nolando Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) I've been meaning to start this thread for years and, now that we are mid-apocolypse, it seems like perfect timing, so here goes... Bunbury-Hume Simpson-Hutch-Nash- Valentine Davies-deVos-Samuel-B. Lenarduzzi Forrest Subs: Mobilio, Gerba, Borjan, McKenna, Klukowski, Brennan, Bircham **Should point out this isn't a best 11/18 but players who you loved watching/meeting, guys who helped make you the fan you are today. **Ground rules: everybody should have at least one MNT cap, and you should have see them either live in stadium or on-screen. Don't worry about formation or proper wings, or whatever, just try and find a balance of offense/defense. Or don't. Edited March 24, 2020 by nolando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Some of it is hometown based (hence an extra keeper) and overly club-based and specific live moments, so no claims on quality. Bunbury - Peschisolido Davies - Pasquale DeLuca - Hutch - Ricketts Yallop - Henry - Edgar - Mike Sweeney Forrest Hirschfeld (never played for Spurs first team, I tell myself), Paul Dolan, Mobilio, Gerba, DeVos, Arfield, David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) ---------------------Borjan--------------------- Stalteri---McKenna--De Vos--Klukowski Radzinski---JDG---Hutchinson---Davies ------------DeRosario---David------------ Subs: Forrest, De Jong, Edgar, Simpson, Hoilett, Bernier, Arfield, Hume Edit: I actually went with a best 11/18, but for the hard decisions I opted for the players I liked watching more, or actually watched more (so I have more affinity for them, I guess). Therefore, I went with Borjan as the starter over Forrest and De Jong in the 18 ahead of Brennan. I also had to find a place for Bernier, because I think his national team career is grossly underrated. He was very, very good in many games I watched, often playing equal or even better than DeGuzman, but only getting half the accolades. And as for Hume, you got to love the energy and heart Hume played with every single time he was on the field. A true warrior. For a true best 11/18, you'd probably need to find a place for Peschisolido and Bunbury, but I watched very little of the former, and basically none of the latter. Just can't remember their contributions, unfortunately. Edited March 24, 2020 by Obinna Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 ----------Forrest----------- Stalteri-Devos-Mckenna-Davies Simpson-Hutch-Radz-Deguz Dero-Bunbury David, Arfield, Samuel, Bobby L, Onstad, Pesch, and of course...Jaimie Peters Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bison44 said: ----------Forrest----------- Stalteri-Devos-Mckenna-Davies Simpson-Hutch-Radz-Deguz Dero-Bunbury David, Arfield, Samuel, Bobby L, Onstad, Pesch, and of course...Jaimie Peters Peters could have been some player, he was the most promising from the Edgar-De Jong-Johnson generation, in my opinion. Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1ckbr0wn Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Subs: Hoilett, Arfield, McKenna, Bernier, Stalteri, Bunbury, Borjan went for a “best XI” based off of who I’ve seen live/tv. Went with Colin Miller just based of the fact that he’s a former coach of mine. Felt silly to not have Davies or David on there because I think they will go down as the most talented/successful Canadian soccer players of all time. Currently working but I’m thinking I’m going to do another lineup including all of our missed duals Edited March 24, 2020 by N1ckbr0wn CANMNT_SUPERFAN, Obinna and MtlMario 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, N1ckbr0wn said: Subs: Hoilett, Arfield, McKenna, Bernier, Stalteri, Bunbury, Borjan went for a “best XI” based off of who I’ve seen live/tv. Went with Colin Miller just based of the fact that he’s a former coach of mine. Felt silly to not have Davies or David on there because I think they will go down as the most talented/successful Canadian soccer players of all time. Currently working but I’m thinking I’m going to do another lineup including all of our missed duals Did you grow up playing in Abbotsford by any chance? I played against a team he coached at club nationals one year, think they went by Abbotsford Mariners. I still remember when he showed up to the hotel in Winnipeg where all the teams were staying, and he came in fresh off coaching the national team against Finland in a friendly. As a national team fan, that was a very surreal moment! Edited March 24, 2020 by Obinna N1ckbr0wn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1ckbr0wn Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Obinna said: Did you grow up playing in Abbotsford by any chance? I played against a team he coached at club nationals one year, think they went by Abbotsford Mariners. I still remember when he showed up to the hotel in Winnipeg where all the teams were staying, and he came in fresh off coaching the national team against Finland in a friendly. As a national team fan, that was a very surreal moment! Yes sir, Abbotsford Mariners. He also coached our Abbotsford Y League academy team. Once he went full time at FC Edmonton, he was replaced with Alan Errington/Ian Knight, also 2 well established Canadian soccer coaches. Needless to say growing up I was lucky to have some top level coaches Edited March 24, 2020 by N1ckbr0wn nolando and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Friend-Hume Simpson-Nash-JdG-Davies Hastings-Serioux-Devos-Stalteri Hirschfeld Come at me. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Surprised nobody mentioned Bruce Wilson. I guess I'm dating myself.😀 nolando and h coach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 37 minutes ago, El Hombre said: Friend-Hume Simpson-Nash-JdG-Davies Hastings-Serioux-Devos-Stalteri Hirschfeld Come at me. Loved Hastings and Serioux too. Had a hard think before I left them out. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Corazzin-Peschisolido-Bunbury Hutchison-De Guzman-Hastings DeVos-McKenna-Samuel-Stalteri Forrest Subs: Mobilio, Dasovic, Davies, Aunger, Radzinski, Valentine, Dolan Hastings for the goal. I met Craig Forrest as a kid at soccer fest and I grilled him about getting beat short side at Azteca. He was awesome about it, even though I was probably a jerky ten year old (or thereabouts). