GC: Canada vs Mexico - Thursday, July 29th, 10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific - Houston TX

[Hawkguy]

4 minutes ago, DeRo_Is_King said:

If people can honestly say Henry is a top CB for us after that bonehead challenge, we are in serious trouble. I have no idea what Herdman is thinking by leaving Vitoria out for Henry tonight, but this is our only weak spot. I said it before the game and now we're behind. Vitoria has been terrific and you start... Henry? In the biggest game of the tourney thus far? Mind-boggling. 

Wheeler... stop posting here during Half Time

[toontownman]

1 minute ago, TOcanadafan said:

We had our chances that half… but Osorio and Tesho’s offensive brains don’t work fast enough.

Hoilett impressed me so much that half getting involved in our buildups.  

Unfortunately Tesho is what he is. He has worked very hard but doesn't quite have the quality at this level against this opposition. Hope he proves me wrong next half!

[jonovision]

I hesitate to say this because the three midfielders playing today are better players than him, but Canada might have been better off in that first half with Piette playing in front of the back line.

[trc2014]

2 minutes ago, DontPanic said:

Isn’t there any other cpl coach available for those fireside chat commercials? 

CPL?  Isn’t that the coach of Man U?

Edited July 30, 2021 by trc2014

[ag futbol]

Just now, toontownman said:

Only one incident the officials are interested in judging out of the two. 

In fairness as far as concacaf goes the officiating has been OK tonight.

Should have been cards for the Alvarez hit and subsequent melee. Osorio looked like he slapped a player in the face, someone had Henry by the neck. Madness.

There’s been a bunch of stuff. Laryea knocked their player over at one point and took several liberties while he was on the way down.

i don’t know whether the cards would improve the game or just compound the handbag stuff.

For CONCACAF I will more than take this as the officiating.

[Floortom]

Our midfield is getting dominated and we’re being confined to the flanks..need to really fix that 

[JohnnyFranchise]

4 minutes ago, AvroArrow said:

On a positive note, we did create two legitimate goal scoring attempts.  We just need to capitalize on 1.

I would even say 3 or 4 chances. Great half, but going into the half with a sour taste after the penal.

[archer21]

2 minutes ago, toontownman said:

Only one incident the officials are interested in judging out of the two. 

In fairness as far as concacaf goes the officiating has been OK tonight.

Should have been cards for the Alvarez hit and subsequent melee. Osorio looked like he slapped a player in the face, someone had *Kaye by the neck. Madness.

You could see on the feed that the ref was watching that they looked at the incident as well. I suppose they deemed it wasn’t enough for a red, but that’s an odd rule that even though both incidents were reviewed, yellow cards can only be issued for one of them.

[Unnamed Trialist]

They are also defending well, they have our postion on the field sussed out and have everyone properly covered. Good coaching from Mexico. Then, at the back we were not really threatened, and had a few going forwards. As you'd expect with 35% possession.

I thought that Akindele simply was out of his league, he has problems holding up, making a simple pass. Except on that assist to Eustaquio. I think if you are in a camp from day one, you should not be on the bench for a guy like Tesho who is not part of the core squad and comes in late. It is simply not fair, it is playing seniority over objective quality. You wanted Theo in the mix, you've given him a few minutes. So play the kid, that is the right thing to do.

Apart from that we were fine, we did as expected. Oso and MAK a bit anonymous for too much of that half, Eustaquio well covered. Tajon well marked. Hoillet with a bit more freedom. We even were tactically smart staying down for injuries and breaking up the flow of the rival. 

Edited July 30, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist

[CanadaFan123]

Eustaquio made a mistake there before Henry.. lost possession easily in midfield and left us exposed. I expect a better 2nd half from him, we need it.

here we go!! 

[SirBobsaget]

Proud of the guys so far in this game, the one takeaway is that we can't trust Doneil he keeps getting chances but keeps making the same mistakes he made as an 18 year old. Can't be trusted a good team will just bait him into a stupid challenge.

[Corazon]

Just now, jonovision said:

I hesitate to say this because the three midfielders playing today are better players than him, but Canada might have been better off in that first half with Piette playing in front of the back line.

That's a very good question.  Again Doneil needs to stay on his feet but man we are exposed right in front of our back line that half.

[Floortom]

Tesho is a part time MLS starter and you guys are expecting him to be able to hang with Mexico?? Lol 

he’s doing the best he can but he is what he is

[Free kick]

14 minutes ago, DeRo_Is_King said:

If people can honestly say Henry is a top CB for us after that bonehead challenge, we are in serious trouble. I have no idea what Herdman is thinking by leaving Vitoria out for Henry tonight, but this is our only weak spot. I said it before the game and now we're behind. Vitoria has been terrific and you start... Henry? In the biggest game of the tourney thus far? Mind-boggling. 

Oh pls.  There is no CdN CB that is head and shoulders above anyone else.  Period.  
Vittoria is not the second coming of Paolo Maldini.   Far far far from it.  

Edited July 30, 2021 by Free kick

[dyslexic nam]

4 minutes ago, costarg said:

 either Herdman comes up with the biggest ever motivational talk at halftime and we even it up, or Henry completely shits himself with a second yellow and Mexico just kills the game faking injuries for whatever is left.

Yeah, tough call.  

[cronaldo7]

I know we’re all fired up. I know I am.

We fought hard that half. We just about made it to half 0-0 and there are no words that haven’t already been said about Henry’s challenge. I’m very disappointed but not surprised, of course.
 

Lets hope the boys have a hell of a half and keep making this a game. We’re in a Gold Cup semis vs the regions giants (while missing many many key pieces) and completely in this (even if it’s unlikely we get anything from this result, let’s hope they do themselves proud).
 

[Hawkguy]

Theo needs to be on by 60 if we create nothing. 

Tajon and Theo are the best chance to score. 

[JohnnyFranchise]

1 minute ago, jonovision said:

I hesitate to say this because the three midfielders playing today are better players than him, but Canada might have been better off in that first half with Piette playing in front of the back line.

You're not wrong, from a standpoint of the role he plays right on front of the d-line.

[TOcanadafan]

Just now, Floortom said:

Tesho is a part time MLS starter and you guys are expecting him to be able to hang with Mexico?? Lol 

he’s doing the best he can but he is what he is

That’s why Theo should be playing.

[DeRo_Is_King]

I did not know that Vitoria is suspended. I do recall that he received a yellow earlier in the tourney, but I was not aware of the suspension. Regardless, Henry is not the answer at CB. 

Edited July 30, 2021 by DeRo_Is_King

[Macksam]

FFS...quicker Junior!

[Corazon]

1 minute ago, DeRo_Is_King said:

I did not know that Vitoria is suspended. I do recall that he received a yellow earlier in the tourney, but I was not of the suspension. Regardless, Henry is not the answer at CB. 

Also not on Henry that our only other option at this Gold Cup was Sturing and he was never going to get the start tonight.

[El Hombre]

It would be great if we scored a couple and won this game.

Just going to put that out there.

[narduch]

Starting the half good

[Miche]

Took a while to get over the disappointment of the penalty, but excited to see how this group deal with chasing it. Invaluable experience for this group minus its stars.