Aird25 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 11 hours ago, Kent said: Not sure there really is a favourite. Probably I would go with the Whitecaps just because their side of the draw seems a bit easier. In the East TFC and Montreal have to play each other, and whoever wins might have to play Forge next which always gives the MLS teams a tough game. Whitecaps are looking at York or Vancouver, then perhaps Cavalry which should be pretty tough too, but not as tough as Montreal or TFC, and York/Vancouver aren't as tough as Forge (as much as I hate to say it). You’re thinking Cavalry get past Pacific on the road? Whitecaps will have to get past Cavalry or Pacific, the last two teams to knock them out, but they’ll get them at home this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 16 hours ago, Aird25 said: Who are favourites this year? I think Toronto FC (with nods to Montreal and Forge) from the east winning over the Whitecaps (with a nod to Pacific) from the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Aird25 said: You’re thinking Cavalry get past Pacific on the road? Whitecaps will have to get past Cavalry or Pacific, the last two teams to knock them out, but they’ll get them at home this time Whitecaps did beat Cavalry on the road last year. Having said that, the early returns on the Whitecaps is they're struggling to finish. Play them tight and 1 goal could win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Aird25 said: You’re thinking Cavalry get past Pacific on the road? Whitecaps will have to get past Cavalry or Pacific, the last two teams to knock them out, but they’ll get them at home this time I don't really know, but I think that would be the Whitecaps worse case scenario. Pacific are a good team, but I still think Cavalry are a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Hopefully they do not schedule TFC-MTL and York-Whitecaps on the same night, would be fun to hit up both. I would think York would want to have their own night too. NVsoccer and CanadaFan123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Cblake said: Hopefully they do not schedule TFC-MTL and York-Whitecaps on the same night, would be fun to hit up both. I would think York would want to have their own night too. 3 QF matches are in the east, so hopefully it’s Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday scheduling for those and then the west game is whenever. RJB and Metro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 It's interesting how the semi-finals are lining up. Each semi final should end up being an MLS team v one of the stronger CPL teams. Whitecaps v Cavalry or Pacific. TFC or Montreal v Forge or Ottawa Kingston and CanadaFan123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: 3 QF matches are in the east, so hopefully it’s Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday scheduling for those and then the west game is whenever. I could see the Ottawa/Forge match being the same night as one of the other two eastern quarter-finals. All six teams playing in the east have league games on Saturday, May 13th. The Whitecaps are at Portland and Ottawa is at Vancouver FC. Thursday is not ideal at all for anyone of these teams, could see it being avoided all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, narduch said: It's interesting how the semi-finals are lining up. Each semi final should end up being an MLS team v one of the stronger CPL teams. Whitecaps v Cavalry or Pacific. TFC or Montreal v Forge or Ottawa I'm hoping for Pacific-Whitecaps for the local angle. Even the eastern quarters are pretty compelling games. As a TFC fan I'm getting kind of tired of always playing Montreal in this tournament instead of someone new but it's hard to argue with the rivalry. And on the topic of rivalries, I think Ottawa-Forge has a lot more going for it than the Forge-Calvary thing the league keeps trying to hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 34 minutes ago, Kingston said: I'm hoping for Pacific-Whitecaps for the local angle. Even the eastern quarters are pretty compelling games. As a TFC fan I'm getting kind of tired of always playing Montreal in this tournament instead of someone new but it's hard to argue with the rivalry. And on the topic of rivalries, I think Ottawa-Forge has a lot more going for it than the Forge-Calvary thing the league keeps trying to hype. I disagree that it is league hype. Those have legitimately been some of the spiciest and most intriguing games over the course of the CPL's existence. As a neutral, those are the games I want to make sure I watch. Admiral Murray, longlugan and red card 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, masster said: I disagree that it is league hype. Those have legitimately been some of the spiciest and most intriguing games over the course of the CPL's existence. As a neutral, those are the games I want to make sure I watch. Fair enough. They have happened to meet in some of the most important matches in the league's short history, so there is that. I just think Ottawa has a bigger potential for an actual rivalry even when the teams don't happen to meet up in matches that are important on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Quarter finals are set. They will be May 9-11. Aird25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 57 minutes ago, narduch said: Quarter finals are set. They will be May 9-11. Looking forward to seeing the schedule they set, hopefully the matches at TFC and York are not on the same night, would love to attend both ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Anyone seen any attendance numbers for the games at York, TSS, or Pacific? