Atlantic Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 He got called up by Serbia U21 this window so he’s obviously not getting a call up with us but we probably could’ve straight swapped him with an injured Hoilett this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I don't think a Jan call-up is out of the realm of possibility Corazon, canuckgbp, Ivan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 This is his brother so pretty good odds he does want to play for Canada. Chad_Impact, Shway, Xavier. and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Good to hear. I'm sure he'll be in the fold sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 hour ago, CanadaFan123 said: This is his brother so pretty good odds he does want to play for Canada. wait was there any doubt about this? lol..... His fathers initial response showed that passion through frustration of his will to play for Canada. Typically we've seen parents vocally do the opposite and push for their kid to not play for Canada and play for their country of birth. My thing with this whole ordeal concerning him is that he wasn't even called to the U23. Over the likes of Aidan Daniels. Ruffian and Dominic94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, Shway said: wait was there any doubt about this? lol..... His fathers initial response showed that passion through frustration of his will to play for Canada. Typically we've seen parents vocally do the opposite and push for their kid to not play for Canada and play for their country of birth. My thing with this whole ordeal concerning him is that he wasn't even called to the U23. Over the likes of Aidan Daniels. Possibly yes. It certainly wouldn't be the first time a country snubs a player only for them to commit to another program. Scotland snubbed Arfield, we capped him, and then they all regretted that they lost a good player. Happens quite often I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, frmr said: Possibly yes. It certainly wouldn't be the first time a country snubs a player only for them to commit to another program. Scotland snubbed Arfield, we capped him, and then they all regretted that they lost a good player. Happens quite often I reckon. I'm not doubting that.... Quote but if Canada calls him up he will definitely accept the call and play for his country where he grew up in without a doubt. @CanadaFan123 made mention of "This is his brother so pretty good odds he does want to play for Canada. " Is what I referencing...there can't be any doubt that he want's to play for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On Serbia’s bench this morning for the qualifier against Ukraine U21 Floortom and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris4c Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Came on in the 67th minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Has just scored 11 minutes after coming on to tie the game. Ukraine has just scored to go back up 2-1. Floortom, Xavier., Approve My Account Pls and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 A young player starting for a first div team in Serbia who would love to wear the Canada shirt, so much so that his dad went on a rant because he was not called up to our U23 team....what a breath of fresh air. I sure hope he is called to a Jan camp Mattd97, Ol'Bill, Xavier. and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Yipes, I am getting whiplash. This kid is gone, this kid is back, so so is best friends with HAGI, Mitrovics brother says he'll answer the call. WHEW!! going to be interesting in Jan when all the MLS guys are in the offseason. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 hours ago, jordan said: On Serbia’s bench this morning for the qualifier against Ukraine U21 14 minutes ago, Kadenge said: I sure hope he is called to a Jan camp It won't likely happen now because U21 is competitive matches and he has finally played one for Serbia. A one-time-switch would now be required to bring him in and those usually take a few months to process. Floortom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiedPilko Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Yeah, I'll agree at this point that he should've been on the GC preliminary squad. Ahead of guys like Raposo, Metcalfe, Ricketts, Bair, Twardek, Bayiha, Singh... Corazon, boris4c, zammy67 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler55 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, PiedPilko said: Yeah, I'll agree at this point that he should've been on the GC preliminary squad. Ahead of guys like Raposo, Metcalfe, Ricketts, Bair, Twardek, Bayiha, Singh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tyler55 said: His dad loves bitching about this. Dual-national dads seems to love to take over the careers of their kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, VinceA said: His dad loves bitching about this. Dual-national dads seems to love to take over the careers of their kids. At least his dad wants Stefan to play for Canada johnyb, Approve My Account Pls and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kadenge said: At least his dad wants Stefan to play for Canada Does he? He seems pretty pro Serbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strait Red Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, VinceA said: Does he? He seems pretty pro Serbia. Ask him, he’s pretty upfront with his thoughts on twitter. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris4c Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 That's fairly common in general, not just with dual national dads. I am Serbian myself and I could draw up an infinite list of players whose promising careers were derailed completely by their overly ambitious dads (or even sometimes their moms). One of the most prominent examples is Filip Jankovic, who made his debut for Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) at age 16. His mother had some disagreements with the club as to his playing time and his future so she ended up negotiating his departure to Parma FC in Italy, which was obviously a premature move. From then on it all went downhill and he now plays in the Slovenian second tier even though he is just 26 years old. There are other examples, Danilo Pantic and Andrija Zivkovic just to name a few, although the latter seems to have gotten his career back on track somewhat. Then you even have players like Adrien Rabiot whose mother is still holding him by the hand and making every decision for him. That being said, I don't think Stefan's dad is wrong. Stefan probably should have been called for the 60-man list (I thought it was 50, but whatever). Hopefully it is not too late. Approve My Account Pls, Corazon, Xavier. and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I figured the only reason Mitrovic wasn't on the U23 list for this cycle was because he's eligible for it in 2024. AFAIK we only had Dias who was a 2024 eligible player be on that team. The rest were 1997-2000 guys. Although I will agree there's no reason he shouldn't have been in the prelim roster which had a bunch of 2001-2002 guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 46 minutes ago, VinceA said: Does he? He seems pretty pro Serbia. His brother is on social media clearly stating he'd take a Canadian call up and he's also been seen liking multiple comments on tweets or instagram comments from Canadians encouraging him to play for us. Unless its one truly dysfunctional family, I don't think his brother would do this if they were pushing him towards representing Serbia. Corazon and Sal333 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urdiub Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Another goal for Mitrovic this weekend as they move up to 6th place in the Serbian League. Cheeky tag to @Canucks_Abroad from his dad's twitter as well. IMO this is the most urgent player we should be worried about losing, I can definitely see Serbia calling him up to friendlies in the next window. I definitely would like to see guys like Jebbison, Dias, Flores etc in red but I don't see England, Portugal or Mexico calling them up for meaningful (cap-tying) matches anytime soon. sebdeserio, Xavier., Bertuzzi44 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, urdiub said: Another goal for Mitrovic this weekend as they move up to 6th place in the Serbian League. Cheeky tag to @Canucks_Abroad from his dad's twitter as well. IMO this is the most urgent player we should be worried about losing, I can definitely see Serbia calling him up to friendlies in the next window. I definitely would like to see guys like Jebbison, Dias, Flores etc in red but I don't see England, Portugal or Mexico calling them up for meaningful (cap-tying) matches anytime soon. I don't think he's anywhere near a Serbia call up. I think we are making him up to be bigger than he is at the moment just because he's a duel-citizen. Getting called to a U21 side is great but he wasn't a starter on that team. Just within the domestic league there are so many players in the #10/#7 positions that are more highly rated, then you add in the ones playing across Europe. That being said, I wish we had more camps outside of the senior team to be able to evaluate these types of players. Edited November 28, 2021 by Footyeh Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/4/2021 at 10:27 AM, CanadaFan123 said: This is his brother so pretty good odds he does want to play for Canada. However, since Serbia they did qualify for Qatar, I wonder if they look at him for Qatar? Canada we too are on pace to qualify and if that happens, it creates quite the scenario doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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