Vince193 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 According to Duane Rollins friendly in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 That would be quite something, hopefully it happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I got excited that at the thread title and was hoping it would be in England. Depending on what I have going on, I'd still like to fly over for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moldy9 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Wonder if this is part of Canada 150 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Man! This is going to be painful listening to "footy" fans in Canada wearing Man U and Arsenal jerseys talking $h!t about Canadian soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 wow if true i'll be there with bells on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 something something something owen hargraves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 23 minutes ago, Ruffian said: Man! This is going to be painful listening to "footy" fans in Canada wearing Man U and Arsenal jerseys talking $h!t about Canadian soccer. You got that half-right. As a Canadian kid doing a year of elementary school in England I fell in love with the team wearing a cannon badge on a "Canada" shirt (I was in grade one at the time). This Arsenal Fan will always cheer for Canada first. Now, the prawn-sandwich brigade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 If this is done right there's no reason this won't fetch a $3M+ gate. More quid in the CSA war chest (minus the England appearance fee)...with the soccer market in the GTA i don't understand why we don't schedule more friendlies with countries with large diasporas. The Americans whore it up for $$$, we should too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Fuck Toronto, let's put it in Edmonton and get 55K+ in the stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 5 predictions 1. 25-30k people will show 2. This game will be on TSN 3. There will be a special jersey for this game (because Canada 150) 4. Canada will field an A-Team including Hutch (who this will be a testimonial of sorts for) 5. Tabla will turn it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Would have liked this match in Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I hate to throw a wet blanket on this parade, but England is already playing two matches in both the September and October international match dates (UEFA WC qualifying), while the November dates would have two UEFA WC play-off matches if they finish second in their group. That doesn't leave a lot of time to fly over, recover from jet lag, fly back from, and recover from jet lag again. Unless they just kick their B squad over here for shits and giggles. I know the CSA wanted to schedule friendlies for each international match window this year, but I just don't see where England gets the time for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Rollins said England wasn't 100%, but that CSA is looking for a big name opponent for a September friendly in Toronto. I agree this may be Hutchinson's retirement. I'd also like to see deGuzman, Hume, Issey, Hirschfeld and Stamatopoulos honoured in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 An England B team would still have plenty of big name players. Rooney would probably wear the armband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I recall a few mentioning yesterday that France and Northern Ireland were the other possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Hammer- Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 1 hour ago, jpg75 said: If this is done right there's no reason this won't fetch a $3M+ gate. More quid in the CSA war chest (minus the England appearance fee)...with the soccer market in the GTA i don't understand why we don't schedule more friendlies with countries with large diasporas. The Americans whore it up for $$$, we should too. Because doing so consistently, frightfully exposes the weakness of our program, which in turns causes attendance to plummet against less well known teams, such as...well pretty much all of CONCAAF except the US and Mexico. It also doesn't exactly encourage fans to trade in their ancestral homeland's colors for their current homeland's. You can't build your brand if you lose all the time, and especially not when you are encouraging people to support other popular brands. The short term benefit of cash, is seldom worth the long term effects you can have on the brand and program. You want people to support Canada on a consistent basis, not just come out and spend money and not buy merch when their ancestry comes into town. At least the US can say, we are 23rd in the world. Yes, we'll probably lose a lot of the big power players, but we can at least make a show of it and occasionally pull one out of the hat. For us though, not as smart a choice. A rare occasional big name is fine, but consistently, it's a terrible policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Imo England would be a popular match and we'd hold decent. France would be less popular match and would almost certainly be demolished... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 13 minutes ago, mpg_29 said: Imo England would be a popular match and we'd hold decent. France would be less popular match and would almost certainly be demolished... This is true. We would have no chance against France unless we go cagey and try pulling an Albania on them. However, considering they would be more care free in an exhibition, it could get pretty ugly. However, we could potentially punch above our weight like 86 and match France stride for stride, getting Platini like praise from Antoine Griezmann after the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 3 hours ago, shermanator said: Fuck Toronto, let's put it in Edmonton and get 55K+ in the stands. Don't want to chance the risk of a snowstorm, play it safe a keep it in Toronto?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One American Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Why play England? Wouldn't a League of Nations game against St. Vincent do just as well? - Victor Montagliani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 17 minutes ago, One American said: Why play England? Wouldn't a League of Nations game against St. Vincent do just as well? - Victor Montagliani Well our u20s beat Englands a couple years ago and didn't qualify for their world cup so maybe a friendly against a concacaf nation would have been better yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 16 minutes ago, canta15 said: Well our u20s beat Englands a couple years ago and didn't qualify for their world cup so maybe a friendly against a concacaf nation would have been better yes We always forget that the England U-19s had a Euro qualifier around the same time (and if I recall U-21 qualifiers too) so the team we beat wasn't the A team...Didn't fit our narrative. But anyway, that England team nevertheless had some good players on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 5 hours ago, BrennanFan said: Rollins said England wasn't 100%, but that CSA is looking for a big name opponent for a September friendly in Toronto. ... Ug....Figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 27 minutes ago, BCM1555362349 said: We always forget that the England U-19s had a Euro qualifier around the same time (and if I recall U-21 qualifiers too) so the team we beat wasn't the A team...Didn't fit our narrative. But anyway, that England team nevertheless had some good players on the pitch. Ok we tied England recently too in a youth game and again that did not help us in our qualifying efforts. Did England bring their B-team in that game too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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