WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Found this guy looking at the UEFA draws yesterday. His new team Larne FC in Northern Ireland drew a Welsh team in the Conference League first qualifying round. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/news/0269-125a0ece5cf9-5867a3c2252d-1000--first-qualifying-round-draw/?iv=true Intro from the club earlier this month, talking about his journey. Looks like he played in League 1 Ontario and tends to retweet Johnston's stuff. Anyone know him better? johnyb, Corazon, NVsoccer and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Doesn't sound like a fan of CPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Again not every Canadian player will or should play in the CPL. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 This is not a pro football environment. In the last 10 years, my club has had 2-3 guys come to us who played for Larne in NI before coming to Australia for a couple of years on working holiday visas. They were decent players for us, but not standouts. We play in the 6th tier of the Australian pyramid. Our senior team would be a decent side in the VMSL. NVsoccer, narduch and The Real Marc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, SthMelbRed said: This is not a pro football environment. In the last 10 years, my club has had 2-3 guys come to us who played for Larne in NI before coming to Australia for a couple of years on working holiday visas. They were decent players for us, but not standouts. We play in the 6th tier of the Australian pyramid. Our senior team would be a decent side in the VMSL. As in the VMSL premier division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Obinna said: As in the VMSL premier division? Yes. Maybe better than decent. We could compete at the top of that league consistently. Edited June 17, 2021 by SthMelbRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 hour ago, SthMelbRed said: Yes. Maybe better than decent. We could compete at the top of that league consistently. Pretty solid level then. National challenge cup medalists come out of that division quite regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Marc Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Seems a bit to be going abroad to play at that level? Nice adventure though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, The Real Marc said: Seems a bit to be going abroad to play at that level? Nice adventure though The guys that we get from overseas to play at our level are usually on Working Holiday visas or are very recent migrants for work. Nobody moves to Australia just to play football an amateur level, even if they're getting a few bucks per match under the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Marc Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Oh yeah I was talking about Argyrides. I once read an article about those UK non-leaguers heading your way. Was surprised there was enough money in semi-pro Australian football to entice them over. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47334814 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Shway said: Again not every Canadian player will or should play in the CPL. I agree but he made it sound like it didn't even exist. Edited June 18, 2021 by MtlMario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, MtlMario said: I agree but he made it sound like it didn't even exist. Did you pick up on that from the full interview? I just watched the short version and he said there is a gap between pro and amateur in Canada, and the gap is smaller in Northern Ireland. He didn't elaborate on that at all. Besides, he had really already answered the question and was asked again. I think he wanted to say something new instead of repeating the thing about University soccer being shut down. MtlMario and deschamp86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 He's definitely picking up an Ulster accent. Think what he says is fair comment. Dundela and Larne would be between L1O or OSL on the one hand and CanPL on the other in terms of being a form of elite semi-pro that we don't have so he's not wrong about there being more rungs in the ladder. Having been there it's safe to say Larne wouldn't feature prominently on a list of the UK's most desireable residential locations so it shows he's commited to trying to carve out a career as a goalkeeper. Hope it works out for him. Trois Reds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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