really pleased for them, and a proud Canadian. Great fight against England and some players looked good out there for us. Roberts looked good, ignoring the goal he scored I thought he had a really good game out there. The goal is just icing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Crazy stuff I say......what can I say, I'm speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killgod Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The ghost of Robert green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleA Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Okay so what do we need now. We're -3, England is +2, Uruguay +4, Rwanda -3. How can we move on? We need to win by a good margin and England needs to lose by a decent margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Roberts looks strong in net while England's goalie looks a bit shaky. Aleman doing really well handling the ball but isn't doing much with it. That was a prophetic post!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucker Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well done lads, regardless of how strangely! Thought Stanese and Alderson stood out most positively. Aleman had some terrific moments but needs to look up and cross to open teammates more. And Roberts the hero of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munseahawk Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Canada could advance as one of the top 4 3rd place teams. Right now they are in that spot, but groups E and F have not yet played their 2nd matches (those come tomorrow). However, right now let's enjoy a historic 1st result at the U-17 World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Regardless of that goal at the end I was going to say this has to be the strangest keeper I've ever seen. The England keeper ran out of his box for balls he had no business going for several times, is he the coaches son? He made a save on Aleman at one point and out ran his full back to the sideline to kick the rebound up field.... wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleA Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Oh wow I didn't even know about the 3rd place teams advancing I thought that was a Gold Cup exclusive. Epic night. Momentum going into the Rwanda game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Kibby, I had the same feeling as you when I saw our keeper advancing like that and I was saying to myself he should send a ball directly to the keeper, this will be tough to deal with on a rainy day. As for the game, I liked some of the buildup we've done at times but we were struggling creating clear chances and it's not like we didn't have time to do that. I like Alderson a lot, good central mid. Aleman is an enigma to me, he can be really good and really bad. Roberts in goal was solid but he isn't at Crepeau level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Okay so what do we need now. We're -3, England is +2, Uruguay +4, Rwanda -3. How can we move on? We need to win by a good margin and England needs to lose by a decent margin. We win the next game and we should be in. A team with Four points is almost certain to advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 As for the game, I liked some of the buildup we've done at times but we were struggling creating clear chances and it's not like we didn't have time to do that. I like Alderson a lot, good central mid. Aleman is an enigma to me, he can be really good and really bad. Roberts in goal was solid but he isn't at Crepeau level. I would concur with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Good match overall. Need to work on our passing and movement a bit more in the final third but at the minute I'm so excited about that result. scared the **** out of my missus twice in that half as I'm watching this online in the early morning in a hotel room in Hong Kong. haha love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil7777 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Any way to see highlights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssk Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Any way to see highlights? Yes. http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/highlights/video/video=1458345/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Somewhere, in a padded room, Miro Kliment is raging. I hope we advance for a number of reasons, but the hilarious rage against Sean Fleming and this U17 squad that would result would be icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I recorded the game, but I also wish I had recorded myself predicting earlier in the game that the keeper might score for us. I don't know if it was the rarified atmosphere up there but I could see that the keeper kicks were absolutely being powered down the pitch and that a goal this way might be possible. I don't blame the English keeper as he had to play the possible deflection like our own keeper did. We obviously caught a bit of luck - but karma's a ***** for the nation that steals one of our best players in the first meaningful match we played them on the men's side at any level. But we put ourselves in a position where a bit of luck might make the difference. I think England may have taken us a bit lightly after they scored or dropped their guard (but then, so many teams do after they score) because I can't believe they just let Aleman shoot like that from distance (which is really what caused our first goal). Perhaps they didn't scout him and realize that this kid can crack them from distance - but as his goals at the qualifying stage are available on the internet, that's a bit of lazyness on the part of the English coaching staff if that's the case. Frankly I thought England had more skill & speed than Uruguay and that we were more likely to concede and unable to compete against this team - which isn't a surprise when you consider how many pro clubs they can draw players from vs. how many we can. However, we cut out the major mistakes, the Ref didn't buy any cheap dives in the box, got a bit of luck and that made all the difference from 3-0 to 2-2. We showed good character to come back twice. I have few concerns about the squad other than the apparent lack of depth in the striker spot - Jalali got his goal, but there aren't any players from the pro clubs that we can try at striker? Mind you, with the injuries I guess subbing him off was the right move. Well done to all the boys - they did Canada proud, and what a way to get the pointless streak over with! As someone who saw one of the three previous goals we scored in this tourney (by Guido Titotto in a 2-1 loss to Qatar at the U17 tourney we hosted in 1987 at Varsity in Toronto), it's been a long time coming to get that point and to see two goals scored in the same half, never mind the same game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Ahead of this game I went to the BBC website to see if they had any previews or coverage of the English squad and to see what they were saying about Canada. I couldn't find a single bloody article - the only one I found was actually covering Rwanda's loss to England from the "African" football section. So I'm not expecting to see headline coverage of this in the UK websites since they don't seem to care at all about this tourney in the slightest, but I have to wonder if the nature of the tying goal and "England gives Canada its first ever point" will be embarassing enough to get some coverage in the UK press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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