September and October 2023 friendly matches (plans, speculation, rumours etc.)

[Ottawafan]

Sign me up for a Wales game.  Their fans in Qatar were by far and away the second best group of travelling fans!

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

20 hours ago, Obinna said:

First part of Sept Window:

• • Wales are a yes for me, 

10 hours ago, BearcatSA said:

I have zero interest in the likes of Wales...

2 hours ago, Ottawafan said:

Sign me up for a Wales game

I like hearing different opinions.

[narduch]

I don't think Wales is the type of opponents Herdman is thinking of.

[CanadaFan123]

Any team that is able to qualify for the World Cup out of UEFA is a good enough opponent. Let’s not be silly here. 

[Obinna]

28 minutes ago, narduch said:

I don't think Wales is the type of opponents Herdman is thinking of.

I agree but there's what you want and there's what you get. We wanted Argentina and got Uruguay. Maybe we want France but will get Wales.

From that perspective I think Wales are an acceptable opponent. They too just played in the World Cup and they (probably) have more tier 1 players than we do and have a higher FIFA ranking.

I'll add this - if Wales are the warm up match of the window, then great! If they are the headliner, then it's a fail on the program for not getting better opponents. 

[narduch]

29 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said:

Any team that is able to qualify for the World Cup out of UEFA is a good enough opponent. Let’s not be silly here. 

Herdman said he wants to play tier 1 matches.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

1 hour ago, narduch said:

Herdman said he wants to play tier 1 matches.

But as @Obinna said, he might have to settle for Tier 1.5 or Tier 2.

This is especially true if we play another higher ranked team during the same window.

[BearcatSA]

1 hour ago, narduch said:

I don't think Wales is the type of opponents Herdman is thinking of.

You get who's available.  Wales has been able to start off Euro qualifying in strong fashion, notably with that end of match tying goal away to Croatia and if they want to host us in Cardiff, we'll be taking it.

[Unnamed Trialist]

5 hours ago, narduch said:

I don't think Wales is the type of opponents Herdman is thinking of.

Agreed. If we play two games, fine. But we have to keep hammering at those top 20 teams that present difficulties, we learned a lot from Uruguay, Croatia. May be bad for our rankings but have to get to where we can drive those top 20s nuts, and Wales doesn't do that. Or Austria. In principle Norway doesn't either but just to face Haaland it'd be worth it.

But as I say, if it's just one of a two game window, fine. 

[Watchmen]

7 hours ago, narduch said:

Herdman said he wants to play tier 1 matches.

 

1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Agreed. If we play two games, fine. But we have to keep hammering at those top 20 teams that present difficulties, we learned a lot from Uruguay, Croatia. May be bad for our rankings but have to get to where we can drive those top 20s nuts, and Wales doesn't do that. Or Austria. In principle Norway doesn't either but just to face Haaland it'd be worth it.

But as I say, if it's just one of a two game window, fine. 

But let's face it, the CSA isn't paying for us to play a Tier 1 nation. So is there a Tier 1 nation that wants to pay play us? We don't know.  Which is why I won't be upset if we're playing tier 1.5 or 2 nations (in my mind, regular major tournament participants but not title contenders) is still acceptable. It's also why qualifying for the Copa America is so critical, to play higher opposition we don't normally have access to.

[Ottawafan]

7 hours ago, narduch said:

I don't think Wales is the type of opponents Herdman is thinking of.

Zero chance Canada is not willing to play a European World Cup squad. 

[Alex]

Canmntonly on Twitter:

”hearing rumblings that Canada is trying to book a friendly with Germany in September.”

[gigi riva]

4 hours ago, Alex said:

Canmntonly on Twitter:

”hearing rumblings that Canada is trying to book a friendly with Germany in September.”

If this is true that will be awesome .

[gigi riva]

 In this window I can see Canada playing  there matches  on  foriegn soil 

[CanadianSoccerFan]

 

[RS]

1 hour ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

 

[CanadianSoccerFan]

 

 

 

[lamptern]

Thank you. 
But sorry, it’s still April 1st on my calendar.

[CanadianSoccerFan]

20 minutes ago, lamptern said:

Thank you. 
But sorry, it’s still April 1st on my calendar.

Yup, it's my account 😉

[ahmedou]

10 hours ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

 

Friendly: Canada vs New France

[Ally McCoist]

Can somebody explain to me why the women's team always seem to be setting up camps in Europe and play top teams while the men's team get a Europe camp once every 5 years? Talk about equality...

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

On 3/30/2023 at 3:59 PM, Watchmen said:

Or, come up with the money and see about hosting a few CAF teams in Canada in October.

Sadly, I feel like this is even less likely now, given that we will have a home game in June.

Edited April 10, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Updates:
Austria will likely host Moldova in Linz in September.
https://www.vienna.at/ofb-plant-testspiel-gegen-deutschland-in-wien/7986403
Both are now in red.

Scotland are likely to play France (in France) in October.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11958513/Scotland-set-travel-France-friendly-October-four-days-Spain-Euro-qualifier.html
Both are now in red.

Germany will host an unnamed opponent in Wolfsburg in September(First Part). Hopefully that is us.
Germany will host France in Dortmund in September(Second Part).
The Germans will indeed travel to the USA to play the US and Mexico somewhere on the East Coast of the USA in October.

On 3/31/2023 at 9:22 PM, Alex said:

Canmntonly on Twitter:

”hearing rumblings that Canada is trying to book a friendly with Germany in September.”

Germany vs Canada @ Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg around September 8th is probably the best we can hope for now.
EDIT: Wales, apparently want to host a match (opponent TBD) and Germany already played Costa Rica and Japan at the World Cup, so a non-Japan Asian Team would be our biggest competition to get that friendly.
https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/sport/fussball/flick-bestaetigt-plaene-fuer-oesterreich-test-und-usa-reise_aid-87440255

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The list of teams that are free in September/October by ranking, that are ranked above us:

11. Morocco (we played them at the World Cup)
13. USA (CONCACAF - we won't play them)
14. Germany
15. Mexico (CONCACAF - we won't play them)
18. Senegal
20. Japan (we played them in November - unlikely to play them again)
24. Iran (we won't play them for geopolitical reasons and the fact that we cancelled on them)
26. Wales
27. South Korea
28. Tunisia
29. Australia
34. Algeria
35. Egypt
39. Costa Rica (CONCACAF - we won't play them)
40. Nigeria
42. Cameroon
43. Turkey
45. Côte d'Ivoire
47. Canada

 

Once again, if anybody reads any news about any of these teams, I will put them in red and we'll keep trimming the list down.

Edited April 16, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Stoppage Time]

Wales and Germany would be ideal if we can arrange it, and a pre-match camp in Europe would be practical. Otherwise, the opponent would have to be willing to play in Europe which is not a problem if lots of their players are playing club soccer there. I cannot see us travelling too far.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

11 minutes ago, Stoppage Time said:

Wales and Germany would be ideal

No. It would be Wales OR Germany.

September(FirstPart) we are perhaps hosted by Germany or Wales.

September(SecondPart), we could perhaps be hosted by Turkey or play an Asian Team on neutral ground.