Canada Pre-World Cup "friendlies" thread: news, gossip and speculation.

[Stoppage Time]

Logical Roster for match against Bahrain: 25 guys. I left out Henry. I am sure that you folks will have opinions about this group. Who have I missed? Who should not be included? Also, not all of these players will necessarily be healthy.

The CPL guys are partly warranted and partly a public relations move to create CPL excitement. Do any of these guys belong in this practice squad?

Keepers (3) Crepeau, St Clair, plus one of Pantemis, Breza or Hasal

Defenders (8)  Cornelius, Miller, Waterman, Johnston, Laryea, Edwards, Brault-Guillard, Marshal-Rutty

Midfield (6)  Kaye, Kone, Osorio, Piette, M. Choiniere, Nelson

Forwards (8) Akinola, Tabla, Cavallini, O. de Rosario, Rea, Pacius, Shaffelburg, Russel-Rowe.

[Floortom]

1 hour ago, Stoppage Time said:

Logical Roster for match against Bahrain: 25 guys. I left out Henry. I am sure that you folks will have opinions about this group. Who have I missed? Who should not be included? Also, not all of these players will necessarily be healthy.

The CPL guys are partly warranted and partly a public relations move to create CPL excitement. Do any of these guys belong in this practice squad?

Keepers (3) Crepeau, St Clair, plus one of Pantemis, Breza or Hasal

Defenders (8)  Cornelius, Miller, Waterman, Johnston, Laryea, Edwards, Brault-Guillard, Marshal-Rutty

Midfield (6)  Kaye, Kone, Osorio, Piette, M. Choiniere, Nelson

Forwards (8) Akinola, Tabla, Cavallini, O. de Rosario, Rea, Pacius, Shaffelburg, Russel-Rowe.

Why would Cornelius be there and not with his club ?

[gkhs]

1 hour ago, Stoppage Time said:

Keepers (3) Crepeau, St Clair, plus one of Pantemis, Breza or Hasal

Defenders (8)  Cornelius, Miller, Waterman, Johnston, Laryea, Edwards, Brault-Guillard, Marshal-Rutty

Midfield (6)  Kaye, Kone, Osorio, Piette, M. Choiniere, Nelson

Forwards (8) Akinola, Tabla, Cavallini, O. de Rosario, Rea, Pacius, Shaffelburg, Russel-Rowe.

17 North America based players (inc. 3 keepers) have been called up since the last Gold Cup, FWIW:

Alistair Johnston    9/18/2022
Dayne St. Clair    9/18/2022
Ismaël Koné    9/18/2022
Joel Waterman    9/18/2022
Kamal Miller    9/18/2022
Lucas Cavallini    9/18/2022
Mark-Anthony Kaye    9/18/2022
Maxime Crépeau    9/18/2022
Richie Laryea    9/18/2022
Samuel Piette    9/18/2022
Doneil Henry    6/6/2022
Raheem Edwards    6/6/2022
Cristián Gutiérrez    3/20/2022
Jonathan Osorio    3/20/2022
Zachary Brault-Guillard    1/22/2022
James Pantemis    11/7/2021
Jacob Shaffelburg    10/4/2021

Was there some speculation that a few players (Hutch, Wotherspoon) may be granted a special release?

I think as they flesh out the list above it would be with players needed to fill out training rosters - like a central defender or two and, at the very least, one striker (ideally 2 or 3).

So, the above is 19, plus one (or both) of Didic/MacNaughton; Ayo and Tesho (or a better alternative 🤞); plus Choiniere, my personal favourite not listed already. That's a pretty complete roster.

Layer in a few youngsters.

 

Edited October 28, 2022 by gkhs

[Stoppage Time]

1 hour ago, Floortom said:

Why would Cornelius be there and not with his club ?

No reason at all unless he was allowed a special release. He would be, in an ideal world, a logical addition.

[Soro17]

Perfect time for a Teibert testimonial. 😐

[Shway]

1 hour ago, Soro17 said:

Perfect time for a Tosiant testimonial. 😐

Correction. 

[red card]

Pantemis & ZBG are off to Bahrain but not Choniere.

 

[VinceA]

6 minutes ago, red card said:

Pantemis & ZBG are off to Bahrain but not Choniere.

