SCF08 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Tournament starts next week. Hereby the schedule for TFC. Matches can possibly be viewed here (only with Italian IP address) http://www.raiplay.it/dirette/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Was reading somewhere (think it was a recent Kurt Larson article) that this tournament invite happened after Bill Manning invited Bob Iarusci to TFC's training facilities at Downsview and he in turn enabled Bill Manning to get in touch with Roberto Bettega (of Juventus and Blizzard fame). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I am curious to see the result of Dukla Prague vs Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 We will see how they will do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCF08 Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 First game ended in a 3-3 draw. Liam Fraser scored 2 goals for Toronto. Onkony got the 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister215Guy Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 It's good that they invited a Canadian team instead of an American one. Otherwise they would embarrass the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Mister215Guy said: It's good that they invited a Canadian team instead of an American one. Otherwise they would embarrass the league. @admincan we please block this guy? Troll by definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister215Guy Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just now, hamiltonfan said: @admincan we please block this guy? Troll by definition. I'm just telling the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Mister215Guy said: I'm just telling the truth. I think you meant to say "I'm just telling the truth, not like Americans who only lie all the time, and their lies are terrible too, like a toddler came up with it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 TFC tie Juventus I'm assuming this is a U19 tournament, they now have two ties from two games, and might even advance with a tie out of their group as the top two in each division go through. Our under 20 team struggled in the just concluded CONCACAF U20 WC qualifying tournament you wonder how much better is a Honduras U20 national team compared to Juventus U19 or U20 team is, yet more or less the same age group team with some different players getting results in a comparable or even tougher tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 18 hours ago, 1996 said: TFC tie Juventus I'm assuming this is a U19 tournament, they now have two ties from two games, and might even advance with a tie out of their group as the top two in each division go through. Our under 20 team struggled in the just concluded CONCACAF U20 WC qualifying tournament you wonder how much better is a Honduras U20 national team compared to Juventus U19 or U20 team is, yet more or less the same age group team with some different players getting results in a comparable or even tougher tournament. Agreed - would love to hear some logical rational explaining these outcomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 18 minutes ago, hamiltonfan said: Agreed - would love to hear some logical rational explaining these outcomes. Youth. Basically. Also, soccer. Like how did Monaco beat Man City? Clearly The Premier League is the worst. or Leicester Seville? Clearly La Liga is the worst. Ligue 1 is the best. I believe there is a kinda funny world cup thing where they track each win as being the best team. At one point it was some world minnow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 8 hours ago, hamiltonfan said: Agreed - would love to hear some logical rational explaining these outcomes. La Juve probably has three u-19 teams, I am not sure but guessing. They pick one of them, or a mix of them, to represent the club at this tournament. I may be wrong, but I doubt that La Juve has chosen their best u-19 squad for a tournament with this level competition, way below what they would see in their Primavera sub 19 group, which they are leading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said: La Juve probably has three u-19 teams, I am not sure but guessing. They pick one of them, or a mix of them, to represent the club at this tournament. I may be wrong, but I doubt that La Juve has chosen their best u-19 squad for a tournament with this level competition, way below what they would see in their Primavera sub 19 group, which they are leading. This. The Primavera side is U20, so they have sent the younger players/fringe players and probably sprinkled in some kids from the U17 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 20 minutes ago, jpg75 said: This. The Primavera side is U20, so they have sent the younger players/fringe players and probably sprinkled in some kids from the U17 as well. Is it really, I thought their Primavera and all Italy was u-19, which would make it the same as the rest of the UEFA system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This is Juve's top youth team they have sent the Primavera they call it I did some digging, I speak and read Italian. This team is coached by former Italian national team player Fabio Grosso, the Fabio Grosso that scored the winning penalty for Italy in the 2006 World Cup Final versus France and the Fabio Grosso who scored the winning goal in the semi final in the same World Cup versus Germany. I found the current Primaverra roster for Juventus and then looked at the roster they sent to this tournament and it's the same. In Italy the Primavera is the top youth team of Italian professional teams . Moreover, the Viareggio tournament is an historical prestigious tournament to Italian teams and to many pro teams in Europe and the world and many former and current soccer stars have played in this tournament, therefore , teams do send their best youth teams and players . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 minute ago, 1996 said: This is Juve's top youth team they have sent the Primavera they call it I did some digging, I speak and read Italian. This team is coached by former Italian national team player Fabio Grosso, the Fabio Grosso that scored the winning penalty for Italy in the 2006 World Cup Final versus France and the Fabio Grosso who scored the winning goal in the semi final in the same World Cup versus Germany. I found the current Primaverra roster for Juventus and then looked at the roster they sent to this tournament and it's the same. In Italy the Primavera is the top youth team of Italian professional teams . Moreover, the Viareggio tournament is a historical prestigious tournament to Italian teams and to many pro teams in Europe and the world and many former and current soccer stars have played in this tournament, therefore , teams do send their best youth teams and players . Good then, all the better for the TFC side, it was just surprising given the opponents, all theoretically well below the Juve level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yes agree there are not a lot of top pro teams in this tournament from outside Italy apart from the top Italian teams that are there, however, it seems that whatever top pro teams that are there have sent their best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Elite Canadian youth level teams tend to be of a decent standard up to about U-16. The problem has always been the transition to pro beyond that when players elsewhere start to train full-time. Hopefully this is a sign that MLS Academy teams are starting to bridge the gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Well I think these MLS Academy setups will eventually improve and start producing some players. They are training so much more than your past regular youth club setup. The coaching is better than the past , these players have the added incentive of hopefully making the pro team in the future , so there is an end goal that was not their in the past. The more pro teams we get in Canada be it maybe one day another Canadian MLS team or another NASl team USL team or hopefully a bunch of CPL teams , as long as each of these teams has a youth academy set up to it and they are all run in a professional manner with good qualified coaches it will only help in hopefully producing players that can go on and hopefully become good pro players for club and country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 10 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Is it really, I thought their Primavera and all Italy was u-19, which would make it the same as the rest of the UEFA system. Yup. Juve have only one overage player on the Primavera team that cannot come to this tournament. http://www.juventus.com/en/teams/youthteams/primavera/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Liam Fraser with 2 goals, Dada Luke and Onkony with singles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 2017-03-08 at 3:42 PM, Toje said: I am curious to see the result of Dukla Prague vs Toronto. Well Toronto lost 4-2 to Dukla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Really? Dukla plays in the 2nd tier of U19 soccer in the Czech Republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Well I guess tfc is out of the tournament, didn't surprise me , didn't do that well with 7 players from tfcll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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