Shway Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Aird25 said: From a westerners perspective, I’ve always thought that Ontario youth had more opportunities than anywhere else in the country. They have the most professional and semi-pro options, the best pathway to pro, the best scouting network, and their youth players often seem to be preferred when it comes to youth national team selection. I suppose you could argue there is more competition, but that’s also a positive imo. This is not true. For a long period of time, the whitecaps were the only province offering players pro opportunities. A lot of guys from Ontario were travelling to the BC for this opportunity. (Kyle Porter, & Alex Sements (rip). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Shway said: This is not true. For a long period of time, the whitecaps were the only province offering players pro opportunities. A lot of guys from Ontario were travelling to the BC for this opportunity. (Kyle Porter, & Alex Sements (rip). I meant currently and in recent years though. Hamilton’s age group Edited April 11, 2021 by Aird25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Shway said: Could be said - but it’s no where close. Just look at our national team. I personally think the Whitecaps does the best job of scouting/finding talent. A lot of BC pro players seem to be connected to the Whitecaps organization at some point. Whereas there’s a lot of Ontario pro players, that have different routes outside of TFC. That is largely due to the massive demographic of talented players within Southeast Ontario that usually go unnoticed. Reason why I think for York/Forge to get to the next stage, or solidify themselves within the football landscape. It’s imperative for them to have full academies - and not the Vaughn/Sigma loose connections. I’d argue that we’d have produced another Larin or Atiba by now if we had of actually played the kids and not waited till they were 20-23 before giving them a shot. If you sign a kid it’s because he’s good enough to play for you, at the very least I don’t believe in signing someone who will be good enough. agreed on your second point, they really need a reserve team given their large scouting network/investment. Another team in that area will help so much, and let’s not forget they took quite a few players from outside their main area. id agree atleast for York, theres so much talent. Sigma/Hamilton suggests the same but I’d argue that sigma is Hamilton’s academy. The reality is that an academy league needs to happen across the Can PL and include the MLS teams. D2 would be nice if it can be a higher level than League 1/PLSQ, hopefully USL 1 caliber. If not i don’t see where our MLS teams could put their reserve teams that they really do need. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) In case anyone was wondering. Based on player birth and/or youth development. In the past 2 years, our player pool consists of: Ontario - 40 players Greater Toronto Area - 34 players Southwest Ontario - 4 players Greater Ottawa Area - 2 players Quebec - 10 players Greater Montreal Area - 9 players Quebec City - 1 player Alberta - 8 players Greater Calgary Area - 4 players Greater Edmonton Area - 4 players No Connection - 5 players British Columbia - 4 players Nova Scotia - 1 Player Saskatchewan - 1 Player Manitoba - 1 Player Edited April 12, 2021 by Corazon Dominic94 and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 30 minutes ago, Corazon said: In case anyone was wondering. Based on player birth and/or youth development. In the past 2 years, our player pool consists of: Ontario Greater Toronto Area - 34 players Southwest Ontario - 4 players Greater Ottawa Area - 2 players Quebec Greater Montreal Area - 9 players Quebec City - 1 player British Columbia Greater Vancouver Area - 4 players Alberta Greater Calgary Area - 4 players Greater Edmonton Area - 4 players Nova Scotia - 1 Player Saskatchewan - 1 Player Manitoba - 1 Player No Connection - 5 players Thank God for Ontario ! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I dream of a day when Stompin’ Tom Montgomery of Green Gables will burst onto the scene from PEI and light up the national team. BuzzAndSting, Trois Reds, Nate3322 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: I dream of a day when Stompin’ Tom Montgomery of Green Gables will burst onto the scene from PEI and light up the national team. The closest you may get is Jacob Shaffelburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Corazon said: The closest you may get is Jacob Shaffelburg We’ll see. Lots of talented kids coming up through the youth system. Fingers crossed. Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP10 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Just saw he was on the Indy Eleven. He would be a nice addition to the CPL. Play for the Hamilton Forge 😉 gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 ^^^ Boooo..😉 Indy attracts the higher quality MLS fringe guys and prob has the one of the higher payrolls in USL-C. He went from getting 4 goals in 7 starts with TFC just 2 summers ago, the guy prob should be on an MLS roster somewhere. But playing on one of the bigger USL-C teams making decent money and getting a starters work load isnt too shabby. If he kills it with Indy, he might get right back up to MLS. He just turned 25..time to live up to his potential. Shway, Nate3322, ADP10 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Looks like he came on as a sub in the 62nd minute in their first match of the season this past Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Tyler Pasher is now back in MLS and doing great after a solid couple of seasons with Indy 11. Jordan Hamilton had much more experience in MLS than Pasher before joining Indy 11. Perhaps a solid season or two would see him earn a move back up to MLS. He's only 24/25 ish, so he could re-join Major League Soccer in what would be the prime of his career, just like Pasher. johnyb, Shway and Gian-Luca 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, narduch said: Looks like he came on as a sub in the 62nd minute in their first match of the season this past Saturday. He was also joined by two internationals in 26 yo Manny Artega (Venezuelan international), 25 yo Cammy Smith (Scotland youth international) and Gordon Wild 25, played with the Galaxy last year and in 2019 scored 10 goals in 16 games in the USL-C for Loudon United (which led him to a DC united contract, albeit he never played) All this to say, he has the best CV of the lot - but he's got lots of work to do. This move doesn't look like a guarantee in the starting XI, as I thought it would be. Edited May 5, 2021 by Shway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Kadenge, Trois Reds, DavemTFC and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavemTFC Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Damn wasn't prepared for that. Good for him to be playing and scoring again. Hope there are brighter days ahead in the Hamilton family Unnamed Trialist, Kadenge, Ivan and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) Hamilton cored again for Indy, won the penalty and converted, 1-1 vs Louisville. Sissoko has been playing a lot for Indy, he has come on as a sub. Edit, after a bit of a fight with the guy who won it, Hamilton converts a second penalty, two for two in the dying minutes. Edited May 30, 2021 by Bison44 toontownman, Kadenge, cronaldo7 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Hopefully Jordan keeps up the good work and himself a spot on a MLS or another league roster spot cronaldo7, h coach and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Released by Indy. Ivan, Dominic94, johnyb and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 minute ago, narduch said: Released by Indy. Should have been CPL bound from the start. Should be playing on Forge - they desperately need a striker and are playing huge matches this fall. gator, narduch and toontownman 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Just now, CanadaFan123 said: Should have been CPL bound from the start. Should be playing on Forge - they desperately need a striker and are playing huge matches this fall. They may have a winner with Pacius (ex Impact academy player). Grandbloke, toontownman, Pottsy3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Isn’t that Sissoko’s team? Pottsy3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Isn’t that Sissoko’s team? Carl Haworth and Karl Ouimette are there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 If I understand the transfer rules correctly he can't sign with a CPL team until 2022, he would have had to been a free agent prior to the close of the transfer window or an amateur player, re: the rash of PLSQ, L1O, academy signings recently by CPL teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 hour ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: If I understand the transfer rules correctly he can't sign with a CPL team until 2022, he would have had to been a free agent prior to the close of the transfer window or an amateur player, re: the rash of PLSQ, L1O, academy signings recently by CPL teams. Wait….CPL follows the European transfer window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Shway said: Wait….CPL follows the European transfer window? No, the CPL follows the CSA transfer window (mirrored to the USSF transfer window), which closed August 5. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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