Ruud Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Biggest matches in Canada in 20 odd years and still no details. Time to worry just a bit. I mean the best time to sell tickets is right when the team is playing a big match! what’s more anyone else start to worry when we perform well in gold cup that somehow we underperform in Octo? Like back in 2000? That still hurts. NVsoccer, narduch and JamboAl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ruud said: Biggest matches in Canada in 20 odd years and still no details. Time to worry just a bit. I mean the best time to sell tickets is right when the team is playing a big match! what’s more anyone else start to worry when we perform well in gold cup that somehow we underperform in Octo? Like back in 2000? That still hurts. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and guess they are waiting for the Gold Cup to end. By the way Blue Jay's just announced they will start with 15,000 fans. JohnnyFranchise and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, Ruud said: Biggest matches in Canada in 20 odd years and still no details. Time to worry just a bit. I mean the best time to sell tickets is right when the team is playing a big match! what’s more anyone else start to worry when we perform well in gold cup that somehow we underperform in Octo? Like back in 2000? That still hurts. I would be shocked if the first two matches were not at BMO Field now that crowds are allowed in; of course pending approval from the federal government for the visiting sides to enter. narduch, johnyb, JohnnyFranchise and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 You have to assume that the CSA has already applied for/received an NIE for the first two games. Given all the variables at play, you'd expect the games to be at BMO Field. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFranchise Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Ruud said: Biggest matches in Canada in 20 odd years and still no details. Time to worry just a bit. I mean the best time to sell tickets is right when the team is playing a big match! what’s more anyone else start to worry when we perform well in gold cup that somehow we underperform in Octo? Like back in 2000? That still hurts. you're not wrong, but i feel like they'll have no problem selling out whatever reduced number of tickets they'll be allowed to sell. as i was typing that it occured to me that they might just be in talks with the prov gov't about numbers before determining pricing, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 49 minutes ago, JohnnyFranchise said: you're not wrong, but i feel like they'll have no problem selling out whatever reduced number of tickets they'll be allowed to sell. as i was typing that it occured to me that they might just be in talks with the prov gov't about numbers before determining pricing, etc. 15,000 at BMO JohnnyFranchise and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 This is a bad development N1ckbr0wn, Obinna, johnyb and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 2:13 PM, Ruud said: Biggest matches in Canada in 20 odd years and still no details. Time to worry just a bit. I mean the best time to sell tickets is right when the team is playing a big match! what’s more anyone else start to worry when we perform well in gold cup that somehow we underperform in Octo? Like back in 2000? That still hurts. I think it's too soon to say that we've performed well in this year's Gold Cup, if that makes you feel any better. A loss to Costa Rica and this tournament has been a minor failure, imo. Floortom, Cheeta, N1ckbr0wn and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, narduch said: This is a bad development Canada officially opens up to vaccinated travelers from the rest of the world on Tuesday September 7th. This is more worrying to me for our prospects of a Honduras home game than our El Salvador home match on September 8th. --- The CSA will clearly need an exemption for the Honduras match even if all the Honduran players are vaccinated. JohnnyFranchise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) I think the issue is the vaccination mandatory for travelers thing. Im pretty sure the games will be at BMO but im not sure how this will play out if people don't want to get vaccinated then maybe we have to play in the US? Seems to be a pretty cagey move if you're Honduras... just don't get vaccinated and screw us over Edited July 23, 2021 by SpursFlu johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: I think the issue is the vaccination mandatory for travelers thing. Im pretty sure the games will be at BMO but im not sure how this will play out if people don't want to get vaccinated then maybe we have to play in the US? Seems to be a pretty cagey move if you're Honduras... just don't get vaccinated and screw us over I said from the get go that having to play away home games was not out of the question. