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2 hours ago, Jith12 said:

For them it wasn't a rebuild, it was just build!

Nevertheless, it did not take Vegas any time at all to build a winner, so that fact by itself defeats the argument that it takes time to rebuild. It could take time, but it also doesn't have to take any time.

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1 hour ago, Robert said:

Nevertheless, it did not take Vegas any time at all to build a winner, so that fact by itself defeats the argument that it takes time to rebuild. It could take time, but it also doesn't have to take any time.

You’ve just proved you know less about hockey than the very little amount you know about soccer.

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28 minutes ago, BuzzAndSting said:

You’ve just proved you know less about hockey than the very little amount you know about soccer.

Although what little I know about hockey and soccer, it is still an indisputable fact that internationally-speaking Canada remains irrelevant in both sports.

25 years since a Canadian club won the Stanley Cup.

32 years since Canada's one and only World Cup qualification.

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For the record, until BuzzAndSting proved how little I know about soccer, did you guys know that since Canada qualified for its one and only World Cup Final in 1986, 68 countries have had a lot more soccer fun than we have:

1) Algeria - 2010, 2014

2) Angola - 2006

3) Argentina - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

4) Australia - 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

5) Austria - 1990, 1998

6) Belgium - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018

7) Bolivia - 1994

? Bosnia & Herzegovina - 2014

9) Brazil - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

10) Bulgaria - 1994, 1998

11) Cameroon - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014

12) Chili- 1998, 2010, 2014

13) China - 2002

14) Colombia - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014, 2018

15) Costa Rica - 1990, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018

16) Croatia - 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018

17) Czechoslovakia - 1990, 2006

18) Denmark - 1998, 2002, 2010, 2018

19) Ecuador - 2002, 2006, 2014

20) Egypt - 1990, 2018

21) England - 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

22) France - 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

23) Germany - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

24) Ghana - 2006, 2010, 2014

25) Greece - 1994, 2010, 2014

26) Honduras - 2014

27) Iceland - 2018

28) Italy - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

29) Iran - 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018

30) Ivory Coast - 2006, 2010, 2014

31) Jamaica - 1998

32) Japan - 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

33) Mexico - 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018

34) Morocco - 1994, 1998, 2018

35) Netherlands - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014

36) New Zealand - 2010

37) Nigeria - 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018

38) North Korea - 2010

39) Norway - 1994, 1998

40) Panama - 2018

41) Paraguay - 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010

42) Peru - 2018

43) Poland - 2002, 2006, 2018

44) Portugal - 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

45) Qatar - 2022

46) Republic of Ireland - 1990, 1994, 2002

47) Romania - 1990, 1994, 1998

48) Russia - 1990, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2018

49) Saudi Arabia - 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018

50) Scotland - 1990, 1998

51) Senegal - 2002, 2018

52) Serbia & Montenegro - 2006, 2010, 2018

53) Slovakia - 2010

54) Slovenia - 2002, 2010

55) South Africa - 1998, 2002, 2010

56) South Korea - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

57) Spain - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

58) Sweden - 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018

59) Switzerland - 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

60) Togo - 2006

61) Trinidad & Tobago - 2006

62) Tunisia - 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018

63) Turkey - 2002

64) Ukraine - 2006

65) United Arab Emirates - 1990

66) United States - 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

67) Uruguay - 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018

68) Yugoslavia - 1990, 1998

 

 

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I ask you again: Is it not high time that the CSA reinvents itself. 40 years of sitting on the sidelines and then piggybacking their way back into the World Cup Final courtesy of the United States and Mexico is no way to run soccer in Canada. We deserve much better!

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3 hours ago, Robert said:

I ask you again: Is it not high time that the CSA reinvents itself. 40 years of sitting on the sidelines and then piggybacking their way back into the World Cup Final courtesy of the United States and Mexico is no way to run soccer in Canada. We deserve much better!

Yes Canada definitely needs to if it even hopes to have a chance in 2026

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20 minutes ago, Yoginess said:

It's just frustrating to see that there are countries that don't even exist anymore that have seen World Cup action more recently than Canada

I know right and Canada has the talent to at least qualify for tournaments especially World Cups but they cannot seem to get it together.

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On 7/1/2018 at 4:50 PM, Robert said:

With England intentionally throwing its 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign to avoid going to Qatar, it will also mark the first time in history that a World Cup champion will not defend its title at the following World Cup, as England is gonna kick Russia's ass in Moscow, on July 15th.

1930: Uruguay wins the World Cup.

1934: Uruguay refuses to attend the World Cup in protest.

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Either way Canada isn't necessarily doing enough to inspire confidence at least not right now but obviously over time that can change

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On 6/29/2018 at 11:23 PM, Tg11 said:

I pose the question to all of you, do you support a Winter World Cup especially since Qatar 2022 is not going to be a summer event in the next 4 years? Apparently the tournament is set to take place from November 21st, 2022 to December 18th, 2022. However, that being said I wonder then how that is gonna affect the domestic leagues around the world such as MLS, La Liga, Italian Serie A, English Premier League, Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Dutch Eredivisie, etc.?

Personally, do I support a Winter World Cup? No I don't. The FIFA World Cup has always been a summer showpiece and never in its history has it been a winter showcase. FIFA apparently moved it to winter in the first place because of scorching hot weather in the Middle East specifically Qatar during the summer and that during the winter it is like average summer weather there. Not to mention it conflicts with the domestic leagues all over the world just as they are in the middle of their seasons and players all over the world with their clubs once they come back from Qatar would only have a short rest break before they would have to continue their season. It just doesn't seem right or ideal for that matter. So I ask all of you just what is your stance on this?

