Canadian Dual Nationals 2.0 Edition, Chase for the 5 stars

[SthMelbRed]

I imagine that an international cap received while he was literally a child blocking him from, at some point, representing the nation of his birth would be the kind of thing that CAS, or another legal authority, might consider to be unreasonable. If a player who was affected thus wanted to make a challenge, it'd almost certainly force FIFA into a tweaking of their current rules.

[Shway]

27 minutes ago, SthMelbRed said:

I imagine that an international cap received while he was literally a child blocking him from, at some point, representing the nation of his birth would be the kind of thing that CAS, or another legal authority, might consider to be unreasonable. If a player who was affected thus wanted to make a challenge, it'd almost certainly force FIFA into a tweaking of their current rules.

Agreed. And it was a cynical cap too.

I think the FIFA rule should be changed to minutes instead of appearances (or like minutes equaling to appearances) because stuff like this will continue to happen. 

[Norrin Radd]

8 hours ago, Obinna said:

Could be nothing, but could be something I suppose. Does he follow the TFF?

Has there been any confirmation that Sali is eligible to play for Turkey? I believe that most of the Turkish diaspora in that region dates from the time of the Ottoman conquests, and some enclaves may be even older. It could be that his family is many generations removed from the modern state of Turkey.

[gigi riva]

On 9/16/2023 at 12:02 PM, Stoppage Time said:

What has to be done to convince some of these guys to choose Canada? Is there some kind of deliberate campaign that could be incorporated? I recently met a 13 year old kid playing for a local soccer club who is born in Canada but already desperately wants to play for Croatia. Yes, his dad is is big on Croatia, but has lived in Canada for many years. How do we make the CMNT the dream? Is it even possible?

The more on field success on all levels will help , Most importanly like any big business it starts from the top having a governining association  running efficiently , and opf course raing the profile of Soccer in this country too

[nolando]

On 9/16/2023 at 9:53 AM, Soro17 said:

Hey, we’ve got Walt Sedin(for now)! Daniel and Henrik Sedin were obviously essential players for Sweden for over a decade. This is the way. 

Valter made the bench for WFC2 today, it seems.

Edited September 25, 2023 by nolando

[Stoppage Time]

28 minutes ago, nolando said:

Walter made the bench for WFC2 today, it seems.

Very small step. How old the young Sedin?

[nolando]

26 minutes ago, Stoppage Time said:

Very small step. How old the young Sedin?

16

[Stoppage Time]

50 minutes ago, nolando said:

16

Well that IS young. Good for him!

[InglewoodJack]

Almost want Walt Sedin to play for Sweden, it's just fitting. Imagine if Davies has a kid while he's still with Bayern, that kid turns out to be a phenom, and he ends up playing for Germany? That would be bitter.

Though Sweden already has loads of talent, they can surely afford to lose one if this kid is really good.

[Jack1997]

https://x.com/tkoc3/status/1706352716551729201?s=20

update on the staus of Kortay Koc. Says he can’t go to Europe until he’s 18.

Sorry I have no clue how to put a post directly into this.

[Stoppage Time]

31 minutes ago, Jack1997 said:

https://x.com/tkoc3/status/1706352716551729201?s=20

update on the staus of Kortay Koc. Says he can’t go to Europe until he’s 18.

Sorry I have no clue how to put a post directly into this.

Who is this player, please? Is he a Cdn U-20 eligible player? Is he coveted by another country? Thanks.

[nolando]

2 hours ago, Stoppage Time said:

Who is this player, please? Is he a Cdn U-20 eligible player? Is he coveted by another country? Thanks.

Canadian-born mother. Winger. Former Houston prospect. Graduates high school in 2025, so must be same age as TJ; a 2007-born, then I'm thinking.

[Borjans Sweatpants]

8 hours ago, Stoppage Time said:

Who is this player, please? Is he a Cdn U-20 eligible player? Is he coveted by another country? Thanks.

His bio says Canadian and Turkish. Among two of the 46 accounts he's following are two CMNT related accounts (not official accounts, just like update ones), dont see any Turkish ones though.

