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Canadians abroad: August 22-28, 2014


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In the Regionalligas there were a couple of Canadian cameos. 

La'vere Corbin-Ong played 90 minutes in defense for BAK07. They won and it was his 4th appearance (3th start)

Massih Wassie played 90 for Wiedenbrueck, he's a regular for them with 4 consecutive starts.

Stanese and Menz didn't see the grass for Augsburg 2 and Kickers Offenbach respectively.

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He was the best player on the pitch for either side in the second half, in my opinion. I didn't see the first half.

 

I had the same opinion and also only watched the last 45. He was everywhere including two massive tackles in their own box to prevent an Arsenal 2nd. He was even directly in front of goal in scoring position near the end. Such a smart player. If he wasn't relatively fragile I could see him playing until 40 with his soccer IQ.

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It's interesting to watch him play for club having only really watched him for country before. He was everywhere defensively but rarely got forward whereas for Canada he always seemed like more of an attacking mid. Goes to show the quality difference between him and almost everyone else we have.

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In the Regionalligas there were a couple of Canadian cameos. 

La'vere Corbin-Ong played 90 minutes in defense for BAK07. They won and it was his 4th appearance (3th start)

Massih Wassie played 90 for Wiedenbrueck, he's a regular for them with 4 consecutive starts.

Stanese and Menz didn't see the grass for Augsburg 2 and Kickers Offenbach respectively.

 

The way you posted this made it sound like this happened today, but surely you must be talking from a few days ago?

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Ricketts SCORED his 2nd league cup goal for Hapoel Haifa yesterday:

 

http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/27/israel/toto-cup-ligat-al/hapoel-haifa-fc/hapoel-acre-fc/1730105/

 

I didn't think I'd be saying this a year and a half ago, but Tosaint seems to have really improved tremendously.  At this point, he's a lock for any "best 18" we put together for a match of importance.  Not sure he's a lock yet for a starting spot, but close.

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Ricketts SCORED his 2nd league cup goal for Hapoel Haifa yesterday:

 

http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/27/israel/toto-cup-ligat-al/hapoel-haifa-fc/hapoel-acre-fc/1730105/

 

I didn't think I'd be saying this a year and a half ago, but Tosaint seems to have really improved tremendously.  At this point, he's a lock for any "best 18" we put together for a match of importance.  Not sure he's a lock yet for a starting spot, but close.

 

His whole career his been a constant upward trajectory.  From playing football at age 14 to earning a university scholarship was pretty amazing but then he took his chance with our U20s too and then he took his chance with our U23s and then he took his chance in Finland and so on and so forth. 

 

He used to be all pace but he actually has improved his dribbling a ton since and he has a decent strike on him too.  His goal against Beskistas last year was the best I've seen from a Canadian player in years.

 

I think Ricketts will be a player that Floro utilizes due to his speed on the counter but with that said I would prefer younger players step up and start and that Ricketts is an option off the bench.  Not many players in world football can deal with Ricketts pace off the bench when they've played 70+ minutes.

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