jpg75 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 If we don't win this game we suck. Check out our opponents https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 No Andre Blake and Darren Mattocks stands out, as those two are definite starters for Jamaica and were both quite good at the Gold Cup. Unsurprisingly, none of the England based players have been called up either. Pound for pound, we're a better team than Jamaica when comparing the roster we called up to theirs, so we should win. The key to winning this match will be how we deal with Jamaica's counterattack, which we didn't do very well at all in the Gold Cup match versus them. Starting Manjrekar James, who was an absolute beast when he came on in that GC match, should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Our squad: http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-builds-strong-squad-for-home-match-at-bmo-field-p161090 CANADA1- GK- Simon Thomas | NOR / FK Bodø/Glimt2- FB- Nik Ledgerwood | CAN / FC Edmonton3- CB- Manjrekar James | HUN / Vasas Budapest4- FB- Michael Petrasso | ENG / Queens Park Rangers5- CB- Dejan Jaković | USA / New York Cosmos6- M- Samuel Piette | CAN / Impact Montréal FC7- FB- Samuel Adekugbe | SWE / IFK Göteborg (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)8- M- Will Johnson | USA / Orlando City SC9- F- Tosaint Ricketts | CAN / Toronto FC10- M- David Junior Hoilett | WAL / Cardiff City FC11- F- Cyle Larin | USA / Orlando City SC12- M- Alphonso Davies | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC13- M- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Beşiktaş JK14- M- Mark-Anthony Kaye | USA / Louisville City FC15- CB- Amer Didic | USA / Sporting Kansas City16- F- Anthony Jackson-Hamel | CAN / Impact Montréal FC17- FB- Marcel de Jong | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC18- GK- Jayson Leutwiler | ENG / Blackburn Rovers20- M- Raheem Edwards | CAN / Toronto FC21- M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC22- GK- James Pantemis | CAN / Impact Montréal FC23- M- Tesho Akindele | USA / FC Dallas24- M- David Choinière | CAN / Impact Montréal FC25- M- Jay Chapman | CAN / Toronto FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Nice squad. We definitely have to go for the jugular and not let up, we have to compete our asses off. Desperate to rise in FIFA rankings and overall confidence. Larin will score actually trying to, with an appropriate part of his body, for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hope we absolutely kill them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Pre game march...Meet at shoeless, head out to BMO when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Via ticketmaster map - lower bowl sold out but section 123. West side of the upper deck selling well. I believe the television cameras are directed towards the the east side (not open). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 It's still a very solid Jamaican team that will line up similar to the gold cup.. going to be a challenge again, important to score first. They have a solid back 4, good keeper and are seemingly weak in midfield but Watson and Francis are solid vets still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Molinaro interviewed OZ yesterday and was tweeting out a few morsels (like Atiba not saying this will be his last game) and promised articles coming this week, probably starting today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 GAME WEEK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Did they replace Will Johnson due to his injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Leutwiler, Adekugbe, James, Jakovic, Petrasso, Piette, Hutchinson, Osorio, Hoilett, Larin, Davies Chapman for Osorio, Akindele for Hoilett, Jackson-Hamel for Larin, Kaye for Hutchinson, De Jong for Adekugbe, Choiniere for Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 And here's the article from Molinaro, http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/atiba-hutchinson-octavio-zambrano-canada-mens-soccer-team-jamaica-friendly/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 41 minutes ago, Rheo said: And here's the article from Molinaro, http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/atiba-hutchinson-octavio-zambrano-canada-mens-soccer-team-jamaica-friendly/ Omg this is great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 8 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Nice squad. We definitely have to go for the jugular and not let up, we have to compete our asses off. Desperate to rise in FIFA rankings and overall confidence. Larin will score actually trying to, with an appropriate part of his body, for Canada. Hey when you are scoring any body part is appropriate, hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Rheo said: And here's the article from Molinaro, http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/atiba-hutchinson-octavio-zambrano-canada-mens-soccer-team-jamaica-friendly/ NOTE: I’ll have more with Zambrano on how he’s trying to convince a trio of young prospects – Ballou Tabla (Montreal Impact), Bryan Cristante (Benfica) and Ricardo Ferreira (Braga) – to forego their other international options and commit to playing for Canada. Look for that story Thursday on Sportsnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 