Markoaleks Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Am in Mexico on vacation and watching fox sports, Espn and Sky sports in Spanish. Gold cup coverage is like TSN covering world junior hockey ; very in-depth and all teams being featured With my limited Spanish I can deduce a huge appreciation for Davies and an "why can't we have talent like him" narrative, Love to see it and as a long time Canada supporter very nice to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 6 hours ago, shermanator said: ESPN just called Alphonso Davies the most exciting player in the tournament, in naming him to their best 11. Choo choo the hype train rolls up motherfuckers. http://www.espnfc.com/concacaf-gold-cup/59/blog/post/3159409/canadian-teenage-sensation-alphonso-davies-leads-gold-cup-best-xi Good series by the way, if you can stomach the Atomic Blonde adverts well worth the watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbsmith Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 7/17/2017 at 11:29 PM, Markoaleks said: Am in Mexico on vacation and watching fox sports, Espn and Sky sports in Spanish. Gold cup coverage is like TSN covering world junior hockey ; very in-depth and all teams being featured With my limited Spanish I can deduce a huge appreciation for Davies and an "why can't we have talent like him" narrative, Love to see it and as a long time Canada supporter very nice to hear 100% confirmed, been watching the games on Unionvision. Overall, Mexicans tend to enjoy and appreciate the "offensive flare" style of play, we are beginning to pick up some attention and respect . I believe for the 2nd half of our game when the fans start rolling in they will be cheering for us over Jamaica. They will want and appreciate to see something from Davies, and we also have latin heritage on our squad (and the coach), compared to Jamaica with 0. This can only help us in the 2nd half in Arizona with the majority of the crowd behind us. Wish today was Thursday haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, apbsmith said: Davis Probably just a slip, but it is Davies not Davis. I heard some commentators saying Davis in one of the broadcasts and it bothered me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Alonso Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I think it is pronounced "Canadian Messi" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Better than Canadian Adu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brethers8 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 26 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: I think it is pronounced "Canadian Messi" Canadian Argentinian Petrasso? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Manchester United must be keeping a close eye on him now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoginess Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 future = bright as soon as he learns how to make off the ball runs, he's going to be deadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm still surprised he is tied with the lead for goal scorer of the tournament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Barring a brace/hat trick etc from someone in the final he should be co-leader for entire thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolbertos Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 The last time a Canadian won rhe Golden Boot was Carlo Corazzin in 2000. I think if Davies didn't get injured against Costa Rica, could've had more goals. He wasn't himself against Jamaica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Amazing news! Very well deserved win by Alphonso Davies He's gotta be the youngest player ever to win the Golden Boot in a major tournament. Nevertheless not a surprise that he took the Bright Future Award ? Steve Reed better make the trip to Vancouver to give him the 2 individual honours personally ?? History was made today! So proud to have this guy in Canadian colours ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, nolbertos said: The last time a Canadian won rhe Golden Boot was Carlo Corazzin in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 So Davies can win the Golden Boot in the region's major tournament, but he still isn't trusted to start a game in MLS? Hmmmm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Just now, shermanator said: So Davies can win the Golden Boot in the region's major tournament, but he still isn't trusted to start a game in MLS? Hmmmm..... Trust me, if he was half as good with the Caps as he played in the group stage he'd be our best player. For whatever reason it hasn't clicked for him yet in MLS. I don't think Robbo is blame free in that department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvikingstad Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 8 hours ago, dsqpr said: Jamaica double and triple teamed him and owned him physically. He is only 16 playing against those big strong Jamaicans. I thought his team mates didn't do enough to help him. If he is being double and triple teamed then somebody must be open! Not enough movement from us, as usual. To be fair, his vision (especially when double-teamed) is something that he really needs to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Named in the team of the tournament too. Alongside 3 Americans who only arrived for the knockouts.. what a joke like really? Anyways, he does need to improve his decision making and vision. I don't think Vancouver is the place to develop.. on that pitch it isn't even real football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 10 hours ago, dsqpr said: 2017 Gold Cup Young Player award winner. 2017 Gold Cup Golden Boot winner (3 goals plus more assists than the other two players with 3 goals). Congratulations Alphonso!! I know Luke Wileman said he got it for having more assists than Morris and Parsemain, but I believe that's incorrect. He definitely didn't assist on Jakovic's goal (set piece taken by Arfield) and he didn't assist Arfield's goal (Hoilett to Arfield, then blocked by a defender which rebounded back to Arfield), and he didn't assist Hoilett's goal (I think it was Piette that passed it to Hoilett in our own half). I reviewed the goals and that's what I saw. Unless they award secondary assists and he made some inconsequential pass to Piette before the Hoilett goal, or to Hoilett before the Arfield goal (and they also don't care about the defender involvement) he didn't have any assists. I believe he won the Golden Boot because he played fewer minutes than Morris and Parsemain. I confirmed that he did in fact have fewer minutes than Parsemain, and I assume Morris would have had more minutes played since he was with the USA through the whole tournament. Someone commenting on mlssoccer.com said that fewest minutes played is the second tie-breaker. All that being said, huge accomplishment for Davies. Does anybody know if a 16 year old has won the Golden Boot at a continental championship before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 10 hours ago, shermanator said: So Davies can win the Golden Boot in the region's major tournament, but he still isn't trusted to start a game in MLS? Hmmmm..... Caps gonna cap....cap the development of young players that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 36 minutes ago, Keegan said: Named in the team of the tournament too. Alongside 3 Americans who only arrived for the knockouts.. what a joke like really? Anyways, he does need to improve his decision making and vision. I don't think Vancouver is the place to develop.. on that pitch it isn't even real football Are you surprised, look who runs the tournament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstepp817 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I don't have a problem with any of the 3 US players that came on in the knockout round making it...they clearly made a huge difference in the 3 games played....they were the most important games in the tournament and they rose to the occasion....I had a bigger issue w/Zusi making it...thought he was terrible except the 2nd half of the Jamaica game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 hour ago, mrstepp817 said: I don't have a problem with any of the 3 US players that came on in the knockout round making it...they clearly made a huge difference in the 3 games played....they were the most important games in the tournament and they rose to the occasion....I had a bigger issue w/Zusi making it...thought he was terrible except the 2nd half of the Jamaica game He isn't a good rightback, but he was pretty pivotal in the Costa Rica game as well. I don't get how he makes it over Villafana though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 hour ago, mrstepp817 said: I don't have a problem with any of the 3 US players that came on in the knockout round making it...they clearly made a huge difference in the 3 games played....they were the most important games in the tournament and they rose to the occasion....I had a bigger issue w/Zusi making it...thought he was terrible except the 2nd half of the Jamaica game CONCACAF seems to have a different opinion about Zusi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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