BrennanFan Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Likely Honduras starting 11: FW: Lozano (Cadiz), Quioto (Montreal) Mid: Lopez (Alajuelense), Acosta (Dallas), Flores (Olimpia), Rodriguez (Olimpia) Def: Rodriguez (Motagua), Maldonado (Everton Chile), Figueroa (Houston), Alvarez (Norkopping) Gk: Lopez (Rea; Espana) Cannot wait to play these guys and put them in their place. No fear. Edited July 31, 2021 by BrennanFan JohnnyFranchise, dyslexic nam, Alex and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 hours ago, BrennanFan said: Likely Honduras starting 11: FW: Lozano (Cadiz), Quioto (Montreal) Mid: Lopez (Alajuelense), Acosta (Dallas), Flores (Olimpia), Rodriguez (Olimpia) Def: Rodriguez (Motagua), Maldonado (Everton Chile), Figueroa (Houston), Alvarez (Norkopping) Gk: Lopez (Rea; Espana) Cannot wait to play these guys and put them in their place. No fear. In 2015 we had a great 1-0 win in Vancouver over Honduras. That was nice but another more convincing victory against them is something we really need. With the first game being at home, a solid Costa Rica -esqe win would go a long way leading up to the game down in Tegucigalpa or wherever we play. I know I’ve said this many times before but we really need to break the streak of not winning in Central America (haven’t since 2004.) MtlMario, narduch, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 hours ago, BrennanFan said: Likely Honduras starting 11: FW: Lozano (Cadiz), Quioto (Montreal) Mid: Lopez (Alajuelense), Acosta (Dallas), Flores (Olimpia), Rodriguez (Olimpia) Def: Rodriguez (Motagua), Maldonado (Everton Chile), Figueroa (Houston), Alvarez (Norkopping) Gk: Lopez (Rea; Espana) Cannot wait to play these guys and put them in their place. No fear. Alberth Elis is about to sign with Bordeaux - he’s probably their best player and will certainly start. Unnamed Trialist and CanadianSoccerFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Per the article on the last page he is hurt. One interesting thing about this schedule is that we don't travel to Central America until the last two windows. Four of our last six matches are away to Honduras/El Salvador/Costa Rica/Panama. Floortom, johnyb and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Good news for football; less so in hoping to take some points off Mexico. Jimenez really looking and scoring in Wolves preseason game today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Good news for football; less so in hoping to take some points off Mexico. Jimenez really looking and scoring in Wolves preseason game today. Jimenez is the best player in concacaf if healthy IMO. Funes Mori is a really good backup but Jimenez takes them to another level. Either way I dont think this changes much for us. We're not really competing with Mexico - Honduras, CR and Jamaica are the teams we need to beat and this makes things just as difficult for them as it does us johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Floortom said: Jimenez is the best player in concacaf if healthy IMO. Funes Mori is a really good backup but Jimenez takes them to another level. Either way I dont think this changes much for us. We're not really competing with Mexico - Honduras, CR and Jamaica are the teams we need to beat and this makes things just as difficult for them as it does us He’s a top 5 player. Not at the level of Davies or Pulisic. There’s levels within levels. He’s definitely in the top tier of CONCACAF players but not at the top of that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Floortom said: Jimenez is the best player in concacaf if healthy IMO. Funes Mori is a really good backup but Jimenez takes them to another level. Either way I dont think this changes much for us. We're not really competing with Mexico - Honduras, CR and Jamaica are the teams we need to beat and this makes things just as difficult for them as it does us I agree generally but need to be thinking to take a point or two off them, never know what happens in the rest of the games. Either way, pleased for him personally. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 While we are not competing against Mexico for a spot in the top 3, Mexico will not go 14-0 in the qualifying. One of the keys for us will be being one of the teams that takes points off of them. After the Gold Cup display we won’t be fooling anyone and I would think most people in Concacaf have us as the third best team in the region. If we play to our potential and nick a result off Mexico we will be going to the World Cup. That is crazy to write after decades of futility. The next crazy thing will be convincing my wife that a December trip to Qatar would be amazing and I think there is a soccer tourney happening while we are there. WestHamCanadianinOxford, costarg, MtlMario and 3 others 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: He’s a top 5 player. Not at the level of Davies or Pulisic. There’s levels within levels. He’s definitely in the top tier of CONCACAF players but not at the top of that level. He's better than