narduch Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Forge will rep Canada for the 3rd time. The draw will occur on June 16. Kent and Ruffian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Forge will draw one of these teams in the Preliminary Round: Deportivo FC (SLV3), CD FAS (SLV2), CD Marathon (HON3), CD Universitario (PAN3), Metropolitan FA (Puerto Rico), and Santos de Guapiles (CRC3). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 I imagine the easiest would be the Puerto Rican team, failing that I would be hoping for a Salvadoran team. The other 3 would be very tough. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Kent said: I imagine the easiest would be the Puerto Rican team, failing that I would be hoping for a Salvadoran team. The other 3 would be very tough. The Panamanian side may be a good draw too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 First leg beginning of August. I wonder if Hamilton Forge will have started training by then! longlugan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Draw is happening soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 Forge drew FAS of El Salvador. I think they can beat them. gator and nfitz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Draw is super favourable for Forge. If they beat FAS they get Indpendiente of Panama. All the Costa Rican teams and Olimpia are on the other side of the bracket. Edited June 17, 2021 by narduch gator, Kent, Trois Reds and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 I assume this latest news in Ontario means Forge will be able to host their home legs in the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 41 minutes ago, narduch said: I assume this latest news in Ontario means Forge will be able to host their home legs in the tournament. I think that would still be dependent on the feds opening up the border as well. Sure you can have a game with 25% capacity, but if the players are quarantining in a hotel it doesn't do you much good. Especially, what happens if the players coming over aren't vaccinated? Still some hurdles to jump over before Forge can realistically host CONCACAF League games unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, Kent said: I think that would still be dependent on the feds opening up the border as well. Sure you can have a game with 25% capacity, but if the players are quarantining in a hotel it doesn't do you much good. Especially, what happens if the players coming over aren't vaccinated? Still some hurdles to jump over before Forge can realistically host CONCACAF League games unfortunately. The dirty secret not many people know about is that the federal government has a lot of quarantine exemptions. Believe high performance sport is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, narduch said: The dirty secret not many people know about is that the federal government has a lot of quarantine exemptions. Believe high performance sport is one of them. Yeah, that is a definite possibility. The NHL is blazing a trail right now in terms of sports, but we don't know if that means a hypothetical unvaccinated soccer team would be allowed to skip quarantine or not. I'm just not counting chickens before they've hatched. I hope it doesn't take too long before the MLS teams and the Jays start playing games in their home stadiums in front of some number of fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Kent said: Yeah, that is a definite possibility. The NHL is blazing a trail right now in terms of sports, but we don't know if that means a hypothetical unvaccinated soccer team would be allowed to skip quarantine or not. I'm just not counting chickens before they've hatched. I hope it doesn't take too long before the MLS teams and the Jays start playing games in their home stadiums in front of some number of fans. And there you have it. Forge will be hosting their match. Ruffian, Bison44, Kent and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, narduch said: And there you have it. Forge will be hosting their match. The eggs hatched a lot faster than I would have imagined! Awesome news! narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Well so much for that, the game won't be played at home now: Concacaf announced Friday that both legs of Forge FC’s 2021 Scotiabank Concacaf League Preliminary Round matchup against Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos (C.D. FAS) will now take place at Estadio Cuscatlan in San Salvador, El Salvador on Thursday, August 12 at 8 p.m. EDT and Tuesday, August 17 at 10:15 p.m. EDT. narduch, longlugan, sstackho and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 This doesn't bode well for WCQ. Platt mentions Forge are hoping to host the next round at least if they advance. That starts September 21. sstackho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 There is so much inconstancy here, I know it was FIFA not CONCACAF but our national team was forced to play in a country experiencing political unrest days before the leader was assassinated and after a foreign team had been held up by machine gun toting bandits and we can't host a match at home, I suppose the federal government played a part in this as well! I am not happy at all, I was so looking forward to this international match and as previously mentioned this may not bode well for hosting WCQ! narduch and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 This is so frustrating. Sorry if this is too political but what difference are a team + staff of 30ish people going to do when arriving in a country of 37 million? Hockey players can cross the border because NHL. Basketball players can cross the border also. It's just unclean soccer players that can't? The other thing is, did something change or did Forge just announce they would play at home without actually confirming they were allowed? Someone looks bad either way. Ivan, gator, Bison44 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Kent said: This is so frustrating. Sorry if this is too political but what difference are a team + staff of 30ish people going to do when arriving in a country of 37 million? Hockey players can cross the border because NHL. Basketball players can cross the border also. It's just unclean soccer players that can't? The other thing is, did something change or did Forge just announce they would play at home without actually confirming they were allowed? Someone looks bad either way. The MLS teams have been cleared to cross the border, so its not just "unclean soccer players" now. I would guess that the countries involved is what's playing a factor here. Yes, I would guess that Forge just announced they were playing at home without confirming it. Much like how TFC and Montreal did the same thing and then got Exemption status just before the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Watchmen said: The MLS teams have been cleared to cross the border, so its not just "unclean soccer players" now. I would guess that the countries involved is what's playing a factor here. Yes, I would guess that Forge just announced they were playing at home without confirming it. Much like how TFC and Montreal did the same thing and then got Exemption status just before the games. Should be noted that unvaccinated MLS American team players will not be allowed to play in Canada. Plus MLS has only been approved for August only Edited July 24, 2021 by narduch nfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Watchmen said: Much like how TFC and Montreal did the same thing and then got Exemption status just before the games. As I understand it, that is not what happened. The border has been opened to all US Residents that HAVE been vaccinated. Toronto and Montreal just followed this rule. I am guessing when TFC declared their home games, that was just after they received MLS approval to play the matches with only vaccinated players from Orlando and NYRB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 5 hours ago, narduch said: Should be noted that MLS American team players will not be allowed to play in Canada. I'm not quite sure what this sentence means. There'd be no games if American players couldn't play in Canada. Now, there is a rule that all players crossing have to be double vaccinated and that's going to prevent some players from traveling. 5 hours ago, narduch said: Plus MLS has only been approved for August only Sure, but now that it's allowed and the parameters for it have been established I don't see it not happening moving forward. Self contained sports teams traveling by charter is not the same as a regular joe trying to cross the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Watchmen said: I'm not quite sure what this sentence means. There'd be no games if American players couldn't play in Canada. Now, there is a rule that all players crossing have to be double vaccinated and that's going to prevent some players from traveling. Sure, but now that it's allowed and the parameters for it have been established I don't see it not happening moving forward. Self contained sports teams traveling by charter is not the same as a regular joe trying to cross the border. Sorry. The word Unvaccinated was missing. This already happened on Wednesday as NYRB had to leave a player back for their match with TFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Metro said: As I understand it, that is not what happened. The border has been opened to all US Residents that HAVE been vaccinated. Toronto and Montreal just followed this rule. This has not happened yet, though plans for it are in place. TFC and Montreal basically just forced the governments hand on a temporary exemption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 The Preliminary Round starts tomorrow. Of course Forge don't play until next week due to not being allowed to play in Canada. Samaritane of Martinique has suffered a similar fate and will play both of their games against Universitario in Panama. One Soccer has the broadcast rights but only the Thursday matches show up on their schedule due to CPL match conflicts. This weeks games (all times ET) Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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