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CONCACAF U17 Canada vs Costa Rica, for a 3rd straight U17WC


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Unlucky to be down? Seriously?

Firstly the shape is all wrong AGAIN. The distance between the midfeld and strikers is enormous, there is no link up play at all. We are relying on the skill of Tabla and Sagno to carry the game, too many misplaced paces and panicking in possession. Need composure on the ball and sustained possession not long ball central...keeper needs to be more confident as well..but what do I know... there is still time if they can turn it around and put a few passes together..

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Unlucky to be down? Seriously?

Firstly the shape is all wrong AGAIN. The distance between the midfeld and strikers is enormous, there is no link up play at all. We are relying on the skill of Tabla and Sagno to carry the game, too many misplaced paces and panicking in possession. Need composure on the ball and sustained possession not long ball central...keeper needs to be more confident as well..but what do I know... there is still time if they can turn it around and put a few passes together..

Well it's all moot now but was more a comment that the Costa Rica goals were a bit out of no where. We certainly weren't playing great but it easily could have been 0-0 or maybe 1-0 Costa Rica. In a game with few chances they converted we didn't. It wasn't as bad as the commentator suggested.
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I hope there are people in the CSA asking questions about our U17 and U20 programs. But I doubt it.

Flemming qualified for the last two u17 world cups and was a game away from qualifying this time. Do you think our country is so fantastic at soccer that we should never miss a qualification?

I won't stick my neck out for anyone involved with the u20s because no one has a track record of success associated with that program.

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Remember that before this tournament, no one excepted this group would have qualify for World Cup Under 17 based on their friendlies.   So I am not mad about this group not qualifying, but I am surprise that they were close though.   Overall, Flemming isn't issue and he deserves to remain head coach for next U-17 campaign.   

 

Under 20 in the other hand is a problem and we need to find someone with reasonable track record to run our Under 20 program.   We can't afford to hire another amateur coach to run Under 20 in the next campaign.  

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Yeah, it was disappointing to lose, but not the end of the world. If this squad of U17's qualifies for the U20's, no one will ask questions. Last two cycle's the U17s have made the World Cup while the U20s have failed to. There were some bright spots but this kind of tournament is difficult, can easily get knocked out with one bad result, which occurred against Panama. Costa Rica was going to be a tough match up, and we ended up losing on two corners. 

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Wow.   That is awful.  No wonder everybody isn't excepting this current U-17 team to qualify World Cup U-17 this time around.      

 

 

In came out on the U-17 press conference (via Two Solitudes) that Sean Fleming didn't have the chance to scout the Impact youth teams so he wasn't familiar with the players!? What the hell else is he doing? That is shocking and pretty close to a fire-able offence given that this level is about getting the best players in the system.

 

 

Well we now have an excuse to get rid of Fleming once U-17 team is eliminated.  

 

Based on the above comments when the roster was released, you'd think people here would be a little more positive that the team made it as far as they did.

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Disappointing though that fitness seems to have been an issue. I thought the 3-2 scoreline in the group stage flattered Costa Rica since they scored on some incredible gaffes & a foul that was outside the box but given as a PK. So to lose 3-0 to the same team a number of games later tells us something.

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Flemings players at U17 go on to form the core of the U20 program.

 

If we just miss at u17 and miss by miles at U20, which program is not doing its job ?

 

The base needs to be properly prepared, if the U17 group is wrong but shows well because of athleticism, and we get killed at U20 because we have no players of vision or technical skill the failure is at the U17 level of selection and team training.

 

I suspect Mr. Fleming is choosing horses to try to win at U17 and not selecting players of potential to win at U20 and become professionals.

 

Who from the U17 pool right now do you think is pro material ?

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Flemings players at U17 go on to form the core of the U20 program.

 

If we just miss at u17 and miss by miles at U20, which program is not doing its job ?

 

The base needs to be properly prepared, if the U17 group is wrong but shows well because of athleticism, and we get killed at U20 because we have no players of vision or technical skill the failure is at the U17 level of selection and team training.

 

I suspect Mr. Fleming is choosing horses to try to win at U17 and not selecting players of potential to win at U20 and become professionals.

 

Who from the U17 pool right now do you think is pro material ?

If that were the case then there should be a bunch of players in the '94 and '96 age groups that were passed over for the U17's and have since shown themselves to be obvious pro prospects. Who are those players?

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