Watchmen Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I would think all 3 MLS clubs will be after him once he decides to come back to Canada, and I suspect they could all offer him more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Watchmen said: I would think all 3 MLS clubs will be after him once he decides to come back to Canada, and I suspect they could all offer him more money. Might be a moving target though. From interviews with his family sounds like he feels disrespected by the MLS teams, meanwhile he is repping CPL for a commercial, money might not be the only factor if he's just looking for a victory lap Besides, he will be under contract at Besiktas until 37, his legs might not be up to MLS at that point Edited August 25, 2018 by Complete Homer Alex D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 7 hours ago, Kent said: Just saw the Atiba video on CPL's youtube channel as well (without sound at work, will have to rewatch). Nice to see him helping the league out even though he isn't involved with a team... yet. Hope we can expect another from Alphonso the minute he leaves MLS Likewise Hoilett and Arfield, maybe some retired legends of the Canadian game too. Certainly means a lot more from Atiba who has been there through thick and thin. Kent and BradMack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 8 hours ago, toontownman said: Hope we can expect another from Alphonso the minute he leaves MLS Likewise Hoilett and Arfield, maybe some retired legends of the Canadian game too. Certainly means a lot more from Atiba who has been there through thick and thin. When did this 'thick' period happen? ? Keegan, Alex D, BradMack and 3 others 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 10 hours ago, Complete Homer said: Might be a moving target though. From interviews with his family sounds like he feels disrespected by the MLS teams, meanwhile he is repping CPL for a commercial, money might not be the only factor if he's just looking for a victory lap Besides, he will be under contract at Besiktas until 37, his legs might not be up to MLS at that point Also all the players he grew up with are now involved with CPL and not MLS. Brampton really needed a team at launch.. Hume would be in for sure as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 8 hours ago, SthMelbRed said: When did this 'thick' period happen? ? I don't know, there has been an awful lot of thickness on display for years in management and higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW519 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Im sure its been covered numerous times, but are club owners gonna be able to freely spend money on players and pay whatever salaries they want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 1 hour ago, KW519 said: Im sure its been covered numerous times, but are club owners gonna be able to freely spend money on players and pay whatever salaries they want? Nothing is for certain yet, but everyone will agree there will be some sort of salary cap. No word of a transfer cap. They just had 3 days of meetings so I imagine after the USL season is done, the 8th team is announced and everyone has announced their coaches they should publicly release the roster rules, caps etc etc. Later in the fall.......... Bbeto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW519 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 28 minutes ago, Bison44 said: Nothing is for certain yet, but everyone will agree there will be some sort of salary cap. No word of a transfer cap. They just had 3 days of meetings so I imagine after the USL season is done, the 8th team is announced and everyone has announced their coaches they should publicly release the roster rules, caps etc etc. Later in the fall.......... Thanks for clearing that up! Fingers crossed they dont introduce DP TAM and all that other nonsense Alex D, Kent, BenFisk'sBiggestFan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) On 8/24/2018 at 4:34 PM, Macksam said: Imagine if York 9 becomes the sugar daddy club....when he finally comes home, Atiba convinces Quaresma and Negredo to sign with us. He's played for 'York' before ie York Region Shooters in the CPSL in 2002. He scored the only goal in this game: at 90 minutes http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports02/02cpsl20.htm before I had a digital camera unfortunately. Edited August 26, 2018 by Rocket Robin deschamp86, CDNFootballer, BenFisk'sBiggestFan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs9 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Do we know the number of Canadians that will be required on each team yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler453 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Ngravs9 said: Do we know the number of Canadians that will be required on each team yet? At least half of the 23-25 players on the squad have to be Canadian and 6 of the 11 players on the field at any given time have to be Canadian. Edited August 27, 2018 by tyler453 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 So it begins. The cross-country trials are set to start on September 20th in Halifax and will end on November 6th in Victoria. Looks like Bunbury is running the trials on behalf of the CPL, so he may not be the Forge manager after all. https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/canadian-premier-league-schedules-cross-country-tryouts/ Players can receive training camp invitations from any club, but the local team gets first dibs. It seems like the trials may be open to players of any nationality, but it's not totally clear from the article. Sébastien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkuseisLoose Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 What percentage of the team will be made up of these players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I’d guess 1 or 2 players per team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Nice to see Bunbury involved and wanting to help. You could have easily imagined him going sour on Canada after the whole Teal fiasco.. I’m sure he’s secretly pissed at the stunt his son pulled. Teal could have been an icon just like his dad and would fit in perfectly with our MNT core AND Hamilton in the CPL later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 17 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: I’d guess 1 or 2 players per team. I think that would be an astonishing miracle. Gopherbashi, Blackjack15 and shamrock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 There’s going to be lots of L1O, PQSL and U sports types in attendance. I think 1 or 2 isn’t impossible. It’s definitely the end of the roster but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 minute ago, baulderdash77 said: There’s going to be lots of L1O, PQSL and U sports types in attendance. I think 1 or 2 isn’t impossible. It’s definitely the end of the roster but you never know. I don't think this is for them, this is public. I doubt they are forcing those players through a public try out. My comment is based on this being a public, and in this case publicity, try out. Gopherbashi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, admin said: I don't think this is for them, this is public. I doubt they are forcing those players through a public try out. My comment is based on this being a public, and in this case publicity, try out. Yeah I agree. I think most serious prospects are known by now. They play for the MLS academies or in League 1 Ontario, or in NCAA or U sports. These tryouts are basically looking for the ones that fell through the cracks. That's practically looking for the needle in the proverbial haystack. But hey, at least everybody had a chance. Edited August 27, 2018 by shamrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Hmm then I don’t know. Maybe I’ll try out. A 40 year old rec playing LB/LW with no knees. I’m still quick for my age. What do you think my chances are lol. It’s always hard to find naturally left footed players. Obinna, dyslexic nam, matty and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 35 minutes ago, Keegan said: Nice to see Bunbury involved and wanting to help. You could have easily imagined him going sour on Canada after the whole Teal fiasco.. I’m sure he’s secretly pissed at the stunt his son pulled. Teal could have been an icon just like his dad and would fit in perfectly with our MNT core AND Hamilton in the CPL later on. Has he outright denied being the Hamilton coach? It would be a great fit and he has been doing all the things the other Cpl managers have been up to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, admin said: I think that would be an astonishing miracle. But then again... George Pakos and more recently Ryan Telfer came out of literally nowhere. And these guys won’t be making CMNT or MLS, just CPL.. so it’s really not far fetched to think that each team could scoop up a guy. Edited August 27, 2018 by Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 49 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: Hmm then I don’t know. Maybe I’ll try out. A 40 year old rec playing LB/LW with no knees. I’m still quick for my age. What do you think my chances are lol. It’s always hard to find naturally left footed players. Can you play RB? baulderdash77, Gopherbashi and Obinna 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Doubt this is much more than a way to generate some publicity as they'll have people involved in each of the cities who already have a very good idea on who is worth contacting on local amateur and youth teams, but the guys that show up for this will probably have more of a shot than was the case when TFC did it as the last five or so roster spots will probably be guys on very little money that they mainly just need to have around to be able to do some 11 vs 11 work etc in training sessions. BradMack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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