Match Thread: FIFA U-17 World Cup: Group B - Matchday 2 - Canada v Uzbekistan - November 13, 2023 - 7am ET / 4am PT (7pm local time)

[phresh]

Is it really so hard to hire a decently competent coach?

Edited November 13, 2023 by phresh

[El Diego]

Just now, shorty said:

Is 14 Londono?  They do not use him at all, in possession.

Yes, they weirdly actively avoid him. Reminds me of some of the matches with Arbeloa for Spain.

To be fair, things would look a little different if Biello was playing this one. The overall shape and ideas would be the same, but Biello would be the deep facilitator.

[Ottawafan]

All he had to do was touch that back to his keeper and pull out wide for the return pass. Instead he puts the ball out of touch. And he’s supposedly our top player?

[Unnamed Trialist]

Chukwu is like a little kid, why do we do this to ourselves?

[phresh]

Ozimec has to score there. I like the kid Igbinobaro

[dyslexic nam]

Missing very basic passes…

[Unnamed Trialist]

I know that pitch is a bit slow, but they are constantly making passes the receiver has to wait for. They can never use the control to adjust orientation and make a play. Just hit the damn thing, adjust to the pitch and speed this game up. They are drifting sleepers to each other, especially at the back, since m. 1.

[phresh]

Zero urgency down 2 with less than 15 minutes left. Embarrassing performance 

[shorty]

Good lord

[P-O]

wow. It has turned into a joke.

 

TFC U17 doesn't cut it.

Fire that coach too.

[Borjans Sweatpants]

Embarrassing 

[El Diego]

A good reminder what age group we are watching

[Club Linesman]

And to think Olivieri has now represented Canada as a coach at 4 World Cups.  Has he ever won a game.  Is this not the definition of insanity?

[Jack1997]

Same shit, Different age groups. Coaching across all of CSA needs a complete reset our youth teams and senior team fucking sucks and the only reason we ever look half decent is because of the talent we have.

[dyslexic nam]

The discouraging thing for me (well, one of them) is that the guys who put in a good performance against Spain were anonymous this morning.  Stefanovic was beaten easily for the 2nd.  The keeper completely gifted the 3rd.  Etc.  In a must win game, we basically mailed it in and showed very little hustle.  

TFC may have a large catchment area but they have been playing abysmal footy for multiple years now.  Is it any surprise that selecting our national team largely from their academy produces an underwhelming result?   

God damn.  I was hoping for better this morning.   

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by dyslexic nam

[Jack1997]

Why the hell did Tahid come off when we’re done 2 goals? It’s not fair play so you don’t take off your best attacker.

[VinceA]

I assume Olivieri is getting fired after this tournament right?

[Unnamed Trialist]

2 minutes ago, VinceA said:

I assume Olivieri is getting fired after this tournament right?

I'd fire him today and let whatever assistant take over. 

Wonder if we had offered this group to Tenllado, instead of letting him go with Herdman to TFC, if he would have accepted. Anyways, I am 100% sure he would have done far better with this group than the manager we have now.

[SoccMan]

1 minute ago, VinceA said:

I assume Olivieri is getting fired after this tournament right?

Guys a CSA lifer from the looks of things.

[InglewoodJack]

Didn’t watch, but were there any positive moments? This looks bleak 

[Ottawafan]

7 minutes ago, VinceA said:

I assume Olivieri is getting fired after this tournament right?

Nah, CSA will reassign him to another age level.

This loss isn't on him.  Ancelotti couldn't do anything with this lot.  Pin this on the acadmies who think they are doing a fine job at development.

[shorty]

Just now, InglewoodJack said:

Didn’t watch, but were there any positive moments? This looks bleak 

First three minutes.  Should have scored.  After that, not really.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

54 minutes ago, phresh said:

Is it really so hard to hire a decently competent coach?

Might be depending on the budget they have available. The U-17 national team job isn't the most coveted of posts after all. Would that even be a full-time hire?

[gator]

14 minutes ago, Ottawafan said:

Nah, CSA will reassign him to another age level.

This loss isn't on him.  Ancelotti couldn't do anything with this lot.  Pin this on the acadmies who think they are doing a fine job at development.

I have to agree with you, with the odd exception I don't think our academies are doing a very good job at this point, I know the overall talent level can be cyclical but you would think with 3 MLS academies we could put a better product on the pitch!

[InglewoodJack]

 

36 minutes ago, shorty said:

First three minutes.  Should have scored.  After that, not really.

Did anyone look good? Seems everyone is blaming the coach. Per twitter, it sounds like the broadcast was able to get audio of him talking to the players and sounded like a Sunday league volunteer.