Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Guess a Kamloops team probably needs some Vancouver area players on board to be competive. The problem FC Tigers have is that there is still a segment of Canadian soccer officialdom that will not accept having a club around that has strong ethnic ties despite multiculturalism having been official state policy for over 40 years now regardless of whether the Liberals or Conservatives are in power. The whole League One concept provides a way for said officialdom to act as gate keepers on that rather than simply allowing promotion and relegation to sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) to Rayong FC in Thailand. (was with Valour 2021) Edited January 5, 2023 by K Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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narduch Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Interesting. Moving from Next Pro to USL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 We should probably re name this thread and add the word Coaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 https://northerntribune.ca/botafogo-eduardo-jesus/ If you compare in general where former CPL players ended up after year 1 of CPL and year 4 of CPL, the level is higher (as should be expected) but shows the progress CPL has made in the level of play. narduch and NVsoccer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: https://northerntribune.ca/botafogo-eduardo-jesus/ If you compare in general where former CPL players ended up after year 1 of CPL and year 4 of CPL, the level is higher (as should be expected) but shows the progress CPL has made in the level of play. Former club of Canadian legend Tony Menezes Edited January 6, 2023 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: https://northerntribune.ca/botafogo-eduardo-jesus/ If you compare in general where former CPL players ended up after year 1 of CPL and year 4 of CPL, the level is higher (as should be expected) but shows the progress CPL has made in the level of play. Emilio Estevez wound up with ADO Den Haag in the Dutch Eredivisie and Tristan Borges was signed by a club in the Belgian top tier after the first season so not sure how accurate that is. The tall Swedish striker Y9 had in year one wound up in the Swedish top tier where imports were concerned which I was genuinely astounded by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) Exceptions to the rule can always be found ( I did say in general) But if you look at the players who left the league in or after the season 2019 and 2022. e.g. Loturi, Pepple, Akio, etc. Estevez was more of a "nepotism" signing and Borges never played in the top tier of Belgium, Adeji went from York to Tier 3 in Sweden and after a short spell in Tier one is now in Tier 2, which is with the exception of a few top teams would be at the level of CPL Edited January 6, 2023 by MM3/MM2/MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Borges club were in 2nd tier when he signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 In terms of Eduardo, he's going to Botafogo B (the U23). They're playing their B team (U23) in the state league where they play a bunch of lower tier teams, so it's not the main Brazilian league. Not trying to sound pessimistic but it's similar to the Kratt loan, where it sounds amazing hearing the team they're going to Bremen/Botafogo, but it's actually a lower team. Still gives the opportunity to impress the A side though. https://www.fogaonet.com/noticias-do-botafogo/botafogo-divulga-time-b-reapresentou-carioca-klaus-jacob-montes-diego-goncalves-reforcos/ https://www.sambafoot.com/br/noticias/botafogo-anuncia-duas-contratacoes-para-o-time-b-luis-phelipe-e-eduardo-jesus narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, narduch said: Borges club were in 2nd tier when he signed And didn't Adjei first go back to the club he'd left in D3 sweden and Estevez only play for ADO's U21 team? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 15 minutes ago, Aird25 said: And didn't Adjei first go back to the club he'd left in D3 sweden and Estevez only play for ADO's U21 team? I think so. A lot has changed in 3 years I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 cronaldo7 and nolando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 11:04 PM, MM3/MM2/MM said: Exceptions to the rule can always be found ( I did say in general) But if you look at the players who left the league in or after the season 2019 and 2022. e.g. Loturi, Pepple, Akio, etc.... Joel Waterman made it to Qatar after moving to CF Montreal after the 2019 CanPL season, so not convinced there has been a major upgrade over the last four years, because I'd be surprised if any of the most recent transfers make it onto the 2026 CMNT roster. The soccer in CanPL (with the arguable exception of the Valour in some games in 2019) was at a reasonably high standard from the get go but we're talking 5th level in England or stronger 2nd level clubs in Scotland with that so Loturi, Pepple and Akio have basically just moved slightly upwards in playing standards. None of those three are doing that great at the moment by all accounts. Think some of the transfers to Europe we are seeing this off-season such as Zator and Bustos would have happened sooner if there had been no COVID pandemic and are the sort of transfers that would probably have been happening for players like that previously anyway but by way of smaller Scandinavian clubs as the stepping stone if CanPL hadn't launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Thanks so much for that. That was a very smart purchase, Castellón has a big upside. I remember when they were in top flight, in the 90s. In fact Villareal is in the province of Castellón, and they border each other; Villareal basically captured the football passion of the area. But Castellón is much larger and really should be rivalling them. They have a decent sized stadium, a good fan base, which supported them well even in lower divisions; they also have that nice black and white strip. I have some doubts about going into the Spanish market with an FO all anglo, and not Spanish speaking. It is very naive and a formula for making errors. So adding Soria is a good move. The team was leading their division of 1RFEF, top of third tier and direct promotion, but they've lost 2 in a row, gone 5 without a win, and are now 2nd. Still, a very good candidate for promotion to 2nd division. Edited January 11, 2023 by Unnamed Trialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 54 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Thanks so much for that. That was a very smart purchase, Castellón has a big upside. I remember when they were in top flight, in the 90s. In fact Villareal is in the province of Castellón, and they border each other; Villareal basically captured the football passion of the area. But Castellón is much larger and really should be rivalling them. They have a decent sized stadium, a good fan base, which supported them well even in lower divisions; they also have that nice black and white strip. I have some doubts about going into the Spanish market with an FO all anglo, and not Spanish speaking. It is very naive and a formula for making errors. So adding Soria is a good move. The team was leading their division of 1RFEF, top of third tier and direct promotion, but they've lost 2 in a row, gone 5 without a win, and are now 2nd. Still, a very good candidate for promotion to 2nd division. Bold move bringing Rishi Sunak into the football department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, SthMelbRed said: Bold move bringing Rishi Sunak into the football department. Is he really involved, or was it just that he'd vacationed down there when younger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Is he really involved, or was it just that he'd vacationed down there when younger? It was just a joke based on the physical resemblance between the guy pictured in the post above and the current British PM. I guess it wasn't a very good joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 10 hours ago, SthMelbRed said: It was just a joke based on the physical resemblance between the guy pictured in the post above and the current British PM. I guess it wasn't a very good joke. No but actually, I'm not joking, Sunak vacationed in Castellón for years, I think in the home of a friend, in Alcossebre, which is in the province, a lower key spot on the coast. So as crazy as your joke may have been, it would have been logical for him to get in as a partner with the club. Think he's a Saints fan as he's from Southhampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aird25 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) It looks like Ahmed Alghamdi made his full debut in the Gulf Cup for Saudi Arabia today. Is he officially lost now? Edited January 12, 2023 by Aird25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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narduch Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Maury Doner is training with Ipswich. Yallop connection helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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