narduch Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Beckie on the TSN broadcast team. rkomar, Canuckia and Kent 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkomar Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, narduch said: Beckie on the TSN broadcast team. I was hoping that she'd be on the panel again. This makes me happy. Canuckia and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 77th ranked Zambia just beat 2nd ranked Germany 3-2 in a friendly today. The Ref and Olympique_de_Marseille 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 15 hours ago, Trois Reds said: 77th ranked Zambia just beat 2nd ranked Germany 3-2 in a friendly today. Haiti lost 2-1 to South Korea. Haiti is still missing a 3rd choice GK as far as I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 15 hours ago, Trois Reds said: 77th ranked Zambia just beat 2nd ranked Germany 3-2 in a friendly today. https://apnews.com/article/germany-zambia-banda-popp-womens-world-cup-6670100e4a8d212a796bdad944d9c0bf Germany hit the post, hit the crossbar and had another shot blocked and deflected off the crossbar. Also, the Zambia coach is accused of some pretty rotten behaviour: https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/08/zambia-womens-football-team-sexual-misconduct-bruce-mwape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 21 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Also, the Zambia coach is accused of some pretty rotten behaviour: https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/08/zambia-womens-football-team-sexual-misconduct-bruce-mwape The fact something this this seems to be still so prevalent in women's football saddens and angers me at the same time. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 After weeks of being in camp, Selección Argentina was released today. 9 play in the professional domestic league Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino. 5 are in Brasileiro Women, 3 in Liga F and then 1 each in Chile/LigaMX/NWSL/Serie A/NCAA/Unattached. They appear to be one of the last countries to be arriving in New Zealand as they're scheduled to play Peru in Buenos Aires on 14 July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 Germany will be without Bayern's Carolin Simon due to a cruciate ligament rupture sustained against Zambia. Only 3 play outside of Frauen Bundesliga with 2 at Chelsea and 1 at Lyon. Wolfsburg with 10 and Frankfurt with 5 have the largest blocks in the squad, followed by Bayern with 4 and Hoffenheim with 1. Germany has no more friendlies scheduled but were involved in 2 surprising scorelines with a 2-1 win over Vietnam last Saturday and a 3-2 loss to Zambia this week. They'll leave for Australia on 11 July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 Philippines enter football's world stage for the first time. Led by former Matildas World Cup manager Alen Stanjcic, the squad reflects the country's diaspora. Canadian-born Jackie Sawicki plays midfield. 4 play in A-League, 3 each in Philippines/Australian lower leagues, 2 each in Damallsvenskan/Iceland/Norway/NCAA/US Youth and 1 each in Bundesliga/Brasileiro/Serbia. The team has been training in Sydney for a couple of weeks and will head to Auckland tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 No Desiree Scott hurts. Pomoxis, rkomar, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pomoxis Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 15 minutes ago, footballfreak said: No Desiree Scott hurts. Also, Jade Rose. And, obviously, Beckie. But all in all, it could have been worse as far as injuries. Several players are recently back from extended time off due to injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I think this squad can do the job. I like the back line and keeper unit. I like the big game experience with some new x-factors surprising on the attack. I'm predicting at least a semi-final berth...then hopefully, all the way to the top! cornerkick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 Atlas Lionessses shared their World Cup squad list as the deadline was yesterday. 9 players come from Botola, Morocco's top flight. 6 play in France with 2 in D1. 2 each in Belgium/Spain. 1 each in Switzerland/Saudi Arabia/Serie A/WSL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) Unofficially, the last nation to disclose their squad is Haiti as it was first disclosed via FIFA as the deadline passed. 14 play in France with 4 in D1. 7 play in the USA with 4 in NCAA. 1 plays with Zenit in Russia and 1 plays in Haiti. The potential of having a Canadian-based player in the World Cup is dashed as the Ottawa Gee-Gees player who was on the inter-continental playoffs squad didn't make the cut. Edited July 11, 2023 by red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkomar Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Haiti seems to really be struggling to recover after the disasters it faced a few years ago. Crime and anarchy are rampant. It would be good for this team to do well and give Haitians something to be proud of in these times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, red card said: The potential of having a Canadian-based player in the World Cup is dashed as the Ottawa Gee-Gees player who was on the inter-continental playoffs squad didn't make the cut. The Haitian media was reporting that she was cut due to cut due to documentation issues. Did she have trouble getting a Haitian Passport? Not sure. They were training for the longest time with only 2 keepers because she wasn't in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 All Roads Lead Down Under. Six 46-50 mins episodes looking at teams qualifying. Only on FIFA+. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoVOZrgapEI https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/242e3674-8ba3-4ffd-80fb-b1e7d9de516b?gl=us narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 As done with the men, there will be billboards for the women. Nice to do but it's one of the examples of overspending under Bontis & previous marketing head. $8 million on marketing/communications last year was the largest ever. Next highest was $4 million in 2021. Canuckia and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) TSN announced their World Cup broadcast team. Down under will be Lindsay Hamilton as host, Rustad & Moscato as analysts, Wileman for PxP (likely just for Canada) and Claire Hanna as reporter. In Toronto or remote, we'll see Laura Diakun & Raegan Subban as hosts, Walsh & McLeod as anaysts, Marissa Roberto as social media reporter and Beckie as special contributor. Solid group and slightly more diverse voices than 2019. But Subban will need to improve from her u17 World Cup hosting performance of last year. And continued skimpy representation of football from the other 31 nations. Nightly preview shows next Monday to Wednesday. CTV will show only 8 matches. Main sponsors are BMO, Visa. adidas, FritoLay & CIBC. Only Visa/CIBC are Canada Soccer sponsors. Visa is also only one of two FIFA Women's Football Partners (other is Kiwi tech firm Xero). BMO is the official partner of WWC 23 for North America. https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/tsn-and-ctv-deliver-fifa-womens-world-cup-australia-and-new-zealand-2023-featuring-live-coverage-of-every-match-kicking-off-july-20/ Other Canada Soccer sponsors may have bought lower tier ad packages. Adidas, Coca-Cola, the Wanda Group and Hyundai/Kia are FIFA's tier 1 partners. New BMO ad: Visa ad: Edited July 12, 2023 by red card Canuckia and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) With the full squads lists released by FIFA https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf we can see Haiti has the youngest squad at 22+., folllowed by Zambia at 24+. Of the top teams, Japan is the youngest at 25+. Korea Republic is the oldest at 29+ but they also have the youngest player at 16. Of the top teams, Sweden is the oldest at 28+. Canada is 27 yrs, 4 months, 30 days which is younger than Ireland (28+) and Australia (27 yrs, 11 months) and older than Nigeria (26+). Nigeria's Onome Ebi is the oldest player at 40, just a bit older than Sinclair. Canada has the lowest amount of WC newbies at 6. Australia & Sweden are next at 7. There is about 1% of the clubs of the players on the list that don't reflect recent signings, transfers and becoming unattached. For instance, Lawrence is still listed under PSG. Adjusting for Canadian player moves & some other notable moves, here are the top 10 league & country breakdowns. England 110 (15%) USA 87 Spain 74 France 58 Italy 40 Germany 32 Portugal 23 China 23 Sweden 22 Vietnam 22 Totals include all league levels. USA also includes NCAA. Players come from leagues in 44 countries. Chelsea 18 Barca 17 (18 if Barca B included) Arsenal 16 Real Madrid 15 Man City 14 Juve 13 Roma 12 Benfica 12 Wolfsburg/PSG 11 each Players come from 262 clubs. Top 15 clubs account for 25% of the players. Top AFC club is Wuhan Jianghan University with 9. Top Concacaf team is Saprissa with 8. Top CAF team is AS FAR (Morocco) with 7. Top Conmebol team is America de Cali with 6. Top Oceania club is Christchurch United with 1. Edited July 12, 2023 by red card Unnamed Trialist, kacbru and rkomar 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 4 hours ago, red card said: With the full squads lists released by FIFA https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf we can see Haiti has the youngest squad at 22+., folllowed by Zambia at 24+. Of the top teams, Japan is the youngest at 25+. Korea Republic is the oldest at 29+ but they also have the youngest player at 16. Of the top teams, Sweden is the oldest at 28+. Canada is 27 yrs, 4 months, 30 days which is younger than Ireland (28+) and Australia (27 yrs, 11 months) and older than Nigeria (26+). Nigeria's Onome Ebi is the oldest player at 40, just a bit older than Sinclair. Canada has the lowest amount of WC newbies at 6. Australia & Sweden are next at 7. There is about 1% of the clubs of the players on the list that don't reflect recent signings, transfers and becoming unattached. For instance, Lawrence is still listed under PSG. Adjusting for Canadian player moves & some other notable moves, here are the top 10 league & country breakdowns. England 110 (15%) USA 87 Spain 74 France 58 Italy 40 Germany 32 Portugal 23 China 23 Sweden 22 Vietnam 22 Totals include all league levels. USA also includes NCAA. Players come from leagues in 44 countries. Chelsea 18 Barca 17 (18 if Barca B included) Arsenal 16 Real Madrid 15 Man City 14 Juve 13 Roma 12 Benfica 12 Wolfsburg/PSG 11 each Players come from 262 clubs. Top 15 clubs account for 25% of the players. Top AFC club is Wuhan Jianghan University with 9. Top Concacaf team is Saprissa with 8. Top CAF team is AS FAR (Morocco) with 7. Top Conmebol team is America de Cali with 6. Top Oceania club is Christchurch United with 1. Great breakdown, thanks so much. Since the player boycott of the Spain coach is partially intact, there are a few Barça players more who would likely have been called, especially defender Mapi Leon, Sandra Paños and Patri Guijarro who was MVP of the Champions League final. Fair enough, we brought in Bronze and Walsh this year. BTW, typical me--- if you are going to abbreviate the club name, it has to be with a "ç", if you write a "c" you say "Barka". It'd even be more accurate to write "Barsa". As it's short for the city name, the "ce" in the name is always sounded "se". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Great breakdown, thanks so much. Since the player boycott of the Spain coach is partially intact, there are a few Barça players more who would likely have been called, especially defender Mapi Leon, Sandra Paños and Patri Guijarro who was MVP of the Champions League final. Fair enough, we brought in Bronze and Walsh this year. BTW, typical me--- if you are going to abbreviate the club name, it has to be with a "ç", if you write a "c" you say "Barka". It'd even be more accurate to write "Barsa". As it's short for the city name, the "ce" in the name is always sounded "se". Isn't it, as the wankers like to say, "Bar-tha"? 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 hours ago, SthMelbRed said: Isn't it, as the wankers like to say, "Bar-tha"? 😄 SthMelbRed and maplebanana 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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