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) On 7/23/2021 at 10:05 AM, Obinna said: I said from the get go that having to play away home games was not out of the question. Hopefully sanity prevails but take away your toys is a smart strategy for compliance. Unfortunately you don't have control over Honduras and non compliance in this instance actually benefits them. Its not looking good Edited July 24, 2021 by SpursFlu Obinna, johnyb and Kent 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Let’s hope this isn’t true, let’s pray the gods favour us and allow us to finally play on home soil. If not, this could be the end to the our beginning. Obinna and gator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, narduch said: This is a bad development A very bad development, I think hosting any of our opponents is off now with this latest stance by the government, there is no difference between a club team or national team entering our country, a huge set back! Obinna, johnyb and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, jonovision said: I think it's too soon to say that we've performed well in this year's Gold Cup, if that makes you feel any better. A loss to Costa Rica and this tournament has been a minor failure, imo. So we're officially better than Costa Rica? I didn't get the memo. I know they're getting up there in age, but they're still a very talented group that are great at grinding out results when it counts. They also have tonnes of experience playing in major MAJOR tournaments together. I wouldn't underestimate their experience and synergy which are the two things we have very little of. We're getting better every game, however underestimating opponents would be foolish, just ask our neighbors to the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 It now looks like having 2 of the first 3 at home in the first window could be a major disadvantage if we can't host, just like Forge we can play in El Salvador and call it a home match I suppose!🤨 Obinna and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer21 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I still have no idea how they played the FIBA Olympic qualifiers in BC almost a month ago but we’re struggling to host games now. Give the players an exemption and be done with it. Kent, DavemTFC, Obinna and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, costarg said: So we're officially better than Costa Rica? I didn't get the memo. I know they're getting up there in age, but they're still a very talented group that are great at grinding out results when it counts. They also have tonnes of experience playing in major MAJOR tournaments together. I wouldn't underestimate their experience and synergy which are the two things we have very little of. We're getting better every game, however underestimating opponents would be foolish, just ask our neighbors to the south. Not what I said. Failing to at least make the semis would make me less than hopeful heading into WCQ. Obviously the quality of opponent and, should we lose, how competitive we are in the loss, should factor in. But in beating Martinique and Haiti and losing to USA and Costa Rica, we will have learned nothing positive about our team. Kent, johnyb, MtlMario and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, jonovision said: Not what I said. Failing to at least make the semis would make me less than hopeful heading into WCQ. Obviously the quality of opponent and, should we lose, how competitive we are in the loss, should factor in. But in beating Martinique and Haiti and losing to USA and Costa Rica, we will have learned nothing positive about our team. Agreed. It's logical to view semis as a success and quarters a failure, since we need to finish at least 4th out of 8 in the Ocho. I would give benefit of the doubt if our quarter final match was against Mexico, but that's it. Kent and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Some positive news at least Metro, dyslexic nam, johnyb and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, archer21 said: I still have no idea how they played the FIBA Olympic qualifiers in BC almost a month ago but we’re struggling to host games now. Give the players an exemption and be done with it. This is an important point, how do you allow home international matches in basketball but not soccer, maybe it is all just speculation and there won't be any issues in which case why was Forge denied the right to host an international match? Alex and JohnnyFranchise 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I have no idea why the Forge game is being played in El Salvador, but I dont see why MLS and MLB teams would be allowed to cross the border and not WCQ teams. NVsoccer, archer21, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, gator said: This is an important point, how do you allow home international matches in basketball but not soccer, maybe it is all just speculation and there won't be any issues in which case why was Forge denied the right to host an international match? My guess is that because it was linked to the Olympics helped in the lobbying/negotiating. JohnnyFranchise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFranchise Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, archer21 said: I still have no idea how they played the FIBA Olympic qualifiers in BC almost a month ago but we’re struggling to host games now. Give the players an exemption and be done with it. the more this gets mentioned the more i really want to find out how that got ok'd. of course, if we're playing honduras and el salvador at bmo in september it becomes a moot point, but if we have to play those games elsewhere the csa better jump all over it and raise hell to get answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 5 hours ago, narduch said: This is a bad development Just speculating here but does anyone actually know if Forge applied for the NIE? The issue may not necessarily be the actual application, but the setting up of a bubble that would be required. I could understand if that is not economically feasible for Forge but the CSA would be a different story. gator, JohnnyFranchise and BuzzAndSting 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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