IceCreamMan Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Per Steven Sandor's twitter he's turned down a Canada U17 call up to go to an American camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 more good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well, hate to break the bad news, but....in an article in Plastic Pitch that came out today it was mentioned that Roserie holds dual citizenship (CAN/USA), and that he has turned down multiple calls from the U-17 team. A quote from Roserie in the article "Basically, it's better for me to play with the Americans than with Canada. The Americans play a possession style that suits my game, not the kick and run, which is more what Canada plays." Might be time to lock this thread and forget about Roserie until we see his name on a roster announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince193 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well, hate to break the bad news, but....in an article in Plastic Pitch that came out today it was mentioned that Roserie holds dual citizenship (CAN/USA), and that he has turned down multiple calls from the U-17 team. A quote from Roserie in the article "Basically, it's better for me to play with the Americans than with Canada. The Americans play a possession style that suits my game, not the kick and run, which is more what Canada plays." Might be time to lock this thread and forget about Roserie until we see his name on a roster announcement. I do love the fact he calls us out on our bullshit kick and run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Let's ask ourselves, why was this guy given a chance in Jacksonville and not a Canadian pro club/academy? Would that have helped change his mind? I mean, if you're a dual citizen and playing in country A, wouldn't you prefer to play for country A, is it easier for you? Edited July 16, 2015 by Soccerpro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevensandor Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Now that Plastic Pitch is out (as a good magazine writer/editor, I sometimes have to sit on stories for a couple of weeks — or even months — till they come out)... Jacksonville is over the moon about this kid. Because his family did not move with him (his parents still live in Ontario), he can't be eligible to play in an NASL match till he's 18. Knowing that, the Armada signed him as a 16-yr-old anyway, because they believe his upside is massive. He was born in Brooklyn, but doesn't remember NY at all — he was that young when his family moved. But, I give him credit; he didn't make any vague promises or play the will-I-or-won't-I game. He's clear that he's not interested in playing for Canada. One thing we can't say is that he's led anyone on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It's bullshit, we have not played a kick and run style under Fleming since he took over. Probably the American coach told him that and he believed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolbertos Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Well, sorry guys, but more defections will come. Thats why the MLS clubs have the academy centres all across Canada to make sure we have local talent playing at least here and maybe wanting to represent Canada. The Americans have also dealt with many defections in there past, but they got through it with the Project 2010 goal and having MLS sustain the national team. It'll take 10-20 years before we see the fruition of local players playing for Canada. He slipped through the cracks and moved on. The kick and run philosophy is partly true though. Canadian don't have flair fpr the game and sometimes boot it up when defending because they're nervous. Just have to calm nerves wheb having the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevensandor Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 And, to be clear, Roserie says he was offered lots of deals from different Canadian elite clubs and academies. But he says he wanted the challenge of playing against men, and not boys his age. A big reason for him going to the Armada's tryout camp last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) I do love the fact he calls us out on our bullshit kick and run. Yup, and if he is a dual citizen, who refused to be called up with the U-17s then we can't say he was using CSA ressources before he switched. I like his honesty. He may comeback to Canada if he doesn't make it big there. Edited July 16, 2015 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I do love the fact he calls us out on our bullshit kick and run. Man is he going to feel stupid when he sees our Gold Cup performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 No offense to Roserie but Canada has about a dozen young, smallish attacking midfielders on the way. I'm sure the Americans have at least twice that. Best of luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBobsaget Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 And, to be clear, Roserie says he was offered lots of deals from different Canadian elite clubs and academies. But he says he wanted the challenge of playing against men, and not boys his age. A big reason for him going to the Armada's tryout camp last year. Except he doesn't get to play against men. Only train with them, and with an NASL club not even a top class one . Good luck to our American friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) "Kick and run"...meh...the Americans are marginally better at best than Canada in this dept imo. Edited July 16, 2015 by mpg_29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 The kick and run thing is just an excuse he' using. He left for the bigger fish simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) "Kick and run"...meh...the Americans are marginally better at best than Canada in this dept imo. This is a new excuse LOL And totally inaccurate too. Saying a team plays "kick and run" is just a nice way of saying that they're not as good as another team, because we haven't played kick and run as a system in at least 10 years. The USA and Canada are about as close as it gets, they just do it much better. Just man up and say "I want to play for the USA because they have a better team"... there doesn't it feel better to be a shameless prick? Edited July 16, 2015 by Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Kick and run is a bullshit excuse by an inarticulate teenager. Maybe his Mississauga youth teams played that way since our youth coaches don't know what they're doing. But in terms of national teams, we haven't played that way for over a decade. While he hasn't dilly dallied in making his decision, he is still using code words rather than telling us the real reason because it is unpalatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coramoor Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 so the general consensus is that he's Sydney Leroux 2.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 so the general consensus is that he's Sydney Leroux 2.0? He didn't use our youth teams like she did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 so the general consensus is that he's Sydney Leroux 2.0? No not as bad. Leroux was born in Canada and was part of the NT program before she jumped ship. This kid never accepted any call to a Canadian camp and was born in the US. It sucks when a player eligible for Canada chooses another country but I don't blame this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coramoor Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 No not as bad. Leroux was born in Canada and was part of the NT program before she jumped ship. This kid never accepted any call to a Canadian camp and was born in the US. It sucks when a player eligible for Canada chooses another country but I don't blame this kid. I mean he was born in the US but moved before he was old enough to remember anything about it, that's basically the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I mean he was born in the US but moved before he was old enough to remember anything about it, that's basically the same thing. For me it's not necessarily the same thing. This kid may been raised in a house who preached to him he was American. He never put on Canada jersey so it's not like he dicked us around. And now he's moved back to the US to pursue his career. I hate guys like Kris Twardek who were born in Canada and everything about them is Canadian but they refuse to join our program because they think it's below them. Or guys like Teal Bunbury who were born abroad to a Canadian parent, plays for Canada and then switches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 call him to a national team camp or u-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Just turned 18 and could now play in nasl. Will be interesting to see if he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Big_M said: Just turned 18 and could now play in nasl. Will be interesting to see if he does. As a dual citizen he could have played NASL prior to turning 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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