MM3/MM2/MM Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 12 hours ago, narduch said: De Brienne? Just announced live , a good 2 minute interview with De Brienne, good coup for ATO, both the player and the publicity. narduch, Ivan, JamboAl and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat2 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Like see Ottawa bring some strong Spainish AO internationals to cpl. Use all the 7 international spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 hours ago, yothat2 said: Like see Ottawa bring some strong Spainish AO internationals to cpl. Use all the 7 international spots Can’t bring 7 strong ones, they always reserve a spot for a below par striker from the Spanish third tier, or a player from Mexico trying to get a contract in the third tier NVsoccer, Stoppage Time, yothat2 and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Olympique_de_Marseille and aredding77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 18 hours ago, K Edgar said: Very happy to see him back again for another year. gwsmith63 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) On 12/23/2023 at 11:04 PM, jordan said: Can’t bring 7 strong ones, they always reserve a spot for a below par striker from the Spanish third tier, or a player from Mexico trying to get a contract in the third tier It's true that none of the Spanish imports for Atlético O have made a huge difference or were seen to be clearly superior. Many had problems to adapt, perhaps not reaching their potential. Maybe CPL is not as low a level as some back in Madrid might think. Maybe they should treat it as a more serious loan option for better quality guys. IMO the best Spaniards to play in CPL were Ramón Soria at Edmonton, José Galán at Valour and then Victor Blasco at Pacific, none related to the AtO connections. Only Viti Martínez was even close. Oddly, none of them are playing at a higher level than CPL now (Viti plays for an Andorran Club, Galán in Gibraltar, Blasco in Cambodia and Soria head player development at third-tier Castellón, which is owned by a Canadian). Edited January 1 by Unnamed Trialist jordan, Stoppage Time and JamboAl 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Dos Santos sold to India 2nd tier team with Atletico Madrid partnership https://northerntribune.ca/atletico-ottawa-sells-former-cpl-champion-gianni-dos-santos-to-inter-kashi/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat2 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 8 hours ago, K Edgar said: Dos Santos sold to India 2nd tier team with Atletico Madrid partnership https://northerntribune.ca/atletico-ottawa-sells-former-cpl-champion-gianni-dos-santos-to-inter-kashi/ How does a player get scouted to go to India from the cpl lol so random it seems narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOnFire Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 7 hours ago, yothat2 said: How does a player get scouted to go to India from the cpl lol so random it seems As Atletico Madrid also owns the club, I assume there would be some shared knowledge between the clubs. Plus, you get all sorts of left-field transfers to the Indian leagues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Does AtO see CPL as path for developing young Spanish players? Or, does it see CPL as a path for young players to move to Spain? There seems to be no profound football connection to AtO other nominally. Have I missed something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Building their global brand may be part of it as well. Not sure what the pecking order is between the Indian team and their Ottawa club. The Inter branding and average crowds of 1500 if wikipedia is to believed suggest this may be a demotion for a player who is viewed as a net liability in a CanPL context at this point but that's never going to be clarified publicly. Edited January 2 by Ozzie_the_parrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 https://northerntribune.ca/manisa-fk-ballou-tabla-depart/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOnFire Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 16 hours ago, K Edgar said: https://northerntribune.ca/manisa-fk-ballou-tabla-depart/ It's a shame the move to Turkey didn't really pan out for Ballou. I was rooting for him. He's obviously a talented footballer, perhaps a move to Scandinavia would be good for him, or go back to Canada and be a bigger fish in the CanPL pond. He is in his mid-20s now, so he is not really a young talent anymore. Once upon a time, he would probably have been disappearing right about now. I look forward to seeing what's next for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Acosta departs. https://x.com/atletiottawa/status/1747997314654863542?s=46&t=KtwBDROwUH8sPUlYu2GlIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Signing coming Monday Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 41 minutes ago, jordan said: Signing coming Monday Jason Spezza? Probably Tabla Edited January 19 by SpursFlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 8 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: Jason Spezza? Probably Tabla likely and would be a good start after last fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 OMG, I think they are buying Jonathan David from Lille. fil and StillOnFire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: OMG, I think they are buying Jonathan David from Lille. A 100 goal season! Stoppage Time, StillOnFire and Unnamed Trialist 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fil Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 He will tear this league apart! Olympique_de_Marseille and StillOnFire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil03 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I have gone back and forth on this, and I am probably biased because Ottawa is my CPL club, but overall I'd say Tabla coming back to Ottawa might be the best outcome his career could have for Canadian Soccer at this stage. The guy is about to enter his prime and even after his move to Turkey he wasn't really playing anywhere near what a player needs to be into consideration for the CMNT. He would have needed to make a big splash and get another serious move up, or at least be well positioned to get one, to really help our national player pool and it has evidently not happened. Moreover, at this point the CPL has gotten a descent amount of transfers to higher level of play then the Turkish second tier so him staying there doesn't really do much for the league rep either. Considering Ottawa is the one place where he has ever seemed to like to play he might as well come back to the CPL and become a franchise player (to borrow a term from another sport) for Ottawa. Hopefully, he can help the club win trophies and play CONCACAF soccer and/or pull some upsets against MLS clubs in the Canadian Championship, which I believe we especially need since nothing else would allow us to finally leave the ghosts of the Furry in the past. masster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 It is the time for comebacks! Former NHL first rounder Cody Hodgson is trying a comeback with Nashville Predators. Ottawa's comeback guy is . . . Joey Torchia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Announcement coming tomorrow. masster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Tabla signed as expected. Next signing is next Tuesday. Details from the article. https://atleticoottawa.canpl.ca/article/dont-miss-a-minute-soccerlude-2024-schedule-announcements-events-and-features Metro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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