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Not to crap on the parade, but does anyone think the Uruguayan 3rd tier is any better than say USL Pro? If that. I've never seen a lower leagues game from Uruguay, but based on the drop in quality in their 1st Div and the demographics of the country it'd be hard to say there are that many good players that their 3rd tier is as good as that in the US.

Guess what i'm saying is that despite the obvious opportunity that it is 'Canada SC', might it not be in our better interest to find a bigger club to partner with? If Sheridan-Clarkson can partner with Nacional why couldn't other partnerships be formed?

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^ I think the opportunity to learn how to play with and against a different style of play and player, plus a possibility of moving up the divisions, makes this a potentially good tool to add to our developmental options.

USL Pro, CSL, NASL, etc., all have potential benefits to developing soccer in Canada - this could just be another one.

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Not to crap on the parade, but does anyone think the Uruguayan 3rd tier is any better than say USL Pro? If that. I've never seen a lower leagues game from Uruguay, but based on the drop in quality in their 1st Div and the demographics of the country it'd be hard to say there are that many good players that their 3rd tier is as good as that in the US.

Guess what i'm saying is that despite the obvious opportunity that it is 'Canada SC', might it not be in our better interest to find a bigger club to partner with? If Sheridan-Clarkson can partner with Nacional why couldn't other partnerships be formed?

But isn't this what we want? We want places for Canadians to play and compete, the more the better. Not saying it needs to be a binding partnership but if a link can be formed... why not? This is a competitive team which I'm sure plays cup matches against large Uruguayan teams on occasion.

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But isn't this what we want? We want places for Canadians to play and compete, the more the better. Not saying it needs to be a binding partnership but if a link can be formed... why not? This is a competitive team which I'm sure plays cup matches against large Uruguayan teams on occasion.

Sure, but why couldn't one of the big youth clubs form a partnership with a club like Rampla Jrs. and have a bunch of kids go down each winter and eventually get contracts like the Clarkson kids did? If even one kid was playing in the Primera it'd probably be better than a dozen guys playing in the 3rd division.

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http://www.segundab.com.uy/ultimafechaap20112012.html

Results from sixth of May game

Canadian 0 - 1 Uruguay Montevideo

Estadio: Parque Huracán Buceo

Horario: 15:15 hs

Juez: Miguel Piñeiro; Adrián Pereira, Hebert Bogao

Público: 250 personas

Periodista en cancha: Martín Pereyra

Canadian

25- Pablo Diana

2- Gabriel Cabrera

23- Darwin Cuadrado

13- Esteban Zapata

22- Andrés Pisano

5- Sergei Michín

18- Emiliano Camejo

26- Nicolás Bello

11- Marcelo Aguiar

21- Julio Flor

10- Sebastián Donnángelo

D.T.: Juan Carlos Duarte

Suplentes

15- Joaquín Rullan

9- Rodrigo Santiago

3- Maximiliano Moran

7- Eduardo Méndez

14- Alvaro Pérez

8- Luis Delgado

19- Jonathan Antunez

Uruguay Montevideo

1- Javier Díaz

18- Dante Mazzonzini

2- Edgar Martínez

6- Antonio Sandoval

19- Gabriel Mirazo

5- Rodolfo Requelme

13- Nahuel Oliva

3- Julian Vossel

11- Marcel Parard

9- Juan Marcelo Toya

20- Emanuel Cabrera

D.T.: Hugo Pilo

Suplentes:

16- Andrés Epifanio

14- Nahuel Benítez

10- Franco Mieres

17- Mathías Amado

8- Maximiliano Hoaguy

15- Victor Guadalupe

Gol:

43' Emanuel Cabrera (UM)

Cambios en Canadian:

60' Luis Delgado x Emiliano Camejo

68' Alvaro Pérez x Nicolás Bello

75' Jonathan Antunez x Andrés Pisano

Cambios en Uruguay Montevideo:

59' Andrés Epifanio x Marcel Parard

75' Victor Guadalupe x Juan M. Toya

80' Maximiliano Hoaguy x Emanuel Cabrera

Expulsado

65' Darwin Cuadrado ©

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I've been to Uruguay and I enjoyed my brief time there. I thought that it would be a perfect place to have some kind of soccer development exchange system set up. With almost all of the clubs being located in Montevideo, there are essentially no travel costs. Even if you do need to venture out of the city, trips are short. While it is relatively expensive by South American standards, the cost of living is not particularly high. There is a fantastic football culture there, and they obviously know how to develop players. And I can't imagine that salaries are that high for players. Costs would probably not be that high. I visited a 2nd division stadium when I was there and it was pretty basic.

I have no idea how difficult it would be to get a work permit. And it's not the easiest place to get to from Canada. You are looking at 2-3 flights to get to Montevideo, and those flights are not particularly cheap. But I think it's a good location overall.

Jason

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Huracan Buceo are a reasonably well known club (not Penarol or Nacional obviously but I`ve definitely seen the name before) so if home games are being played at their stadium as opposed to at a public park there must be somebody with a bit of money behind this. Think there was some sort of Uruguay angle mentioned when the OSA president was interviewed by It`s Called Football a few months ago (late January I think with League One Ontario being the main conversation topic) which might provide some information as to what the motivation for forming this club was.

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It would be interesting if this team is promoted. This year they are doing very good so far:

http://www.segundab.com.uy/tablas.html

1. Torque 35 pts

2. Colon 30 pts

3. Canadian 30 pts (9W, 3D, 1L)

4. Oriental 25 pts

5. Montevideo 24 pts

Goalscorers http://www.segundab.com.uy/goleadores.html

Jonathan Alvez (Torque) 10

Marcelo Garate (Uruguay Montevideo) 8

Andres Gonzalez (Oriental) 7

Nicolás Milessi (Torque) 6

Héctor Fernández (Platense) 6

Jonathan Antunez (Canadian) 4

Julio Flor (Canadian) 4

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Amazing story.  Always great to hear of people who come to Canada and are grateful and look to instill change in football rather than tear it down.  Pretty surreal to think that a club like that could be a massive asset to us.  Playing in the Uruguayan second division is a pretty good level for a young player and a great environment, especially as we really lack players who can play in central america. 

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