Unnamed Trialist Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Beckie had 5 club goals this year in 18 appearances, under 1000 minutes. Huitema had 5, with more appearances but similar minutes. PSG went deeper in CL and won their league. Statistically similar, coach just respected a pecking order based on seniority. Edit: Beckie is 4 years older but still a project. She's still young but may not be a striker. Regardless, Canadá needs goals and the only player I find sharp in front of goal is Viens. Sinclair has to step up too, she's been hiding since breaking the record. Edited June 27, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist _Vic_ and The Ref 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlfan Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Beckie is far a better player than Huitema is now, she is an effective midfielder and striker. She is also a doing a good job for TSN . Olympique_de_Marseille and TGAA_Star 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Agree to disagree. And think the comment that she may not be a striker is extremely astute. It's both incredibly impressive and surreal to think Évelyne Viens and Vanessa Gilles were playing club soccer in Ottawa and Quebec City a couple years ago (while most of the team was playing internationally in World Cups, Olympics, friendlies, national camps, etc). They are not only among the most effective but exciting to watch and give you pride in being Canadian. Huge fan of both and wish the best for them. Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Just saw this in a story on the Spain men's squad for Tokyo, which includes 6 from the Eurocup team: they are lobbying, along with some other Euro nations it seems, to allow for 22 players instead of 18. Many clubs find the short roster risky, and more so if anything like a Covid confinement comes up and wipes out chunks of the group. If that petition were to go through, and the women's competition were to be affected in the same way, I suppose our 4 trainees would automatically be on the roster and available for call-ups. nolando, Kent, rkomar and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 That makes sense. Presumably that's why we even have those trainees listed. Hopefully it goes through, because 18 is pretty crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 18 hours ago, mtlfan said: Beckie is far a better player than Huitema is now, she is an effective midfielder and striker. She is also a doing a good job for TSN . Agree. Huitema spent most time on the bench with PSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, The Ref said: Agree. Huitema spent most time on the bench with PSG. They played almost the exact same minutes in their leagues, around 950. Huitema had more appearances. They had similar goal totals. PSG won their league and went deeper in Europe. Facts. JohnnyFranchise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 The way I understand it is that even now the roster is 22 players, for a game you can only dress 18 out of the 22. Am I correct? Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 Sorry missed this earlier. https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/report-olympic-soccer-rosters-expand-18-22-players-benefitting-uswnt And yes, damn straight it does. And sucks for us. Whereas our 19-22 players will not touch the turf, their 19-22 players could start for most teams and this gives them the ability to load balance the legs in a long tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) On 7/2/2021 at 11:46 PM, _Vic_ said: Whereas our 19-22 players will not touch the turf.... I wonder if that will be true. For the sake of player rotation I can imagine Huitema, Schmidt and Carle on the bench vs Chile. Edited July 4, 2021 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 20 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: I wonder if that will be true. For the sake of player rotation I can imagine Huitema, Schmidt and Carle on the bench vs Chile. Chile isn't there by accident. As Germany just found out they can play tight defense and have the best goalkeeper in the world. Unless we start scoring using even all 18 might be difficult. The Ref 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-women-upbeat-at-california-camp-before-taking-off-for-tokyo-1.1664138 _Vic_ and Olympique_de_Marseille 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, narduch said: https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-women-upbeat-at-california-camp-before-taking-off-for-tokyo-1.1664138 Thanks for posting that. The training match behind closed doors will be against the Netherlands on Wed, July 14th: https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/sport/artikel/5240090/wiegman-met-24-voetbalsters-naar-japan-voor-spelen Edited July 6, 2021 by Olympique_de_Marseille narduch and _Vic_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 If the Netherlands are loaded for a real run out it should be a good reveal to see if we can make a game of it. Interesting they are taking 24. Smits as the alternate's alternate is madness. Their B side could go far in this tournament. Also a good reminder that most people apply 1/3 of the sunscreen needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Can someone confirm or deny an Olympic Ruling that one of the goalkeepers in a team must be not older than 18 years of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/5/2021 at 11:08 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Thanks for posting that. The training match behind closed doors will be against the Netherlands on Wed, July 14th: https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/sport/artikel/5240090/wiegman-met-24-voetbalsters-naar-japan-voor-spelen The training match ended 3-3. At one point we were up 3-1 but couldn't hold it! https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1913712712/leeuwinnen-niet-langs-canada-in-oefenduel-week-voor-eerste-groepswedstrijd rkomar, sloth8 and JohnnyFranchise 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Besides OneSoccer will there be regular TV Channels transmitting Canada games as well as the other Canada group games and the other groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just now, The Ref said: Besides OneSoccer will there be regular TV Channels transmitting Canada games as well as the other Canada group games and the other groups. Olympics are on CBC. Not One Soccer. They also are using Sportsnet and TSN for.r additional coverage JohnnyFranchise and The Ref 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, The Ref said: Besides OneSoccer will there be regular TV Channels transmitting Canada games as well as the other Canada group games and the other groups. All matches are available online at https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/live Given the football appears to be scheduled from 330-930am EDT, it will be the place to watch the replays. CBC TV will likely carry the Canada matches but will go away to other events if Canada is set to win a medal. TSN/SN will have a lot of the rest of the football especially on the men's side. Edited July 18, 2021 by red card The Ref and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Yes CBC is showing the Can/Japan game tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Event starts tomorrow. All times in ET. Olympique_de_Marseille and The Ref 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Waiting for Canada to start and notice Sweden US beating USA 3-0! Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 In example #100587 of American hubris, Julie Foudy said just before the Olympics that the American team had no weaknesses. Yet, we saw Sweden rip apart the US left and middle continually. The Swedes front 3 movement was a masterclass - the best I have seen in the women's game. I wish Canada was close to playing even 50% of Sweden. It was jarring watching Japan/Canada play afterwards so sloppily and listlessly in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Today's results. Edited July 21, 2021 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Go Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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