Watchmen Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Ove said: How many friendlies in the last 25 years, since the June 12th, 1994 match at Varsity Stadium, in Toronto, against the Netherlands (Oh God, why did it have to be against the Dutch), which attracted 20,104 fans, has the CSA arranged for the MNT against an opponent that would attract a casual Canadian sports fan to buy a ticket? The answer is a big fat ZERO! The only interesting opponents that have played in Canada during the past QUARTER OF A CENTURY are Mexico and the United States whenever we are drawn against them in World Cup or Nations League qualifying. Why in all of those years have teams like England, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil or Argentina never been invited to come and play in Canada? Why hasn't the CSA ever promoted the MNT the same way it promotes the WNT? I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for here. I can almost guarantee that Canada has invited a number of those teams to come and play here, and there was as strong rumour during Canada soccer's 100th anniversary that England was coming to play. Ended up being the US. But the reality is that the CSA doesn't have the money to bring in those teams, and o one here is arguing that the CSA has been historically well run. Is your argument that an independent promoter should be bringing these teams in? As for your giant list of El Salvador games, you've mixed in games not played in the US. But the first couple of games that have attendance listed on Wikipedia have them at 17k and 18k. They didn't hit the 20k mark, they only came really close. So...congrats? ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 @admin Can we please nip this shit in the bud and ban this fuckwit permanently before he spends months wrecking the forum for everybody else until his inevitable next step over the line? Why must we wait for history to repeat itself, again, with this clown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ove said: Hey I'll do you a favour Vuckface. You can have your loser forum. I'll leave of my own volition. Halle-fucking-lujah! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBF Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I was really tempted to quote that post... Just to mess with people. Corazon and RS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 The sweet spot for potential March friendlies, where a win is manageable and the amount of points gained would be impactful. Obinna and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabuep2 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 22 hours ago, Ove said: How is it that a "terrible team" like El Salvador is able to arrange friendlies against Iceland and the United States? And why is it that after this "terrible team" decides to cancel these two matches that the CSA is not immediately jumping on the opportunity to contact both the Iceland and United States associations/federations to pick up both of these matches? Has the CSA already made the decision to try and qualify for Qatar via the minnows route? And if so, why hasn't the CSA publicly announced that they have opted for this route? Is the CSA just planning to quietly lay low as it usually does when the optics don't look that good? Of course, it much easier to deflect from answering these question by simply saying F U to me, right? The mysterious and enigmatic CSA, sometimes I think it was more closed than the National Football Association of North Korea. Sorry for the pessimism, but Canada has immense potential and the CSA seem not to appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: The sweet spot for potential March friendlies, where a win is manageable and the amount of points gained would be impactful. Lock in the Cyprus/Luxembourg double-header! Olympique_de_Marseille and xabuep2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strait Red Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: The sweet spot for potential March friendlies, where a win is manageable and the amount of points gained would be impactful. Greece and Cyprus would be a good pair. minimal travel from one to the other and both are winnable games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 4 hours ago, BFBF said: I was really tempted to quote that post... Just to mess with people. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) It's too early to start a Gold Cup 2021 thread, so I will post this here: http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/draw-delivers-matchups-for-2021-gold-cup-qualifying-matches It looks like these games will have little effect on the teams ranked 7th to 14th in CONCACAF based on FIFA rankings. Edited December 12, 2019 by Olympique_de_Marseille xabuep2 and Kyle_The_Hill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: It's too early to start a Gold Cup 2021 thread, so I will post this here: http://www.goldcup.org/en/article/draw-delivers-matchups-for-2021-gold-cup-qualifying-matches It looks like these games will have little effect on the teams ranked 7th to 14th in CONCACAF based on FIFA rankings. Too bad Montserrat gets Guatemala. I was hoping they would play Barbados or Bahamas in the first round. I’m really hoping to see them in the gold cup. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 https://www.elgrafico.com/selecciones/Primera-Division-decide-prestar-dos-jugadores-por-equipo-como-maximo-para-enfrentar-a-Islandia-20191212-0011.html El Salvador looking like they're moving ahead with the Jan and Feb friendlies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrenaline11 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 El Salvador vs Iceland = 1.9 points at stake El Salvador vs USMNT = 3.4 points at stake If they lose both, they will lose 5 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, adrenaline11 said: El Salvador vs Iceland = 1.9 points at stake El Salvador vs USMNT = 3.4 points at stake If they lose both, they will lose 5 points. Not quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Be nice if we could get our shit together and make something happen where we get at least a chance to earn some ranking points to close the gap by Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 In contrast El Salvador is going ahead with its friendlies against Iceland and the US even though the Manager has publicly come out against these matches. dyslexic nam, TFC2017 and CANMNT_SUPERFAN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Ove said: 26 March 2020 - Curaçao vs. Panama (Friendly) Why no Curaçao vs. Canada (North American-based players) friendly in January or February? I thought you left? Deep down, I knew it was too good to be true. longlugan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC2017 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 5:44 PM, Floortom said: In contrast El Salvador is going ahead with its friendlies against Iceland and the US even though the Manager has publicly come out against these matches. Does anyone know how many points they would drop if they were to lose both matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 hours ago, TFC2017 said: Does anyone know how many points they would drop if they were to lose both matches? Bison44, TFC2017 and N1ckbr0wn 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtpc Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) Confirmation on ELO that El Salvador will play Iceland on January 19th and the US on February 1st. Best case scenario, they lose both and drop 3.5 points (hopefully 4 full points with rounding). Instead of a 15-point difference between them and us, it would be down to 11, 1342 to 1331. Edited December 17, 2019 by jtpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 hours ago, jtpc said: Confirmation on ELO that El Salvador will play Iceland on January 19th and the US on February 1st. Best case scenario, they lose both and drop 3.5 points (hopefully 4 full points with rounding). Instead of a 15-point difference between them and us, it would be down to 11, 1342 to 1331. They would be at 1342.2 compared to Canada's 1331.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 7:56 AM, TFC2017 said: Does anyone know how many points they would drop if they were to lose both matches? Not enough CANMNT_SUPERFAN, Olympique_de_Marseille, TFC2017 and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 11:15 AM, Kyle_The_Hill said: Now El Salvador wants to make their friendly vs Iceland a "training match" so they don't lose points. http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/selecciones/la-selecta-cierra-en-privilegiado-puesto-el-2019-dentro-del-ranking-fifa/669816/2019/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Now El Salvador wants to make their friendly vs Iceland a "training match" so they don't lose points. http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/selecciones/la-selecta-cierra-en-privilegiado-puesto-el-2019-dentro-del-ranking-fifa/669816/2019/ That is the sort of thing that makes a mockery of the system that was put in place. I get that people will try to game the system, but this seems pretty blatant. Olympique_de_Marseille and Shway 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Now El Salvador wants to make their friendly vs Iceland a "training match" so they don't lose points. http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/selecciones/la-selecta-cierra-en-privilegiado-puesto-el-2019-dentro-del-ranking-fifa/669816/2019/ Damn that's too bad. I'm assuming the U.S. won't agree to a "training match", so still the opportunity to lose points in Feb. And, as we all know, the important window is March. Hopefully, we all get open up our stockings on Christmas to confirmed March friendlies for Canada. CANMNT_SUPERFAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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