Barthez-Battalion Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 This is great news. Iceland is a decent team for it's population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nicely done Canada, waiting until Iceland get's good before calling them back in to get that return game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontPanic Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Still unconfirmed if this will be closed doors or not..but we can start up an away game travel thread. Yay to games in 2015! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 We have to take what we can get but it is unfortunate timing that we won't have some of the North American-based U20s available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfoot Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nice, sucks its in Florida thou. Well January in Canada or Iceland... Yeah Florida will be OK. Let's hope it ends up on TV somehow Iceland 46th CANADA 120th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfoot Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 IIRC Either we or Iceland owed us a game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Florida. Done and done I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Great news! I look forward to the following discussions in this thread the coming weeks: - How Canada desperately needs a striker up front - Which Canadians previously capped are traitors for not being on the roster for these friendlies - Which Canadians who have never been capped are traitors for never being on the roster for any friendly - Which Canadians called to the roster are garbage - Unattached FC in various forms - How much the Whitecaps hate Canada - How TFC are pathetic for never having made the playoffs - How no one cares about the Impact either way enough to comment on them - Why Hanson Boakai is not on the roster - A witty reference to Kook Aid and Towrads Think I covered it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontPanic Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Here's the release.. A busy year for Canada’s Men’s National Team is getting underway in January as Canada will take on Iceland for a pair of Men’s International Friendlies in Orlando, Florida, USA on Friday 16 January and Monday 19 January. After playing a schedule of five friendlies in 2014, the team is coming down to their final few chances to prepare before they get back to competitive action with the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. But as was the case for the January camp in 2014, most European-based players won’t be available, as this camp won’t fall under FIFA international dates. Canada’s Men’s U-20 Team will also be in action at the same time in Jamaica so this camp will largely be made up of U-23 and North American-based players. “We need to understand that this is a special camp due to the European players being unavailable so we need to practice with the youth players,” said Head Coach Benito Floro. “But it is a teaching opportunity for the youth players and some continued development of the attack with the first team players.” The two nations have only played each other once before. In 2007 they played in Iceland and 1:1 was the final. Olivier Occean was the scorer for Canada on that day. This time, however, both games will be played at the University of Central Florida soccer stadium. “We are going to play two games against Iceland so we need to understand this is a preparation for the next camp in March,” said Floro. “The roster will be formed with U-23 players and some senior players. We’ll want to see good pressing and work on the attack.” Iceland narrowly missed out on qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 after losing to Croatia in a playoff. They're currently ranked 33rd in the FIFA rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yay legit Camp Poutine games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Great news! I look forward to the following discussions in this thread the coming weeks: - How Canada desperately needs a striker up front - Which Canadians previously capped are traitors for not being on the roster for these friendlies - Which Canadians who have never been capped are traitors for never being on the roster for any friendly - Which Canadians called to the roster are garbage - Unattached FC in various forms - How much the Whitecaps hate Canada - How TFC are pathetic for never having made the playoffs - How no one cares about the Impact either way enough to comment on them - Why Hanson Boakai is not on the roster - A witty reference to Kook Aid and Towrads Think I covered it Are you trying to imply that people on here are irrational/angst ridden/neurotic/reactionary? Come on. Couldn't be further from the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 - A witty reference to Kook Aid and Towrads Think I covered it Nope. You forgot RUMMORS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sébastien Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nope. You forgot RUMMORS. And the debate about Henry at right-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Lars Hirschfeld Quillan Roberts John Smits David Monsalve Karl Ouimette Nana Attakora Ashtone Morgan Dejan Jakovic Eddie Edwards Adam Sraith Julian De Guzman Charlie Trafford Chris Mannella Bryce Alderson Patrice Bernier Issey Nakjima-Farran Ethan Finlay (maybe) Jonathan Osorio Kyle Bekker Russell Teibert Keven Aleman Maxim Tissot Dwayne De Rosario Tesho Akindele (maybe) Caleb Clarke Iain Hume Anthony Jackson-Hamel I think this could be the roster we see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I think Monsalve, who will be in pre-season will be staying at his club to prove himself as keeper. Hopefully we see a couple new-ish faces, Manjrekar James could be one of them http://www.bama.hu/baranya/sport/james-manjrekar-a-kozelmultban-robbant-be-a-pmfc-egyuttesebe-584545 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 And the debate about Henry at right-back. Ha! Absolutely. Also criticisms of Mont Vic and Mont Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Shaman Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I was wondering whether we were going to talk about the sponsons. And of course the allegations of nepotism, which are actually cases of cronyism since most of these people are not actually related by blood, just greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Iceland has a very good generation atm, they barely missed out on the World Cup and are on par to qualify for the Euros. They beat Netherlands in autumn. Will be a tough opponent for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Iceland has a very good generation atm, they barely missed out on the World Cup and are on par to qualify for the Euros. They beat Netherlands in autumn. Will be a tough opponent for sure. Well, the team will be missing a lot of their best players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Iceland has a very good generation atm, they barely missed out on the World Cup and are on par to qualify for the Euros. They beat Netherlands in autumn. Will be a tough opponent for sure. Yes but since it is not a FIFA date most of Iceland's better players will not be there either. Although they are surprisingly good for their population size, I suspect they do not have a lot of depth and we will be playing a team of younger mostly domestic league players. Still a good friendly for us though and a good test for our young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Iceland, for WCQ 2014, was in a relatively weak group, but let's not forget that they were a qualification game away from being a World Cup team as well. Their run of form isn't just the Euros. They are pretty legit. Let's kick their ass anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Looks like Floro wants to use this camp and the games to prep the U23 team for the Pan Ams and the olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Some good talent is available for this camp. Hopefully Hume and Trafford get called up as an acknowledgment of their recent success. MLS: Osorio, Bekker, Tiebert, deRosario, Bernier, Nakajima, Ouimette, Morgan, Tissot, Porter, Attakora, Jackson-Hamel, Clarke Japan / Scandinavia: Jakovic, Charlie Trafford, Hirschfeld, Stamatopolous, Barsalona, Out of Contract: deGuzman, Straith, Borjan, Hume NASL: Smits, ???? Unlikely: Cavallini, Akindele, Finley, Monsalve, Occean U23s: Piette, Alderson, Aleman, Crepeau, Roberts, Kaye, Manella... can't really think of anyone else who is notable and not also U20 eligible and born 1994 or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 I don't see Piette coming since he's getting regular minutes and playing very well for Deportivo B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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