shorty Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 15 hours ago, TOcanadafan said: Plus some athletes get off on being the enemy hulkrogan, El Diego, grigorio and 7 others 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diego Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, shorty said: A heel you can't help but cheer for. I love him, the most CONCACAFFY of all our players. TOcanadafan, shorty, GasPed and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Costa Rica squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, narduch said: Costa Rica squad. An old squad. Lots of experience, but will they have the legs for these triple matchdays? nolando and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Anyone heard any timing on Jamaica's squad announcement? Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Canada Soccer announces FIFA World Cup Qualifiers squad for September matches canadasoccer.com August 26 2021 Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team will look to continue their momentum and bring their play to another level when they open the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in September with two matches at home in Toronto and one away in Nashville. The Canada squad for these three matches features an exciting group of players who are prepared to push Canada to the next level after reaching the Concacaf Final Round for the first time in nearly 25 years. “These men know they have a great opportunity to play in front of our fans for the first time in nearly two years, but more importantly the chance to get our campaign off to a great start in the next round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers,” said John Herdman, Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach. “There’s been a lot of competition for places in this selection, so assembling this squad posed some nice problems for a coach.” Tickets for Canada’s two home matches at BMO Field in Toronto are available via Ticketmaster.ca, with the first match on Thursday 2 September against Honduras and the next match on Wednesday 8 September against El Salvador. In advance of the highly anticipated matches, tickets for the two games are selling quickly, with limited inventory across several price points. Fans in attendance will be required to follow BMO Field COVID-19 protocols and guidelines, with more information available via BMOField.com. Canada v Honduras | 2 September – 20.00 local kick off | Tickets Canada v El Salvador | 8 September – 19.30 local kick off | Tickets “The fans will make the difference and they always do,” said Herdman. “BMO Field in Toronto has been our fortress and with the fans support, we intend to keep it that way.” Canada’s two home matches on 2 and 8 September will be broadcast live in Canada on OneSoccer. Kickoff times for the three matches are: 20.00 local / 20.00 ET / 17.00 PT on 2 September against Honduras; 19.00 local / 20.00 ET / 17.00 PT on 5 September against USA; 19.30 local / 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT on 8 September against El Salvador. CANADA SQUAD Canada’s September squad will feature a trio of recent Canadian Players of the Year: six-time winner Atiba Hutchinson, two-time winner Alphonso Davies, and one-time winner Jonathan David. Veteran Hutchinson is taking part in his fifth cycle of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers while youngsters Davies and David are both taking part in their first cycle of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Davies and David are in fact the two youngest players in the Canada squad at 20 and 21. Davies of FC Bayern München in Germany is a Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League winner while David of Lille OSC in France in a Ligue 1 winner. Davies and David are two of five Canadians aged 23 or younger in the September squad alongside Tajon Buchanan of New England Revolution, Alistair Johnston of Nashville SC, and Liam Fraser of Columbus SC. Buchanan, the 2020 Canadian Youth International Player of the Year and 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Young Player Award winner, will join Club Brugge in January after a club-record transfer from his MLS club to Belgium. Hutchinson, who has started his ninth season at Beşiktaş JK in Turkey, ranks second in Canada’s record books with 85 career Men’s National Team international “A” appearances, just five back of all-time leader Julian de Guzman. Midfielder Hutchinson is one of five players with 40 or more appearances in the September squad alongside Samuel Piette of CF Montréal (57), goalkeeper Milan Borjan of Red Star Belgrade (53), Jonathan Osorio of Toronto FC (42), and Beşiktaş teammate Cyle Larin (40). Other key experienced players presently with European clubs are Junior Hoilett of Reading FC in England, Steven Vitória of Moreirense FC in Portugal, and David Wotherspoon of St. Johnstone FC in Scotland. Younger stars in Europe and Asia are Samuel Adekugbe of Hatayspor FC in Turkey, Stephen Eustáquio of FC Paços de Ferreira in Portugal, Doneil Henry of Suwon Samsung Bluewings in Korea Republic, and Scott Kennedy of SSV Jahn Regensburg in Germany. Joining Buchanan, Fraser, Johnston, Osorio and Piette from Major League Soccer clubs are Lucas Cavallini and Maxime Crépeau from Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Mark-Anthony Kaye from Colorado Rapids, Richie Laryea from