The winter World Cup is annoying, but not the end of the world for me. To be honest, I like the idea of the World Cup being hosted in different regions of the world. A Middle Eastern World Cup is an exciting prospect, and one that, in theory, I support. 

The issue I have with the Qatar World Cup is actually the apparently horrible conditions occurring during stadium construction. The violation of human rights that keeps being reported is troubling. THAT is the reason I won't be attending 2022, even if Canada were to make it. And I've said since I started watching soccer that I would follow Canada to any World Cup they participate in. 

Will I watch the games on television? Probably. Or maybe I'll stream them illegally to avoid being counted for the ad dollars. But I won't be travelling there and spending my money. Is that a perfect stance? Of course not. However as someone who visited Brazil and had an amazing time, I want to support the players I love without supporting Qatar. 

So yeah, I don't mind a Middle Eastern World Cup. It's not winter that bothers me, but something else.

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3 hours ago, Tg11 said:

But I will be surprised if Canada even makes the Hex much less even qualifies

I guess that brings us to what is next on the agenda as far as Canada and the World Cup is concerned. We have approximately 6 months to wait before CONCACAF will hold the Preliminary FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifying Draw. For the 2018 World Cup that draw was held on January 12, 2015, in Miami. This involved the CONCACAF nations ranked 22 to 35. Has Canada dropped into this group yet?

 

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10 minutes ago, Robert said:

I guess that brings us to what is next on the agenda as far as Canada and the World Cup is concerned. We have approximately 6 months to wait before CONCACAF will hold the Preliminary FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifying Draw. For the 2018 World Cup that draw was held on January 12, 2015, in Miami. This involved the CONCACAF nations ranked 22 to 35. Has Canada dropped into this group yet?

 

I know right. Canada has less than 6 months to find out just what their fate will be but then again wouldn't the CONCACAF Nations League determine all of that since it ties into 2022 Qualifiers no?

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13 minutes ago, Copes said:

The winter World Cup is annoying, but not the end of the world for me. To be honest, I like the idea of the World Cup being hosted in different regions of the world. A Middle Eastern World Cup is an exciting prospect, and one that, in theory, I support. 

The issue I have with the Qatar World Cup is actually the apparently horrible conditions occurring during stadium construction. The violation of human rights that keeps being reported is troubling. THAT is the reason I won't be attending 2022, even if Canada were to make it. And I've said since I started watching soccer that I would follow Canada to any World Cup they participate in. 

Will I watch the games on television? Probably. Or maybe I'll stream them illegally to avoid being counted for the ad dollars. But I won't be travelling there and spending my money. Is that a perfect stance? Of course not. However as someone who visited Brazil and had an amazing time, I want to support the players I love without supporting Qatar. 

So yeah, I don't mind a Middle Eastern World Cup. It's not winter that bothers me, but something else.

I can support that

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On 7/2/2018 at 3:18 AM, Robert said:

Although what little I know about hockey and soccer, it is still an indisputable fact that internationally-speaking Canada remains irrelevant in both sports given the proper amount of stat cherry picking.

25 years since a Canadian club won the Stanley Cup.

32 years since Canada's one and only World Cup qualification.

FYP.

Alternate stats.

3 Olympic Gold Medals, 7 World Championships, and 2 World Cup of Hockey championships in Men's ice hockey and 4 Olympic Gold Medals, 10 World Championships in Women's ice hockey in the last 32 years.

7 months since a Canadian club won the MLS Cup.

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2 hours ago, Kent said:

FYP.

Alternate stats.

3 Olympic Gold Medals, 7 World Championships, and 2 World Cup of Hockey championships in Men's ice hockey and 4 Olympic Gold Medals, 10 World Championships in Women's ice hockey in the last 32 years.

7 months since a Canadian club won the MLS Cup.

 

6 hours ago, jpg75 said:

Robert, you're wrong so much i'm starting to think you're a CSA employee.

Yeah, you're right, but you forgot to add that I'm right more often than I'm wrong. Unfortunately, we can't all be perfect like you.

And just FYI - I have never worked for anyone in my life! I've always been self-employed. The last thing I'd want to do is be a CSA employee and work for a bunch of fucking Bozos. Not interested. Either I run the whole fucking show or F U. The first thing I would do if I ran the whole show would be to fire Mt. Pete. Fucking useless piece of shit. Until that happens we will continue to suffer like we have since 1912.

p.s. the Olympics are for losers. How many World Cup champions have competed in the Olympics? A lot less than the couple who never have!

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8 hours ago, Tg11 said:

I know right. Canada has less than 6 months to find out just what their fate will be but then again wouldn't the CONCACAF Nations League determine all of that since it ties into 2022 Qualifiers no?

Do you just say stuff with no idea whether you’ll be right or not. The concacaf nations league is for gold cup qualifying not for world cup qualifying 

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2 hours ago, Tg11 said:

From my understanding anyway the way I heard it it is that yes it is for Gold Cup qualifying but apparently it will help towards qualification for 2022

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/ca.sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/risks-benefits-logistics-new-concacaf-nations-league-102912263.html

From that article it says that it would make it hard to play all of the games because of World Cup qualifying but not affect who qualifies.

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