Obinna Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 50 minutes ago, Big_M said: Schuster made it clear Gutierrez is there to be the backup of Adnan and be a "challenger" so cant see it with Chile Adnan is a very good left back and would probably be a regular for Chile, so I wouldn't draw that conclusion on Gutierrez's Chile chances based on Schuster's comments. Especially if he finds himself as a starter elsewhere on the field CANMNT_SUPERFAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANMNT_SUPERFAN Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Absolutely!!!!!.... Technically, there is still a chance he can choose to play for Chile, albeit fair (however you wanna look at it), so I also wouldn't rule down that possibility at this point!!!!!... Some strong performances, even as a sub or as you said, if he can be accommodated as a starter in another area of the field or provide serious competition to Adnan, I do not see why !!!! The fact he is signed to a team based here + will be/is expected to play there permanently for the next couple of seasons should bode well for our chances in him leaning to us + being far more visible/accessible to CANMNT staff/scouts, however Again, as you mentioned in another post there are already a fair number of Conmebol international plying their trade in MLS, particularly from the FAs that are not considered to be the juggernauts.... Chile is not Argentina/Brazil or even Uruguay to overlook MLS talent/regulars... The latter, though, still have some players playing regular youth fútbol from them (Diego Rossi is playing olympic qualifier at this time for Uruguay for instance) You forgot to mention that now Perú has become another Conmebol country with heavy representation in MLS (they have a fair number of national team players there as well)😉....... Chile is at around par with them.... Edited January 29, 2020 by CANMNT_SUPERFAN Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBobsaget Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 A side effect of this new ridiculous way to qualify for the Hex will likely be no team close to the cutoff line (3-10) will want to schedule away friendlies that put them at any disadvantage, especially against other Hex-potential rivals. Thats why I dont think nations like Panama or Trinidad would accept accept a friendly in Canada. Nor would they accept a low drawing US based match like the January camp. I feel the most likely out of the list above is 2 matches vs Antigua and Barbuda in Florida. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 It looks like Curaçao might be free for the whole March FIFA window. Panama is no longer an option because they have accepted an invitation to go play in Thailand. http://thethaiger.com/thai/sport-th/thai-football-th/ทีมชาติไทย/อันดับที่-81-โลก-ช้างศึก-ทีมชาติไทย-เตรียมอุ่น-ฟีฟ่าเดย์-กับ-ปานามา-30-มีนาคม http://www.tvmax-9.com/somoslasele/Panama-jugara-amistoso-Bangkok-Tailandia_0_5499950043.html Kyle_The_Hill and costarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: It looks like Curaçao might be free for the whole March FIFA window. Panama is no longer an option because they have accepted an invitation to go play in Thailand. http://thethaiger.com/thai/sport-th/thai-football-th/ทีมชาติไทย/อันดับที่-81-โลก-ช้างศึก-ทีมชาติไทย-เตรียมอุ่น-ฟีฟ่าเดย์-กับ-ปานามา-30-มีนาคม http://www.tvmax-9.com/somoslasele/Panama-jugara-amistoso-Bangkok-Tailandia_0_5499950043.html Probably been said before but thanks Marseille for consistently finding helpful articles from news sites across the world costarg, Olympique_de_Marseille and apbsmith 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivaldo Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 6:30 PM, SirBobsaget said: A side effect of this new ridiculous way to qualify for the Hex will likely be no team close to the cutoff line (3-10) will want to schedule away friendlies ... Why not? El Salvador obviously isn't going to play us, but realistically, 3-5 can't be knocked out of the top 6 and 8-10 can't make it into the top 6. They would just have the usual considerations in mind when scheduling friendlies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 8 hours ago, Rivaldo said: Why not? El Salvador obviously isn't going to play us, but realistically, 3-5 can't be knocked out of the top 6 and 8-10 can't make it into the top 6. They would just have the usual considerations in mind when scheduling friendlies. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) On 2/1/2020 at 11:44 PM, Kyle_The_Hill said: Probably been said before but thanks Marseille for consistently finding helpful articles from news sites across the world No problem! It's my pleasure. Fun to do. Looks like El Salvador is looking to play two friendlies in March. Against Costa Rica in Washington DC and another team. http://us.as.com/us/2020/02/04/futbol/1580837847_042601.html Maybe we can play 2 matches in the USA in March (or one home game and one USA game). Perhaps against Costa Rica and the other opponent El Salvador is looking to book. No word on if they will try to make their matches "training matches" again. EDIT: Costa Rica staying in North America would also free up Albania if we chose to play friendlies in Europe. Edited February 5, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchta Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Greece was also looking at playing El Salvador. They are/were looking for an opponent on March 