CANADA vs Martinique - July 7th - 2:30pm PST (R) Game Thread

[canadianfoot]

GOLD CUP 2013 http://www.concacaf.com/category/gold-cup

First Game for Team Canada of the tournament. It will be under Collin Miller as Interim Coach with Benito Floro watching in the stands? How will our guys do?

TV: Sportsnet WORLD

Internet VIDEO:

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/194469/1/watch-canada-vs-martinique.html

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/194469/2/watch-canada-vs-martinique.html

http://atdhe.so/soccer/watch-canada-martinique-3eh48

http://atdhe.so/soccer/watch-canada-martinique-3eh40

http://atdhe.so/soccer/watch-canada-martinique-3eh19

http://atdhe.so/soccer/watch-canada-martinique-3eh0i

http://atdhe.so/soccer/watch-canada-martinique-3egkd

http://atdhe.so/soccer/watch-canada-martinique-3egke

http://www.rojadirecta.me/

GAME VIDEOS( NO RESULTS): http://www.cansoc.org/showthread.php?46588-Gold-Cup-2013-videos-NO-Results

ROSTER:

CANADA (position | name | current club)

GK- Milan Borjan | TUR / Sivasspor

GK- Lars Hirschfeld | NOR / Vålerenga Fotball

GK- Simon Thomas | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC

D- Nana Attakora | USA / San Jose Earthquakes

D- Marcel de Jong | GER / FC Augsburg

D- David Edgar | ENG / Burnley FC

D- Doneil Henry | CAN / Toronto FC

D- Ashtone Morgan | CAN / Toronto FC

D- Adam Straith | Unattached / sans club

D/M- Nik Ledgerwood | SWE / Hammarby Fotboll

M- Keven Aleman | ESP / Real Valladolid

M- Kyle Bekker | CAN / Toronto FC

M - Julian de Guzman | Unattached / sans club

M- Will Johnson | USA / Portland Timbers

M- Issey Nakajima-Farran | CYP / Alki Larnaca

M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC

M- Pedro Pacheco | POR / C.D. Santa Clara

M- Samuel Piette | GER / Fortuna Düsseldorf

M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC

M/F- Randy Edwini-Bonsu | Unattached / sans club

F- Marcus Haber | ENG / Stevenage FC

F- Simeon Jackson | Unattached / sans club

F- Tosaint Ricketts | NOR / Sandnes Ulf

[canadianfoot]

4points seems to be the Favorite so far. Will it be enough for a 2nd place in the Group? Or Highest 3rd in order to Qualify for QF?

The longer we stay within the Gold Cup the better. New coach will see our guys in action and get a better picture of the situation.

[jpg75]

The game is tomorrow and it's a ghost town in here...will post links after i wake up tomorrow afternoon just before game time.

[canadianfoot]

The game is tomorrow and it's a ghost town in here...will post links after i wake up tomorrow afternoon just before game time.

I have loaded some internet links

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[Sam]

Predictions?

I'll say 2-1 Canada. Martinique to score first then a Johnson penalty and Edgar to head in the winner from a set piece.

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[canadianfoot]

Canada turns to youth at Gold Cup

OXNARD, California -- With Canada not participating in the CONCACAF hexagonal for World Cup qualifying, the Gold Cup is a perfect competition for interim coach Colin Miller to assess and begin to retool the team for the 2018 qualifying tournament and other competitions. Miller has decided to drop some of the "old guard players" such as 35-year-old midfielder-forward and captain Dwayne De Rosario, Canada's all-time leading goal-scorer (20 goals in 73 international appearances) and give some younger talent some experience in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The only player over 30-years-old on the 23-man roster is midfielder Julian De Guzman, 32, as the rest of the squad is composed of international veterans and players in their earlier twenties.

Taking over the captaincy will be midfielder Will Johnson, 26, who has earned 32 caps and scored three goals.

The Canadians, who have participated in 10 of 11 previous Gold Cups, have experienced the highest of highs and, at times, disappointment.

