InglewoodJack Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I think that both India & China’s soccer federations have similar issues as Canada’s and they probably wouldn’t want to pay all this money to travel to Canada and get destroyed in front of a massive crowd. Both countries have tried to build leagues with a lot of financial backing, and neither worked. While I’m sure that Canada has enough Indian and Chinese people who would come out and support their teams if they play here, India is very much a cricket country, and China is more about Basketball, Tennis, Ping Pong, other individual/Olympic sports. Soccer is massive in both countries, but I doubt either would see friendlies in Canada as something that would help their federations out, and if they did, they’d have probably organized something in the US by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 minute ago, InglewoodJack said: ...and China is more about Basketball, Tennis, Ping Pong, other individual/Olympic sports... Not what I've been told any time I've been there. Soccer is the top sport even if they are not very good at it. The superleague they have isn't that bad either. You are talking it down too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, SoccMan said: Yup , like I said their is money to be made if I had the money and was a rich guy I would get into it and make club or national team games happen like this . Come to think about it imagine a Pacific or a Vancouver CPL or a York United CPL game against one of these Indian Clubs now that you mentioned it . I'd love this but the logistics of this would likely be the biggest feat ever for york. If they sell out, they make 4000 seats X $50 = $200,000. Thats hardly enough to cover the flights, food, hotels of the Indian club. Not to mention the fee to pay them to come play. You could rent a larger stadium but what are the odds that the increase in seats makes enough to cover the stadium rental. Theres certainly revenue to be made but at first glance, the costs seem to make this idea prohibitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerkick Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 In Concacaf national team news, El Salvador is hosting Inter Miami today. National team vs Club team. Not sure if this is the most appropriate thread for this, but it would have been something if Miami trekked out to BC place for a similar game. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/what-you-should-know-as-messi-inter-miami-kick-off-preseason-tour-in-el-salvador-on-friday/ar-AA1nc4en costarg and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 7 minutes ago, cornerkick said: In Concacaf national team news, El Salvador is hosting Inter Miami today. National team vs Club team. Not sure if this is the most appropriate thread for this, but it would have been something if Miami trekked out to BC place for a similar game. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/what-you-should-know-as-messi-inter-miami-kick-off-preseason-tour-in-el-salvador-on-friday/ar-AA1nc4en Maybe PSG against CANMNT in Montreal as a preseason friendly? Doubt PSG would play at the Big O, so probably wouldn’t work, but similar effect to El Salvador playing Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Maybe PSG against CANMNT in Montreal as a preseason friendly? Doubt PSG would play at the Big O, so probably wouldn’t work, but similar effect to El Salvador playing Miami. PSG beat Lyon 2-0 for the Supercup in 2015 at Stade Saputo Obinna, Jedi Ram, NVsoccer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, jordan said: PSG beat Lyon 2-0 for the Supercup in 2015 at Stade Saputo Attendance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, SoccMan said: Attendance ? 20057 Jedi Ram and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, jordan said: 20057 Oh ok basically a full house . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJsens1 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 https://x.com/jamessharman/status/1749492515072319974?s=42&t=xykOnHLaBtH0YcH1qBBaRA If true, my god.. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) 13 minutes ago, EJsens1 said: https://x.com/jamessharman/status/1749492515072319974?s=42&t=xykOnHLaBtH0YcH1qBBaRA If true, my god.. You gotta be kidding me. Like you say, if this is true, wtf is going on there? Things must be worse than we imagined. Edit: OK so maybe and hopefully it really was "personal reasons" - but gotta say, this doesn't sound good. Edited January 22 by costarg PegCityCam and Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 7 minutes ago, costarg said: You gotta be kidding me. Like you say, if this is true, wtf is going on there? Things must be worse than we imagined. Usually is. But many here don't have an understanding to how dysfunctional it truly is. This sucks. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Given the state of affairs with the CMNT and CSA, it is too easy to focus on the negative... poor recent results, choking in Copa qualifying, players strike, no friendlies, no head coach for what seems like forever, GS resigning on first day, no broadcast partner, etc. Maybe time to focus on the positive? Um... 10 nearly new bespoke suits. Anything else? jdheid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, kacbru said: Given the state of affairs with the CMNT and CSA, it is too easy to focus on the negative... poor recent results, choking in Copa qualifying, players strike, no friendlies, no head coach for what seems like forever, GS resigning on first day, no broadcast partner, etc. Maybe time to focus on the positive? Um... 10 nearly new bespoke suits. Anything else? I feel like this didn't quite maintain an entirely positive tone. Bison44, MtlMario and Norrin Radd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdheid Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, kacbru said: Given the state of affairs with the CMNT and CSA, it is too easy to focus on the negative... poor recent results, choking in Copa qualifying, players strike, no friendlies, no head coach for what seems like forever, GS resigning on first day, no broadcast partner, etc. Maybe time to focus on the positive? Um... 10 nearly new bespoke suits. Anything else? We know that CSA can produce an awesome docuseries like they did for WC Qualifying. I know there's no qualifying for us for 2026, but a behind the scenes series building up to it and maybe even during the WC would be awesome. The first one was as good as any of the All or Nothing series on Amazon IMO. kacbru 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Does the CSA receive any direct federal dollars toward its operation? It seems that Hockey Canada receives a lot. This reporting is part of CBC coverage of the recent alleged sexual assault case as being investigated by the London, ON police department "CBC News reported last month that the government was considering restoring funding to the organization. Hockey Canada received $7.7 million from Sport Canada — a department of Heritage Canada — in the 2022 fiscal year but its funding has been frozen for 10 months. Sport Canada's funding comprises about seven per cent of overall revenue, according to government statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 4 hours ago, Stoppage Time said: Does the CSA receive any direct federal dollars toward its operation? It seems that Hockey Canada receives a lot. This reporting is part of CBC coverage of the recent alleged sexual assault case as being investigated by the London, ON police department For Canada Soccer, it was just over $5 million in 2022 or about 10.6% of revenue. It's listed as government grants. So, not clear if any monies from Own the Podium are included. johnyb, narduch and Shway 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 My prediction for how things will shape up this year against TnT and the Copa America: ---------David--Larin ---------Cav Phonz---Staq---Kone---Tajon Millar----Oso----Choin--Corbeanu ---------Fraser--Saliba Sam --Kamal----Vitoria---Johnston -------Corny----XXXXX---Laryea ------------Crepeau ------------Borjan ------------St. Clair Missing Out F: Ugbo, Brym, Rowe, Bair M: Hoilett, Kaye, Piette, Ahmed, Loturi, Paton D : That last spot is up for grabs, Kennedy, LDF, McNaughton, McGraw, Waterman, Didic, Zator, Bombito, someone needs to step up, ideally a right footer. K: McGill, Breza This summer will surely be Vitoria and Borjan's swansong. The captaincy will be up for grabs once they're gone. Sad to leave Hoilett out but we need to look to the next generation at some point. I'm predicting Fraser will have a good year with regular minutes, but that spot really is up for grabs as well. Nello, Corazon and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 54 minutes ago, BrennanFan said: My prediction for how things will shape up this year against TnT and the Copa America: ---------David--Larin ---------Cav Phonz---Staq---Kone---Tajon Millar----Oso----Choin--Corbeanu ---------Fraser--Saliba Sam --Kamal----Vitoria---Johnston -------Corny----XXXXX---Laryea ------------Crepeau ------------Borjan ------------St. Clair Missing Out F: Ugbo, Brym, Rowe, Bair M: Hoilett, Kaye, Piette, Ahmed, Loturi, Paton D : That last spot is up for grabs, Kennedy, LDF, McNaughton, McGraw, Waterman, Didic, Zator, Bombito, someone needs to step up, ideally a right footer. K: McGill, Breza This summer will surely be Vitoria and Borjan's swansong. The captaincy will be up for grabs once they're gone. Sad to leave Hoilett out but we need to look to the next generation at some point. I'm predicting Fraser will have a good year with regular minutes, but that spot really is up for grabs as well. Interesting. Where might Sirois fit in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Sam’s injured right now. Don’t know what the timeline is, but he might not be ready in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I would expect Piette to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) I meant Adekugbe. Though maybe your expectation of Piette being called up was unrelated to my comment. Just for clarification. Edited February 3 by shorty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, shorty said: I meant Adekugbe. Though maybe your expectation of Piette being called up was unrelated to my comment. Just for clarification. I was looking at the earlier posted list and it had Piette as missing out, sorry for the confusion. Edited February 3 by BearcatSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Adekugbe and Davies could both miss out, and Ahmed too. Who plays left back in the scenario? Tajon or Laryea? Cornelius or Miller? Dig deep into the pool and call Herbert or Edwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 9 minutes ago, Obinna said: Adekugbe and Davies could both miss out, and Ahmed too. Who plays left back in the scenario? Tajon or Laryea? Cornelius or Miller? Dig deep into the pool and call Herbert or Edwards? 3-5-2 with Millar as LM? Obinna and WestHamCanadianinOxford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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