Lou Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The Canada Soccer Association are sending a team. Canada is the seventh nation to confirm its presence after Turkey , Togo , Japan , France , South Korea and England . The [five] other participating teams will be unveiled progressively through our website and our social networks. http://festival-foot-espoirs.com/news_detail_festival_foot.php?news_id=2075 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Another chance for England to poach players from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 May 26th to June 9th 12 Teams: 3 groups of four Top team in each group and the best 2nd place finisher advance to the semis. Remaining 8 teams not advancing play placement matches. What age group is this again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HochelagaFC Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 47 minutes ago, ray said: What age group is this again? It's a U-20 tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaltan Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 under 21 event, be interesting to see what players we call in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 45 minutes ago, ray said: What age group is this again? Under-20. It could be a great opportunity for our young guys to make an impression against quality opposition like France and England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badname22 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Will herdman coach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Toulon is an Under 21 event, not U20. This tournament will feature players born in '97 and later, so it'll be the 2nd camp this year for our next Olympic team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 7 hours ago, badname22 said: Will herdman coach? Would make sense. Should at least be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Isn't this like what everyone wanted to see the youth programs do? I'd say 2 in 2 years is a nice start. Keep up the good work on this front CSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, matty said: Isn't this like what everyone wanted to see the youth programs do? I'd say 2 in 2 years is a nice start. Keep up the good work on this front CSA Absolutely. I've been spouting off about the U23's being neglected for over a decade so this is definitely a positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, jpg75 said: Absolutely. I've been spouting off about the U23's being neglected for over a decade so this is definitely a positive. 100% agree. Curious to see if Herdman runs this team in addition to the senior team (like how OZ and Floro) did. One of my biggest hope is that they assign someone else to run it like Findlay or Stalteri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, matty said: One of my biggest hope is that they assign someone else to run it like Findlay or Stalteri. I think that's what will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 23 hours ago, matty said: 100% agree. Curious to see if Herdman runs this team in addition to the senior team (like how OZ and Floro) did. One of my biggest hope is that they assign someone else to run it like Findlay or Stalteri. I actually disagree with this, I think Herdman's more qualified for this job then the first team. He has experience at Olympic qualifying and Olympic tourneys obviously. Whereas with the Men's team he might be questioned on his prior experience, with the Olympic team he actually has more experience than any of the other coaches. He will be able to do his shtick, inspire them for a tourney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 1 hour ago, BradMack said: I actually disagree with this, I think Herdman's more qualified for this job then the first team. He has experience at Olympic qualifying and Olympic tourneys obviously. Whereas with the Men's team he might be questioned on his prior experience, with the Olympic team he actually has more experience than any of the other coaches. He will be able to do his shtick, inspire them for a tourney. i get that line of thinking completely and feel it is valid. my issue is simply because i personally am not a fan of the current approach of having the same coach running both teams. i feel handling both teams is a challenge that our coaches should not have to deal with and that having a person in charge of each would increase the focus each team is given. i also have memory of, and correct me if i'm wrong, floro missing the ghana game back in 2015 to coach at the olympic tournament which wasn't a good look for the program as a whole i felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 We confirmed for this tournament a few years ago if I recall correctly and then pulled out. Just saying, I'd like to get the CSA confirmation first. Very high profile tournament and usually nations send top players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: We confirmed for this tournament a few years ago if I recall correctly and then pulled out. Just saying, I'd like to get the CSA confirmation first. Very high profile tournament and usually nations send top players. https://canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-s-men-s-national-youth-program-to-participate-in-international-tournament-p161381 I mean they don't mention Toulon, but that's the actual name of the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer.shocker Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Herdman should be at the helm for U23 / olympic team since there will be overlap with current MNT players and many of the current U23 / Olympic players would / should feature in LON and next WCQ cycles so every chance for him to select and manage should be exploited. Maybe the argument extends to U20's too though presumably the best U20s would be included in U23 action. U17 and U15 maybe not as critical for him coach but I thought oversight and control all the way down was part of his mandate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 With all the talk of JH not having any experience coaching men, I think this would be a good experience for him. ( I know after the Mar.game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Tone Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 11 hours ago, MtlMario said: With all the talk of JH not having any experience coaching men, I think this would be a good experience for him. Don't worry, he's an established "international manager", so it should be no problem for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 All participating nations have now been announced: Canada China England France Japan Mexico Portugal Qatar Scotland South Korea Togo Turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Seems like Mauro Biello will be the coach. Can't say I'm not relieved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Biello coaching the U23's is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Groups have been announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 3 tough group games and a placement game (or 2 if you want to dream big), should be a good test for the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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