 

Shame for Choiniere he absolutely deserves time in camp.

[Soro17]

14 hours ago, Shway said:

Correction. 

Perfect. Let’s do them both at the same time! 

[red card]

Canada's training centre in Doha. 

 

[A_Gagne]

2 hours ago, VinceA said:

Shame for Choiniere he absolutely deserves time in camp.

Especially with midfield being a spot of relatively weak depth for us at the moment.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

On 10/21/2022 at 10:53 PM, patstew19 said:

Does anyone know when tickets will come on sale for Bahrain game? 

It looks like tickets for the Bahrain game go on sale October 30th which is tomorrow:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOTV4fsFgx/

Can anybody translate the Arabic writing in the photo?

 

On 10/22/2022 at 8:50 PM, JamboAl said:

My understanding is that the Japan game is being run by their FA so they will be managing the ticketing.

I believe they announced that ticket details for that match would be released at a later date but I'm not sure if they are out yet.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

19 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

It looks like tickets for the Bahrain game go on sale October 30th which is tomorrow:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOTV4fsFgx/

Can anybody translate the Arabic writing in the photo?

https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-to-face-bahrain-as-part-of-preparations-ahead-of-the-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022/

"away match in Bahrain will be played at the Al-Khalifa Stadium (18.30 local / 09.30 ET / 06.30 PT) "

If the match is at 6:30pm in Bahrain. They are 7 hours ahead of Eastern time. After daylight savings ends they will be 8 hours ahead correct?

Isn't that 10:30am Eastern and not 9:30am ? or am I failing at basic arithmetic?

[Ivan]

4 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-to-face-bahrain-as-part-of-preparations-ahead-of-the-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022/

"away match in Bahrain will be played at the Al-Khalifa Stadium (18.30 local / 09.30 ET / 06.30 PT) "

If the match is at 6:30pm in Bahrain. They are 7 hours ahead of Eastern time. After daylight savings ends they will be 8 hours ahead correct?

Isn't that 10:30am Eastern and not 9:30am ? or am I failing at basic arithmetic?

Maybe Canada Soccer forgot about the end of DST??

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

4 minutes ago, Ivan said:

Maybe Canada Soccer forgot about the end of DST??

No, they posted a 9 hour difference, not a 7 hour difference.  The end of Daylight Savings gives you an 8 hour difference. 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

No, they posted a 9 hour difference, not a 7 hour difference.  The end of Daylight Savings gives you an 8 hour difference. 

CanadaSoccer has since edited the page to remove the times in EST / Pacific.

Looks like they made a typo.

[narduch]

13 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

CanadaSoccer has since edited the page to remove the times in EST / Pacific.

Looks like they made a typo.

Earl Cochrane strikes again

[scullion44]

Lukaku injured and potentially out for the world cup

[king1010]

2 hours ago, scullion44 said:

Lukaku injured and potentially out for the world cup

may be fit

[Floortom]

13 minutes ago, king1010 said:

may be fit

He just came back from another injury that kept him out 8 weeks...even if it isnt the same hamstring injury i would be pretty skeptical on how available he will be in the first match against us. 

[patstew19]

On 10/29/2022 at 4:42 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

It looks like tickets for the Bahrain game go on sale October 30th which is tomorrow:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOTV4fsFgx/

Can anybody translate the Arabic writing in the photo?

Ok I’ll keep an eye out, nothing came up through google search, nor either federation websites 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

3 hours ago, patstew19 said:

Ok I’ll keep an eye out, nothing came up through google search, nor either federation websites 

On Google I found that they were selling tickets in person at the office of the Bahrain FA.

[patstew19]

10 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

On Google I found that they were selling tickets in person at the office of the Bahrain FA.

Ya I emailed Bahrain FA, they told me same thing. Just need to figure out Canada v japan and I’m all good. Also, if anyone else is gunna be in UAE, on Nov 16, UAE plays Argentina in Abu Dhabi

[Stryker911]

Japan announced their squad today. Likely the same team to face us.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_national_football_team

[VinceA]

22 minutes ago, Stryker911 said:

Japan announced their squad today. Likely the same team to face us.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_national_football_team

Keeping Kyogo off the team despite his form for Celtic because he "doesn't fit the system" is big Berhalter vibes.