This would be my Starting Line Up for Saturday vs Jamaica: Then at halftime: • Simon Thomas gets subbed off and in comes Jayson Leutwiler • de Jong Out, Adekugbe In • Pettraso Out, Ledgerwood In • Akindele Out, Davies in • Osorio Out, Edwards In • Larin Out, Ricketts/AJH In *If Johnson was available i would have put him in instead of Piette* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 7 hours ago, hamiltonfan said: Via ticketmaster map - lower bowl sold out but section 123. West side of the upper deck selling well. I'm glad that the west side upper deck is available now, even though I wasn't allowed to buy tickets there as recently as a week ago (I bought my tickets at the TFC-Philly game straight from the stadium box office). My regular TFC seats are up on the upper deck and it's where I prefer to sit so its always annoying when I can't, so unless that deck also sells out entirely, you can guess were I'll be moving to..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickC Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I bought our tickets in section 123 a couple of hours before the upper west side deck opened. Oh well, it's for a worthy cause, right? Before the Canada v Jamaica game three years ago we went to Nottawasaga hoping to catch some of the team's training. They must have been inside as we didn't see anyone. But, we won the match v Jamaica. So today we went to Nottawasaga with the same result. Hoping the same result for Saturday's game too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince193 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I'm currently looking at the tickets and I'm noticing there are 30$ tickets on the side of the field. They don't look like they are handicap spots. Can anyone buy those? They look really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Good to see OZ continue to call the vets. Hes not handing a spot or time to anyone, the young guys will have to fight for their spot. Id like to see guys like Adekugbe and Petrasso consolidate their spots on the starting 11. Aside from the wingback spots and keeper, the team mostly picks itself. Predicting Junior will have a big game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jith12 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I was just looking at Jamaica's recent results and was thinking We should really be smashing a team that lost 3-1 to Peru earlier this year. Then I decided to check the world rankings abd found that Peru are ranked 14th! How is this possible?! I know that the FIFA rankings are screwed up, but Peru #14? Their squad is mainly based domestically and never have I heard rave reviews about the Peruvian league. I would think that we would probably put in a good fight vs Peru. Thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jith12 said: I was just looking at Jamaica's recent results and was thinking We should really be smashing a team that lost 3-1 to Peru earlier this year. Then I decided to check the world rankings abd found that Peru are ranked 14th! How is this possible?! I know that the FIFA rankings are screwed up, but Peru #14? Their squad is mainly based domestically and never have I heard rave reviews about the Peruvian league. I would think that we would probably put in a good fight vs Peru. Thoughts on this? Here's Peru's WCQ results this past 12 months. Win against Bolivia (know it was a forfeit and they lost the match, but it's a win in FIFA's books because Bolivia fielded an ineligible player) Win against Ecuador Draw against Argentina Loss against Chile Win against Paraguay Loss against Brazil Draw against Venezuela Win against Uruguay That's 4 wins, 2 draw and 2 losses in the hardest region to qualify, IMHO. Only Brazil has done better in the past 12 months in CONMEBOL. Now, if you're saying that it's not a good league. Does it matter? The team is playing well in WCQ and they are getting tons of points because it's CONMEBOL too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 10 minutes ago, Jith12 said: I was just looking at Jamaica's recent results and was thinking We should really be smashing a team that lost 3-1 to Peru earlier this year. Then I decided to check the world rankings abd found that Peru are ranked 14th! How is this possible?! I know that the FIFA rankings are screwed up, but Peru #14? Their squad is mainly based domestically and never have I heard rave reviews about the Peruvian league. I would think that we would probably put in a good fight vs Peru. Thoughts on this? At this point in time, Peru happens to be on a significant upswing and would surely beat us if not smash us. Most of their starting 11 plays abroad. They have players in top flight clubs in England, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, etc. We have a long, long way to go before we have a player pool on that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Also, though their league may be modest, the top players from their league get sold to Mexican, Brazilian and Argentinian teams on a regular basis, with the odd superstar teenager going to Europe. This is what the CanPL should be aiming for, though MLS, Scandinavia and Germany should be the target buyers. Maybe Mexico too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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