26th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Estonia please! I'd dodge Albania, they are growing stronger and draw a lot of talent from established soccer countries. TFC2017 and SirBobsaget 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) On 2/4/2020 at 5:22 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Looks like El Salvador is looking to play two friendlies in March. Against Costa Rica in Washington DC and another team. Costa Rica will play Greece in New Jersey, then El Salvador in Washington DC. http://www.teletica.com/amp/248658_la-sele-jugaria-ante-grecia-y-el-salvador-en-las-fechas-fifa-de-marzo This means our best option for points if we stay in North America is now Jamaica. Edited February 6, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille Kyle_The_Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Costa Rica will play Greece in New Jersey, then El Salvador in Washington DC. http://www.teletica.com/amp/248658_la-sele-jugaria-ante-grecia-y-el-salvador-en-las-fechas-fifa-de-marzo This means our best option for points if we stay in North America is now Jamaica. Jamaica Trinidad still in play. Also T-minus two weeks until we get to see if the "training" designation went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOCanada115 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: Jamaica Trinidad still in play. Also T-minus two weeks until we get to see if the "training" designation went through. How many points would these be worth? Win, tie, or loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 With our defence, I don't think Jamaica is as "easy" points as they were before. Their team is on par with ours. Especially in attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Someone send this to Herdman. Chance to gain exactly 6.00 points. Statistician's dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivaldo Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 This probably has been answered before, but can you remind us if the points are the same for home, away and neutral site matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Rivaldo said: This probably has been answered before, but can you remind us if the points are the same for home, away and neutral site matches? They are. TFC2017, CANMNT_SUPERFAN, Rivaldo and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: Someone send this to Herdman. Chance to gain exactly 6.00 points. Statistician's dream. 9.77 looks juicy. Now we need to watch the media in El Salvador to see if their rumoured match against Costa Rica will be "training" or not. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 So Jamaica is playing non-FIFA side Catalonia in Europe! http://www.voice-online.co.uk/sport/football/2020/02/05/reggae-boyz-heading-for-spain/ That's really not good for us! Kyle_The_Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: So Jamaica is playing non-FIFA side Catalonia in Europe! http://www.voice-online.co.uk/sport/football/2020/02/05/reggae-boyz-heading-for-spain/ That's really not good for us! Wow, you even beat me to that! Catalonia used to play a Xmas match every year, a few days before Xmas itself. I've been to many games, and seen some amazing ones, vs. Brazil, Argentina, Bulgaria with Penev and Stoichkov (the WC semifinalist). They've replaced the symbolic matches with the politics in the last few years. You can't get Fifa points playing a Spanish region, but many regions do play for fun and fans and often get decent rival sides, who make money and save costs by doing a winter European stage. Canada plays too few matches for it to be worthwhile, unless we use what we would get paid to combine a match vs. Catalonia or the Basques with an official match the same week. Edited February 10, 2020 by Unnamed Trialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Damn that's too bad. Curacao Haiti? They're both on the rise, I know, but could still be two manageable wins if we played at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer.shocker Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 If we are playing at all it’s pretty much down to T+T at this point as far as opponent options go. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, soccer.shocker said: If we are playing at all it’s pretty much down to T+T at this point as far as opponent options go. What is the point of this comment? No it's not pretty much down to T&T at this point Alex and Olympique_de_Marseille 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 It’s starting to look like the CSA has fallen asleep at the wheel or they know something about El Salvador that we don’t. Unless the Iceland game counted for them as it did for us, we needed to pick up points in March to make the last window truly count. Perhaps the CSA is counting on ES losses and we will continue to play Caribbean countries at a moments notice to gain easy points. Unless they have some incredible master plan it is disappointing that a squad that desperately needs games to qualify has nothing announced and games are being confirmed for dozens of teams. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: What is the point of this comment? No it's not pretty much down to T&T at this point Indeed! T&T, Curacao and Haiti are all options. Playing Albania or Jamaica in Spain and then another lower ranked European side is also an option. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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