Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Location: Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Date: Tuesday November 18th 2014 Time: 8pm Local (8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific) Broadcast: TBD (Sportsnet-something is likely?) It is confirmed by the FEPAFUT on twitter: https://twitter.com/fepafut/status/436645612071575552 and on their website calendar: http://fepafut.com/calendario_selecciones.asp ...so unless Squizz says otherwise, I assume this one is a go! (Seriously, stop crushing our dreams Squizz!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Aha we'll if this comes through it'll be just as good as the El Salvador friendly (if not better). CSA twitter today said they had a men's national team announcement to make tomorrow, I'm assuming this will be it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Aha we'll if this comes through it'll be just as good as the El Salvador friendly (if not better). CSA twitter today said they had a men's national team announcement to make tomorrow, I'm assuming this will be it! Assume this is it as well. If it isn't, all the better! More games! This certainly makes up for the cancelled El Salvador game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizz1402635577 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If you're afraid of your dreams getting crushed, perhaps following the men's national team isn't the best hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfoot Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If it's True as of Today that means: FIFA/CONCACAF Ranking 32 --- 3 Panama 754 4 Up 113 --- 12 ***CANADA*** 275 -2 Down We are looking at a BiG jump in Ranking between the teams. I would like to play an AWAY Game vs a 7-11ranked team.... But will not complain!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 This would be exactly the type of friendly required to give our younger members experience playing in Central America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not to be a stick in the mud, but wouldn't it be better for our FIFA ranking if we were to play this at home so we have a better chance of winning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not to be a stick in the mud, but wouldn't it be better for our FIFA ranking if we were to play this at home so we have a better chance of winning? Let's hope they also schedule a few home friendlies. Panama in Nov makes sense (doubt they'd want to come here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If this is true, I think this would be a record in terms of lead time for a scheduled friendly. I'm used to them announcing friendlies a month before they're played. Nine months is unheard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcoatsforever Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not to be a stick in the mud, but wouldn't it be better for our FIFA ranking if we were to play this at home so we have a better chance of winning? I think it's more important that we get our young guys solid experience playing against CONCACAF competition in hostile environments ahead of the 2018 qualification campaign than it is that we worry about our ranking. All things considered, it would be better for the team to have to enter WCQ at the same round as last time and get some confidence against the minnows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Actually last WCQ we were all talking about the need to play more friendlies in Central America so the players could get used to the humidity and conditions, so this is actually pretty ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Although our ranking is so bad we're going to end up in a group of 4 with a pretty decent side -assuming the same format as last time (which is probably a horrible assumption). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrenaline11 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 As a condition of the friendly, I hope our team gets to stay in a bunker, not some hotel that is accessible to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 We should get Floro some ****ing helicopters like Klinsmann. Then we could stay in Colombia and just fly directly to the stadium. That would look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC07 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 This game is ONLY friendly and we're not going to see same off-field tactics like we did in the last WCQ game in Panama. However, I am glad we got a friendly game to play. Lack of friendly this year isn't good at all, but given a good chunk of our better players and future players now playing in North America, it makes sense not to schedule a friendly right now when they're too busy with their teams fighting for a job or starting spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I think it's more important that we get our young guys solid experience playing against CONCACAF competition in hostile environments ahead of the 2018 qualification campaign than it is that we worry about our ranking. All things considered, it would be better for the team to have to enter WCQ at the same round as last time and get some confidence against the minnows. Hey i'm all for getting experience in hostile environments, but at some point we have to start getting wins and picking up ranking points because we risk falling out of the top 12 in CONCACAF and we'd be possibly playing in a group with T&T or Jamaica where it's winner take all and putting ourselves in that position is ridiculous. Also, i don't buy into the philosophy of playing an added round of WCQ's against minnows. Adding risk to your chances of qualifying, no matter how small is ill advised. I would rather finish in the top 6, avoid the extra round AND have a group with 2 teams ranked 7-12 then being stuck with 2 1-6 teams. Of course, this is next to impossible for us to achieve this time around and i am only addressing what you have written above re: confidence building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Quality friendlies, both of them. I'll be @ the first one, less rowdy this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC07 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Canada MNT to host Jamaica, visit Panama in 2014 Canada’s Men’s National team announced today two International Friendly matches that form the start of its 2014 international schedule. Canada MNT will host Jamaica on 9 September and play in Panama on 18 November. “Canada Soccer is pleased to announce these Men’s International Friendly matches against two of CONCACAF Top 10 nations as we believe that in order to improve, our National Teams must compete against the best and more often,” said Victor Montagliani, President, Canada Soccer. “This will help our program build a stream of high caliber players, compete at the international level and ultimately become a leading soccer nation.” Canada will host Jamaica on 9 September (kickoff 19:30 local) at BMO Field in Toronto, ON in what will be Head Coach Benito Floro’s first match on Canadian soil. Tickets for this home match, presented by BMO, will go on sale in late May. Further ticket information will be posted to canadasoccer.com as it becomes available. The Canadians have a record of 7W-6D-3L against Jamaica, who is currently ranked 9th in CONCACAF. The two teams’ last met in a friendly in 2010. In November, Canada MNT will travel to Panama for a 18 November match (kickoff 20:00 local) at Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. Canada’s only loss to Panama came in the last FIFA World Cup Qualifiers round in September 2012 against a Panama team they had defeated at home just a few days earlier. The teams’ last encounter at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup concluded in a 0:0 draw. Additional away dates will be added to Canada’s Men’s National Team 2014 calendar and will be announced as they are confirmed. Source: http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-mnt-to-host-jamaica-visit-panama-in-2014-p155987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hey i'm all for getting experience in hostile environments, but at some point we have to start getting wins and picking up ranking points because we risk falling out of the top 12 in CONCACAF and we'd be possibly playing in a group with T&T or Jamaica where it's winner take all and putting ourselves in that position is ridiculous. Also, i don't buy into the philosophy of playing an added round of WCQ's against minnows. Adding risk to your chances of qualifying, no matter how small is ill advised. I would rather finish in the top 6, avoid the extra round AND have a group with 2 teams ranked 7-12 then being stuck with 2 1-6 teams. Of course, this is next to impossible for us to achieve this time around and i am only addressing what you have written above re: confidence building. Agreed. But at this point, our chances of finishing top 6 seem slim, AT BEST. So, I guess the point is that, assuming the qualifying system is like last time (BIG assumption, I know), there is no real difference between finishing 7th or 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Sooooooo, no friendlies until September?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC07 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Sooooooo, no friendlies until September?? There will more friendlies announced later on. I assume we will play some games against WC teams in summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 There will more friendlies announced later on. I assume we will play some games against WC teams in summer I bet we will play at least one friendly during the summer too; now that we have a game in September and in November, we may not play in during the October dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The thing is that it is much easier to call friendlies in September, because even during the summer, Canada won't be able to select its top players, because there is no FIFA date for teams not participating in the World Cup. Remember that team that played Venezuela 4 years ago? Here was the line-up in case you forgot. 7 of those players got called during WCQ, 2 that I would consider starters. 3 were pretty much retired by the start of the WCQ cycle. And the last one had a funny name. Wagenaar; Klukowski Hastings Straith Stalteri; Nakajima-Farran Pacheco Dunfield Ledgerwood Wassey; Jackson Unless we get a lowly minnow to play against, I don't see why we would go to the slaugtherhouse and face a country that could hurt us badly. Some clubs will cooperate, but how many will? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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