Pulisic for me. Davies plays a very different game, obviously. But having a centre forward that has a bit of everything (scores regularly and can lay it off, good in the air) is more than what Pulisic brings to Chelsea at this point in his career. Edited July 31, 2021 by WestHamCanadianinOxford red card 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: He's better than Pulisic for me. Davies plays a very different game, obviously. But having a centre forward that has a bit of everything (scores regularly and can lay it off, good in the air) is more than what Pulisic bring to Chelsea at this point in his career. Different levels though. Jimenez has flopped at UCL clubs. There are plenty of examples of players who can excel for middling clubs but aren’t cut out for the very top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Different levels though. Jimenez has flopped at UCL clubs. There are plenty of examples of players who can excel for middling clubs but aren’t cut out for the very top. Wolves play some of the top Champions League teams a couple times a year, really as many as all but the top clubs in the competition do. And players progress. At this point in their careers, watching both regularly, Jimenez is better. For me. Edited July 31, 2021 by WestHamCanadianinOxford CanadaFan123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 In a move that surprised me, apparently. Villa have signed Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen. More CONCACAF in the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) players missing from Gold Cup. Yes I could be missing some. We are in for one hell of an Qualifier. Jamaica F - Michail Antonio - West Ham CB - Ethan Pinnock - Brentford FC F - Kemar Roofe - Rangers RW - Jamal Lowe - Swansea City AM - Kasey Palmer - Bristol City DM - Kevin Stewart - Blackpool El Salvador F - Nelson Bonilla - True Bangkok United Dual nationals F- Brayan Gil - Liga Dimayor ( Columbia) DM - Justin Portillo - Real Salt Lake City RW - Jose Hernandez - Cavalry FC RW- Marlon Vargas - Tacoma Defiance GK - Rafael Garcia - Xelaj AM - Andres Flores - without club ( Timbers before ) AM - Kevin Santamaria - Cavelines ( Peru second division) Honduras F - Choco Lonzano - Cadiz CF AM - Rigoberto Rivas - Reggina 1914 F- Bryan Rochez - CD Nacional RB - Andy Najaf - D.C United F- Douglas Martinez - Real Salt Lake City CB - Denil Maldonado - CF Pachua CM - Roger Espinoza - Sporting Kansas City Panama RB - Michael Murillo - RSC Anderlecht CB - Andres Andrade - Lask F- Ceilo Waterman - CD Everton RB - Cesar Blackman - DAC Dunajaska Streda DM - Anibal Godoy - Nashville SC Costa Rica GK - Keylor Navas - PSG LW- Randall Leal - Nashville SC F- Manfred Ugalde - Twenete Enschede FC CB - Juan Pablo Vargas - Millinarios FC LB - Joseph Mora - DC United RW- Marvin Loria - Timbers RB - Cristian Gamboa - VfL Bochum F - Felicio Brown Forbes - Wisla Krakow CB - Julio Cascante - Austin FC Mexico RW - Hirving Lozano- Napoli F - Raul Jimenez - Wolves F- Jose Macias - Getafe CF RW- Roberto Alvarado - Cruz Azul LW - Diego Lainez - Real Beria Balompie CM - Carlos Rodriguez - Monterrey GK - Guillermo Ochoa - America Plus so many more USA We know who they were missing. Edited July 31, 2021 by SpecialK apbsmith, Strait Red, WestHamCanadianinOxford and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, SpecialK said: players missing from Gold Cup. Yes I could be missing some. We are in for one hell of Qualifier. Jamaica F - Michail Antonio - West Ham CB - Ethan Pinnock - Brentford FC F - Kemar Roofe - Rangers RW - Jamal Lowe - Swansea City AM - Kasey Palmer - Bristol City DM - Kevin Stewart - Blackpool El Salvador F - Nelson Bonilla - True Bangkok United Dual nationals F- Brayan Gil - Liga Dimayor ( Columbia) DM - Justin Portillo - Real Salt Lake City RW - Jose Hernandez - Cavalry FC RW- Marlon Vargas - Tacoma Defiance GK - Rafael Garcia - Xelaj AM - Andres Flores - without club ( Timbers before ) AM - Kevin Santamaria - Cavelines ( Peru second division) Honduras F - Choco Lonzano - Cadiz CF AM - Rigoberto Rivas - Reggina 1914 F- Bryan Rochez - CD Nacional RB - Andy Najaf - D.C United F- Douglas Martinez - Real Salt Lake City CB - Denil Maldonado - CF Pachua CM - Roger Espinoza - Sporting Kansas City Panama RB - Michael Murillo - RSC Anderlecht CB - Andres Andrade - Lask F- Ceilo Waterman - CD Everton RB - Cesar Blackman - DAC Dunajaska Streda DM - Anibal Godoy - Nashville SC Costa Rica GK - Keylor Navas - PSG LW- Randall Leal - Nashville SC F- Manfred Ugalde - Twenete Enschede FC CB - Juan Pablo Vargas - Millinarios FC LB - Joseph Mora - DC United RW- Marvin Loria - Timbers RB - Cristian Gamboa - VfL Bochum F - Felicio Brown Forbes - Wisla Krakow CB - Julio Cascante - Austin FC Mexico RW - Hirving Lozano- Napoli F - Raul Jimenez - Wolves F- Jose Macias - Getafe CF RW- Roberto Alvarado - Cruz Azul LW - Diego Lainez - Real Beria Balompie CM - Carlos Rodriguez - Monterrey GK - Guillermo Ochoa - America Plus so many more USA We know who they were missing. YOU CAN'T SCARE ME hulkrogan, SpecialK, MtlMario and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtpc Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Shout out to the person who has already entered "Attendance: 0" on Wikipedia for our away match in Mexico in October. 