Match Thread - May 6th - Canada vs Barbados - U17

[Admin]

Streamed on concacafgo.com

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[Kadenge]

Big guns all in and starting

[Kadenge]

All Canada so far but Barbados with the first shot on goal and it required a great save by the keeper. Their #10 is skilled

[Kadenge]

Gooooaaal. Russ Rowe  1-0 can

[Admin]

Nice goal. 

[Kadenge]

2-0 Can. Colyn....may have taken a deflection from a free kick.

Edited May 6, 2019 by Kadenge

[SkuseisLoose]

$2 to watch. No chance

[Kadenge]

3Half time 2-0 CAN.  Colyn has had a poor half. Not sharp on his play and looks like he is wilting in the heat. He should be dominating at this level. Some of our stars are getting a little too cute including Jayden but overall very good movement with Barbados putting 10 behind the ball. Their sole threat is #10 and they  are isolating him one on one  with our big CB # 5 Montreal kid.  Very impressed with him and would not be surprised if he scores. Our defence is looking suspect as it was against the US

Edited May 6, 2019 by Kadenge

[Bikerack]

The announcer keeps saying that the second place of group f (Canada most likely) will play the winner of group H(costa rica most likely) in the round of 16 when I thought if we got second we would play the 3rd place of group H

Can anyone clarify?

[Kadenge]

3 -0 Kamron

[Admin]

That was a nice goal.

4-0

[Kadenge]

 4-0 Omeonga

[Kadenge]

The Ref has been excellent

[Kadenge]

to recap:

Colyn had a poor game...not sure what's up with him, but did not impress at all and was the first player subbed. Kamron and Jayden were trying to do too much by taking on 2 and 3 players and were not effective other than the goal that Kamron scored. Same for Russ Rowe, a bit invisible. Omeonga looked good again, physical, lots of hustle and skilled but will have to watch the hard tackles against CR or Panama. We dominated the game, not sure possession stats but they have to be way up there. Our defence will need to really tighten up by the next match...they were a bit sloppy with back and square passes with speedy forwards almost picking them off. All in all a good performance team wise as Barbados had 10 behind the ball and we were still able to break them down, so that's impressive. Hoping that our "big four" can get their mojo together for the next game. Olivieri needs to get his tactics right for the next game. We have the talent to get into the WC with this squad so let's see.

[Shway]

2 hours ago, Bikerack said:

The announcer keeps saying that the second place of group f (Canada most likely) will play the winner of group H(costa rica most likely) in the round of 16 when I thought if we got second we would play the 3rd place of group H

Can anyone clarify?

The announcer was wrong to my knowledge. Canada play Curacao 

[Norrin Radd]

Match highlights:

https://www.concacaf.com/en/under-17s-men/video/cu17-barbados-v-canada-highlights

[Kadenge]

1 hour ago, Shway said:

The announcer was wrong to my knowledge. Canada play Curacao 

Curacao it is

https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-advances-to-knock-out-phase-of-the-concacaf-men-s-under-17-championship-p162160

 

Edited May 7, 2019 by Kadenge

[shamrock]

Expect them to beat Curacao, but then Costa Rica / Nicaragua will be a toss up. Can they pull it off this time?

[red card]

On 5/6/2019 at 7:14 PM, Kadenge said:

to recap:

Colyn had a poor game...not sure what's up with him, but did not impress at all and was the first player subbed. Kamron and Jayden were trying to do too much by taking on 2 and 3 players and were not effective other than the goal that Kamron scored. Same for Russ Rowe, a bit invisible. Omeonga looked good again, physical, lots of hustle and skilled but will have to watch the hard tackles against CR or Panama. We dominated the game, not sure possession stats but they have to be way up there. Our defence will need to really tighten up by the next match...they were a bit sloppy with back and square passes with speedy forwards almost picking them off. All in all a good performance team wise as Barbados had 10 behind the ball and we were still able to break them down, so that's impressive. Hoping that our "big four" can get their mojo together for the next game. Olivieri needs to get his tactics right for the next game. We have the talent to get into the WC with this squad so let's see.

I agree about Colyn - seemed to be frustrated with Guatemala's tactics and seemed to get tired in both matches (maybe not match fit or nursing something?). In Guatemala match, he seemed to get upset when he didn't get the ball but then he never did anything with it. Against Barbados, he took corner kicks and a free kick but nothing to note. Nelson also didn't do much after his hat trick - not sure why he wasn't rested.

I disagree about Habibuallah. Not only did he score a nice goal but he played give and go with Russell-Rowe for the first goal. He also made the defense splitting pass on the fourth goal which is rare sighting for Canadian national team players. 

Due to Nelson, Habibuallah, Russell-Rowe & Omeonga, this team scores really good-looking goals and all from open play (ex 1).

Edited May 8, 2019 by red card