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, nolando said: Loved Hastings and Serioux too. Had a hard think before I left them out. You’re not alone. I use to love how Serioux would dribble out from defence. And he his defending was quite physical. Edited March 24, 2020 by Obinna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Obinna said: You’re not alone. I use to love how Serioux would dribble out from defence. And he his defending was quite physical. And his throwins were the closest thing we had to Rory Delap! Edited March 25, 2020 by nolando El Hombre and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Started watching the team in 04, so will only pick players from then to now. David Simpson Hutchinson Bernier Radzinski de Guzman Davies McKenna Jakovic Stalteri Borjan Edited March 25, 2020 by Blackdude put in my favourites CANMNT_SUPERFAN and N1ckbr0wn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Martin Nash is criminally underappreciated. The architect of our two best Gold Cup runs. He was amazing when he pulled on the Canadian jersey. nolando, Obinna and h coach 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 4 hours ago, RJB said: Corazzin-Peschisolido-Bunbury Hutchison-De Guzman-Hastings DeVos-McKenna-Samuel-Stalteri Forrest Subs: Mobilio, Dasovic, Davies, Aunger, Radzinski, Valentine, Dolan Hastings for the goal. I met Craig Forrest as a kid at soccer fest and I grilled him about getting beat short side at Azteca. He was awesome about it, even though I was probably a jerky ten year old (or thereabouts). Pretty close to mine. For personal reasons, would have Tam Nsaliwa in place of Hastings. On the bench, Ledgerwood for Aunger, Hastings for Valentine, David for Mobilio and Hirschfeld for Dolan . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerack Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hume -radz— davies -de Guzman - hutch -derosorio stalteri - de vos - McKenna - Nsaliwa Forrest subs Hirschfeld, Osorio, Arfield, Edgar , Simpson, occean, bunbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 My 11 in photo Bench- Hirschfield, Samuel, Dasovic, Hastings, David, Bunbury, De Rosario Reserves- McKenna, Millar, Cordova, Xausa, Hume, Nash, Hastings, Fenwick, Requested to be left out- Bircham said I was too similar to Holger, I had no tactics and my set pieces were crap. He said as a guy playing weekly I was out of touch with the game Dani Fernandes- He said Dale Mitchell damaged any hope of him showing up Fernando Aguiar- said Yallop calling his friends too often meant it’s a no Jamie Lopresti- said he played a game for Chile when it seemed no one in Canada new he was playing regularly in Chile. Brad Parker- Not a good time, he said he’s still looking for a club after a Failed trial at Bradford city Aristodemo- said he has a trial in Luxembourg next week so the timing isn’t good nolando and BearcatSA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, jordan said: Requested to be left out- Bircham said I was too similar to Holger, I had no tactics and my set pieces were crap. He said as a guy playing weekly I was out of touch with the game Dani Fernandes- He said Dale Mitchell damaged any hope of him showing up Fernando Aguiar- said Yallop calling his friends too often meant it’s a no Jamie Lopresti- said he played a game for Chile when it seemed no one in Canada new he was playing regularly in Chile. Brad Parker- Not a good time, he said he’s still looking for a club after a Failed trial at Bradford city Aristodemo- said he has a trial in Luxembourg next week so the timing isn’t good Comedy gold right there! BearcatSA and jordan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 ---------------------------------- Forrest -------------------------------------- ---- Lennarduzzi --- Samuel ---- DeVos --- Klukowski ---- ----- Radzinski ---- Hutchinson ---- Arfield ---- Davies ----- ------------------------- Catliff ---------- Mobilio ------------------------- Subs - Dolan, McKenna, Stalteri, David, Xausa, Peschosolido, Gerba Craig Forrest was the major factor in winning us our only trophy. Lennarduzzi is a legend of the Canadian game, despite what a lot of knobheads say these days. Samuel and DeVos are no-brainers at CB. Klukowski was our standout player for a number of years. Radzinski is probably our best ever player, until Phonz gets a few more years under his belt. Hutch and Arfield need no explanation. Neither does Phonz. Watching Catliff and Mobilio play together from the grass hill on the east side of Swangard back in the day was magic. For the bench...Dolan played our first ever game in the World Cup. McKenna could do the business at both ends of the pitch. Stalteri was the embodiment of Canadian soccer for many years. David is on the way to being one of our best ever. Who doesn't love a Davide Xausa 30-yard screamer. Pesch has to come off the bench just so Vic Rauter can make the call when he inevitably does something exciting. Ali Gerba has to be there for his goals AND to scare the opposition with a death stare. nolando and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 A 2 man squad?? Bold choice. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 So, is there some way we can simulate a round-robin home-and-away tournament with all these teams? I'm starving for any type of action and I need to see some report that shows Rob Friend leading a league in scoring. Come on all you gamers in self-isolation, lets get on it. I'd put down heavy amounts of cash that my team would destroy. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, El Hombre said: So, is there some way we can simulate a round-robin home-and-away tournament with all these teams? I'm starving for any type of action and I need to see some report that shows Rob Friend leading a league in scoring. Come on all you gamers in self-isolation, lets get on it. I'd put down heavy amounts of cash that my team would destroy. Friend may score at will, but Herschfield would give it all back and then some, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Bison44 said: Friend may score at will, but Herschfield would give it all back and then some, That's fine. I don't mind winning all my games 9-8, so long as Serioux breaks some ankles. nolando and Bison44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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