Toronto FC, and Kamal Miller and James Pantemis from CF Montréal. CANADA SOCCER’S MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAM Canada has built plenty of momentum in a landmark year for the Men’s National Team Program that will feature a record 19 international matches including FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the Concacaf Gold Cup. Canada have already played 11 of those 19 matches, posting a record of 9-0-2 with six clean sheets and a record 42 goals scored. Canada also set a record with eight consecutive wins and reached the Concacaf Gold Cup Semifinals for the first time since 2007. Canada will play eight of their 14 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in the Concacaf Final Round from September through November 2021: three matches in September, three matches in October, and two matches in November). In 2022, Canada will play three more matches in January/February and three more matches in March. Along with Honduras, USA and El Salvador, Canada’s other opponents in the Concacaf Final Round are Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama. To reach the Concacaf Final Round, Canada won their First Round group against Aruba, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Suriname, then eliminated Haiti in a head-to-head Second Round series. This marks the first time since 1997 that Canada have reached the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team are two-time Concacaf champions, previously winning the 1985 Concacaf Championship and 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup. This year marks Canada’s 15th participation at the Concacaf Gold Cup since 1991. Along with their first-place finish in 2000, Canada reached the Semifinals in 2002, 2007, and 2021. Across the past five years from 2017 to 2021, Canada are one of only four nations that have finished top-six across all three Concacaf major tournaments: fifth place in Concacaf Nations League A and sixth place at both the 2017 and 2019 Concacaf Gold Cups. CANADA GK- Milan Borjan | SRB / FK Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) GK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK- James Pantemis | CAN / CF Montréal CB- Doneil Henry | KOR / Suwon Samsung Bluewings CB- Scott Kennedy | GER / SSV Jahn Regensburg CB- Kamal Miller | CAN / CF Montréal CB- Steven Vitória | POR / Moreirense FC FB- Samuel Adekugbe | TUR / Hatayspor FC FB- Alphonso Davies | GER / FC Bayern München FB- Alistair Johnston | USA / Nashville SC FB- Richie Laryea | CAN / Toronto FC M- Stephen Eustáquio | POR / FC Paços de Ferreira M- Liam Fraser | CAN / Toronto FC M- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Beşiktaş JK M- Mark-Anthony Kaye | USA / Colorado Rapids M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC M- Samuel Piette | CAN / CF Montréal M- David Wotherspoon | SCO / St. Johnstone FC F- Tajon Buchanan | USA / New England Revolution F- Lucas Cavallini | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC F- Jonathan David | FRA / Lille OSC F- David Junior Hoilett | ENG / Reading FC F- Cyle Larin | TUR / Beşiktaş JK GasPed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 So who is missing: Arfield, Millar, Corbeanu, St Clair, Leutwiler. Looks like Pantemis went over St Clair, seeing as St Clair had started for us, wonder if they thought he'd never see any action as number three, let him stay at his team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: So who is missing: Arfield, Millar, Corbeanu, St Clair, Leutwiler. Looks like Pantemis went over St Clair, seeing as St Clair had started for us, wonder if they thought he'd never see any action as number three, let him stay at his team. ZBG Addona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Looked up Sam Adekugbe, looks like he has 17 caps and 7 starts. I didn't recall him being around that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Now that we know the roster, is everybody a happy camper. Defence is looking much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabuep2 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 According to this tweet, Herdman believes that Canada will reach 21 points playing at home. It would be 7 wins at home. Realistically Canada can win at home to Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica and tie with Mexico and USA, that gives: 17 points. With that amount of points the fourth place would be scratched. With 3 more points playing away, I think the third place would be achieved. I am not an expert in numbers but I believe that my prediction is not far from reality. Would 20 points be enough to go to the World Cup? johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, xabuep2 said: According to this tweet, Herdman believes that Canada will reach 21 points playing at home. It would be 7 wins at home. That is his target; as coach he has to say this; I don't think he actually believes that he will win all home matches, although he is an optimistic guy. MtlMario, Sal333, canuckgbp and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 🤣.... BrennanFan and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: That is his target; as coach he has to say this; I don't think he actually believes that he will win all home matches, although he is an optimistic guy. It's the mindset, and the mentality he wants the team to have and think. You saw he was disappointed in the GC semis, when were all pleased! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, Shway said: 🤣.... Tough look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 55 minutes ago, king1010 said: Tough look. They just have to wait to and see what happens with the South Americans. It has to be all or nothing. And they can piggy back off what happens with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I feel bad for them. Obinna and Addona 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Shway said: They just have to wait to and see what happens with the South Americans. It has to be all or nothing. And they can piggy back off what happens with them. And Africans. Partially rightly so, given his impact, Mo Salah seems to have become the poster boy for this issue in the press here. The problem being that club football supporters, at best, don't care about the players jetting off to games around the world. They mostly just care about whether they are going to be allowed to travel to Europe for games after the break. Some are firmly against it, even England. I guess what I am saying is there is little positive political leverage working towards the government finding an amicable solution. Especially with some massively weightier matters on its plate, like Afghanistan. johnyb and JamboAl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 18 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said: Now that we know the roster, is everybody a happy camper. Defence is looking much better. I have said this before and will say it here now again, the idea that our defense is "weak" is definitely overplayed. Just because we don't have superstars back there doesn't change the fact our goals against has been pretty damn respectable. That's why such talk is slowly starting to fade, but you'll still see it from to time, mostly from those too lazy to properly analyze our team. Qualify or not, I will be interested to see what our defensive record is at the end of the Ocho. Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I think the issue I had was not that any players were "weak" for lack of a better word but inexperienced and not familiar with one another. For a while it was a revolving door back there. Adekugbe and Kennedy have been out of the loop a little bit but seem capable, as I said above I was surprised Adekugbe had so many caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 16 hours ago, xabuep2 said: According to this tweet, Herdman believes that Canada will reach 21 points playing at home. It would be 7 wins at home. Realistically Canada can win at home to Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica and tie with Mexico and USA, that gives: 17 points. With that amount of points the fourth place would be scratched. With 3 more points playing away, I think the third place would be achieved. I am not an expert in numbers but I believe that my prediction is not far from reality. Would 20 points be enough to go to the World Cup? 20 points is borderline. I did the numbers a ways back and thought we'd need 22 or 23. If a lot of draws come about --and Canada has not been drawing at all lately--then everyone is losing points and 20 in the table could give you third spot. First, you have to have a winning record or even with wins. If you are 6-2-6 you have 20 points. If its 5-4-5 you are probably short. You have to do one better, I'd say, and you are going to Qatar (6-4-4 is good, 5-5-4 is tight). johnyb and xabuep2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Ram Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 16 hours ago, xabuep2 said: According to this tweet, Herdman believes that Canada will reach 21 points playing at home. It would be 7 wins at home. Realistically Canada can win at home to Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica and tie with Mexico and USA, that gives: 17 points. With that amount of points the fourth place would be scratched. With 3 more points playing away, I think the third place would be achieved. I am not an expert in numbers but I believe that my prediction is not far from reality. Would 20 points be enough to go to the World Cup? Based on my math and Elo ratings, you would need between 22 to 25 points for direct qualification of 3rd place or better. For Inter-Confederation Playoffs (4th Place) - you need between 17 to 21 points. johnyb, Ivan and Floortom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) Yup I have 24/20 as my 95th percentile numbers to qualify/get in the playoff respectively Edited August 27, 2021 by theaub johnyb and Jedi Ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Using some pretty advanced analytics, I think we need to win most of our home games and steal some away points. Mattd97, Jedi Ram, Ivan and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplebanana Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, theaub said: Yup I have 24/20 as my 95th percentile numbers to qualify/get in the playoff respectively By any chance did you base this on a simulation, or just by taking prior Hex results and scaling to Ocho based on points-per-game? I am really considering writing a simple MATLAB based simulation to actually figure out the median and confidence interval for 3rd and 4th. Jedi Ram and Pottsy3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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