😂 (Ok, which one of you was it? 😉) Hopefully Mexico can't wiggle their way out of that 2-match fan suspension by the time WCQ starts. Edited July 31, 2021 by jtpc Olympique_de_Marseille, Miche, dyslexic nam and 9 others 4 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtpc Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I'm glad Honduras will still be without Alberth Elis when we play them in September. I like that we got to play Costa Rica at the Gold Cup. Before the Gold Cup, Costa Rica was a bit of a WCQ wildcard for me. The general consensus here I think was they're maybe not as good as they were, but they're strong technically, they have championship experience, and they've had past success. For as long as I've checked rankings in the region, they've been a very solid 3rd, until just recently. I don't know how close their Gold Cup squad was to what we'll see in WCQ, but based on our match with them there and how we completely dominated, I'm feeling extremely bullish on our chances of finishing above them in the Octagonal. That November home double-header against Costa Rica and Mexico is sure going to be exciting. JohnnyFranchise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 I can’t wait for WCQ, I am concerned that these teams are gonna be very different with add fire power and where do we match up? like even Mexico can better in some heavy hitter. The unknown is killing me hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 11 hours ago, theaub said: Per the article on the last page he is hurt. One interesting thing about this schedule is that we don't travel to Central America until the last two windows. Four of our last six matches are away to Honduras/El Salvador/Costa Rica/Panama. I know. I'm hoping a couple of teams will be out of the running by then and be checked out... CanadianSoccerFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 23 hours ago, Club Linesman said: While we are not competing against Mexico for a spot in the top 3, Mexico will not go 14-0 in the qualifying. One of the keys for us will be being one of the teams that takes points off of them. After the Gold Cup display we won’t be fooling anyone and I would think most people in Concacaf have us as the third best team in the region. If we play to our potential and nick a result off Mexico we will be going to the World Cup. I looked back at the 2018 Hex and was surprised to see that not even Mexico won all their home games, but I think it’ll be really important not to lose any of our home games - if US hadn’t lost at home to Costa Rica they would have qualified in 3rd. Still, there will be many ways to get this done and it’s so tough to pre-plan a “formula” - it’ll be one hell of a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 WCQ will be a very different kettle of fish we must be be at our best Myself I think we can pull it off anf finish in the top three. The key is to get as many points vs th US and Mexico MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtpc Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 It all starts one month from today! 🙌 😀 What an exciting time to be a CanMNT supporter. Top 4 in the Octagonal is absolutely within our reach. Can't wait to see us flex our muscle in the final round! 💪 apbsmith, dyslexic nam, JohnnyFranchise and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Which "marginal" players impressed for Canada at the Gold Cup and now have a chance to make the 23? Remember, of course, that there will be several Canadians who were not on the GC roster who will be back for WCQ. So, who has earned a roster spot and who may be left out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Stoppage Time said: Which "marginal" players impressed for Canada at the Gold Cup and now have a chance to make the 23? Remember, of course, that there will be several Canadians who were not on the GC roster who will be back for WCQ. So, who has earned a roster spot and who may be left out? American fans are anticipating rosters of 28 to 30 players. Supposedly teams are required to name their 23 man roster 24 hrs prior to kick off. Therefore, we may also opt to call a bigger group of players and name different 23 man rosters for each match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Obinna said: American fans are anticipating rosters of 28 to 30 players. Supposedly teams are required to name their 23 man roster 24 hrs prior to kick off. Therefore, we may also opt to call a bigger group of players and name different 23 man rosters for each match. Ah! Thanks for that. Which "marginal" Canadians might make a 23 then? A 28 or 30 player roster would allow for almost anybody to be included even as a "get to know the boys" invite. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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