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Kingston said: Anyone seen any attendance numbers for the games at York, TSS, or Pacific? I think there were only about 2200 at the Pacific game, but I heard there were also ~1500 people with bought tickets that didn't show. The weather was atrocious. We were all freezing NVsoccer, narduch and Kingston 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Kingston said: Anyone seen any attendance numbers for the games at York, TSS, or Pacific? The bird guy will probably have an answer for you after he finishes analyzing the footage. narduch, NVsoccer and Admiral Murray 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Kingston said: Anyone seen any attendance numbers for the games at York, TSS, or Pacific? It was never published for York, It was 1000+, maybe a little more from what I saw. It was one ticket for both matches and the Ottawa and Halifax fans left before the York/Vancouver nightcap. The fan bus Atletico Ottawa had left at 7:30 Of the four teams, Ottawa had the most vocal/loudest supporters. Kingston 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Aird25 said: I think there were only about 2200 at the Pacific game, but I heard there were also ~1500 people with bought tickets that didn't show. The weather was atrocious. We were all freezing This is not a condemnation of Pacific or the fans at all, but it does highlight how tricky it is to get fans out midweek for the Voyageurs Cup. If you're here on the forum, you're already sold. But boy, it hasn't translated to the casuals like I'd hoped it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, Watchmen said: This is not a condemnation of Pacific or the fans at all, but it does highlight how tricky it is to get fans out midweek for the Voyageurs Cup. If you're here on the forum, you're already sold. But boy, it hasn't translated to the casuals like I'd hoped it would. I disagree to an extent. I see plenty of folks on here that don't support CPL and actively seem to campaign against it. I also think selling ~3500+ for a midweek, early round voyageurs cup match on a dismal night in Langford against a team they play again in a couple days, and in the midst of 3 home games in 8 days to start the season, is actually pretty good. I hope for far better, but I see improvement. From my perspective talking to folks in the stands, the attitude towards the team and the competition has shifted drastically since year 1 imo. More and more fans actually seem to understand what they're watching now, and know what a good outcome means for the team. JamboAl, Metro, red card and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) I always love when the fans make a pilgrimage behind the net for the pks. Listening to 17 yr shit heads chirping Carducci made me yearn for my childhood Edited April 21, 2023 by SpursFlu NVsoccer and Admiral Murray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, Aird25 said: I disagree to an extent. I see plenty of folks on here that don't support CPL and actively seem to campaign against it. I also think selling ~3500+ for a midweek Ah, I misread that as 2200 with 1500 not showing. Yeah, that's better then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) Schedule is confirmed. The Forge and TFC will have their matches at the same time. Edited April 21, 2023 by narduch Kent, gator and Goal_Kick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 3:11 PM, narduch said: Schedule is confirmed. The Forge and TFC will have their matches at the same time. As TFC season ticket holder, happy that the York Whitecaps match is the night after , will let me go to both. Figure it was better that York was not playing at the same time as TFC as it would have been for Forge. Also the Whitecaps having to travel from the west coast came into consideration. York tickets go on sale Wednesday by the way. https://www.ticketmaster.ca/york-united-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-toronto-ontario/event/10005E94941413BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cblake Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 With the Whitecaps in town does York see a boost in attendance, do they at least surpass 2,500? Would be nice if they did. I was at their VCup match in 2019 vs. Montreal when they drew 5,252, their biggest crowd ever in club history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Cblake said: With the Whitecaps in town does York see a boost in attendance, do they at least surpass 2,500? Would be nice if they did. I was at their VCup match in 2019 vs. Montreal when they drew 5,252, their biggest crowd ever in club history. I will be very disappointed if they don't get over 2,500 for that game. We shall see I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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