[Obinna]

8 hours ago, nolando said:

Canadian-born mother. Winger. Former Houston prospect. Graduates high school in 2025, so must be same age as TJ; a 2007-born, then I'm thinking.

Holy smokes. That certainly woke me up this morning!

[Footyeh]

12 hours ago, nolando said:

Canadian-born mother. Winger. Former Houston prospect. Graduates high school in 2025, so must be same age as TJ; a 2007-born, then I'm thinking.

2006.  

[VinceA]

Gotta say I find it hilarious on some petty level that Aidan Morris opted for the US, joined their GC team, left the team early and now won't probably play for them in an sort of meaningful way all the while anything US related and him involves US fans roasting him and saying he's trash.

[InglewoodJack]

1 hour ago, VinceA said:

Gotta say I find it hilarious on some petty level that Aidan Morris opted for the US, joined their GC team, left the team early and now won't probably play for them in an sort of meaningful way all the while anything US related and him involves US fans roasting him and saying he's trash.

That's fine- he's a born and raised American boy, it would be embarrassing for him to get benched at a world cup in the US for Nathan Saliba in 2026 anyways.

[Corazon]

I got nothing wrong with Morris decision because he’s born and raised American and was extremely gracious about the interest from Canada.  He didn’t play the fence at all.  Took a few weeks to decide and eventually felt that his heart was with USA.  He strikes me as a player that knew the risks he took in choosing usa but that it was the decision his heart took him.  As a passionate Canadian fan, I’d do the same with Canada.

[Kadenge]

I have no issues with Aidan either, but players usually want international footie and ultimately playing in a WC even if it's their 2nd choice....Arfield, Balogun, Dest etc. The good news is we have Choiniere, Saliba and other young CMs coming through. 

[Bison44]

I wonder if Morris looks at McGraw and wonders if he made the right choice?  Did getting into a bunch of gold cup games improve ZMG's lot??  And really... if Morris had come to us that would just make it harder for Choiniere, Ahmed or Saliba to break into the line up. I hope they are all happy how it turns out.

 

[Sal333]

16 hours ago, Bison44 said:

  And really... if Morris had come to us that would just make it harder for Choiniere, Ahmed or Saliba to break into the line up. I hope they are all happy how it turns out.

 

I don't know about that last statement. It's like saying too bad Davies agreed to play for Canada, he's making it harder for Adekugbe and Millar to break into the line up as starters.

I know Morris is not on Davies level but Herdman and the Canada  soccer staff placed a high enough value on his game to try to get him. They ignored Choiniere. Maybe they were wrong with their assessment but you always go for the better players regardless of who it shuts out.

[Obinna]

3 hours ago, Sal333 said:

I don't know about that last statement. It's like saying too bad Davies agreed to play for Canada, he's making it harder for Adekugbe and Millar to break into the line up as starters.

I know Morris is not on Davies level but Herdman and the Canada  soccer staff placed a high enough value on his game to try to get him. They ignored Choiniere. Maybe they were wrong with their assessment but you always go for the better players regardless of who it shuts out.

Morris would have definitely blocked Choniere's minutes considering how little the last coaching staff called up Choniere and how highly they seemed to rate Morris. The funny thing is Morris is only two years younger than Choniere, so the age advantage with Morris wasn't so great. You could make the case they are the same level player, even though Morris is more of a holding CM. The patriot in me is happy we don't have Morris so that Choniere can get more NT reps. 

[VinceA]

Looks like Ben Norris isn't part of the latest US U17 call ups, but his teammate at Orange County was.

[Stoppage Time]

Who is the most likely dual to be called for the Japan game (assuming a dual is called)?

[Borjans Sweatpants]

2 hours ago, Stoppage Time said:

Who is the most likely dual to be called for the Japan game (assuming a dual is called)?

I don't think its the answer you're looking for, but I'm going to say Saliba (think he's technically a dual). 

Not sure anyone more exotic than that comes (Jebbison, Koleosho etc.) unless its someone out of the blue.