They are the only country other than the United States and Mexico to win the continental competition, taking home the trophy with a 2-0 win over invited side Colombia in the final. They reached the knockout round via a coin-toss tie-breaker with the Republic of Korea and stunned three-time defending champion Mexico in the quarterfinals, 2-1, on a goal by Richard Hastings. The Maple Leafs swept the major awards as goalkeeper Craig Forrest earned MVP honors, while Carlo Corazzin won the Golden Boot. The Canadians also finished third at the 2002 tourney and were eliminated in the semifinals by the U.S. in 2007.

At the other end of the spectrum, the Canadians were eliminated from the opening round of the 2011 tournament on Luis Tejada's stoppage-time goal by eventual semifinalist Panama, 1-1. De Rosario had scored Canada's lone goal. In fact, De Rosario tallied both of Canada's goal in three games in that competition. After De Rosario suffered a knee injury last year, the Canadians' chances of reaching the CONCACAF hexagonal were severely dented.

Goal-scoring long has been the Maple Leafs' main concern. They certainly can knock the ball around with the best of them, but when it comes time to shoot, outside of De Rosario, finding a consistent scorer has been a challenge.

The players on the team selected by Miller for Gold Cup have recorded 22 international goals in total. Forward Simeon Jackson tops the list with six tallies.

The Maple Leafs kick-off the Gold Cup against Martinique in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Sunday and take on Mexico in Seattle on July 11. They will have any opportunity to exact some sporting revenge on Panama at Sports Authority Field in Denver, Colo. on July 14, the final opening-round Group A encounter.

[killgod]

Oh boy I'm excited.

[Tangroo]

I don't suppose there is any audio commentary available for this one, is there? I might be in the car during some of the match and it would be great to use Tunein Radio or something to listen in.

Or perhaps some of the Internet video links might work on an iPhone?

[tarnado1555362291]

few of them do, but sportsnet world does have an iPhone app.

[Sam]

Any word on ticket sales for today? Of course lots of people will skip the Canada game and just show up for Mexico-Panama

[canadianfoot]

It's Footy Day for me, watching U20 QF in Turkey as a warmup.

[jpg75]

Will Johnson is a good choice for Captain.

[1zzurri]

Lets go boys!!!

[canadianfoot]

Here is some footage(low quality) of Martinique in the CARRIBEAN CUP 2012 something to watch before the game:

[canadianfoot]

Martinique vs T&T @ CARRIBEAN CUP 2012 --->> SEMI FINAL:

The SEMI FINAL VIDEO is actually not bad to watch especially it's 12minutes and get interesting from 6th minute

[canadianfoot]

During the CARIBBEAN CUP 2012 Martinique was:

Martinique 1 - Cuba 0

Jamaica 0 - Martinique 0

French Guiana 1 - Martinique 3

1st place of their Group with 7points

2nd place Cuba with 6points

3rd French Guiana

4th Jamaica

Players to watch:

Frédéric Piquionne - Portland Timbers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Piquionne

Kévin Parsemain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Rivi%C3%A8re-Pilote

Steeve Gustan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeve_Gustan

Gael Germany: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Germany

In their one friendly before the Gold Cup Martinique beat PORTLAND TIMBER U23 by a score of 2:1

[Sam]

CSA twitter just confirmed Borjan as the starting keeper.

[jonovision]

Canada Soccer ‏@CanadaSoccerEN 2m

#canMNT XI v MTQ: GK Borjan; Ledgerwood, Henry, Edgar, De Jong; Piette, De Guzman; Ricketts, Johnson ©, Teibert; Haber.

[Fullback]

Canada Soccer ‏@CanadaSoccerEN 2m

#canMNT XI v MTQ: GK Borjan; Ledgerwood, Henry, Edgar, De Jong; Piette, De Guzman; Ricketts, Johnson ©, Teibert; Haber.

WHY? If it weren't for Ricketts I would be okay with that lineup. I wish they'd stick Osorio in there and let Ricketts come off the bench later in the game. I mean how much worse could Osorio be?