Obinna Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 ^And no mention of Canada. Looks like once again we are going to be too slow and reactive and will miss out on arranging a match against anyone decent. Whether we are resting on our laurels or trying our best, it's not good enough to not be able to pull something together again. Hopefully my negativity here proves to be unwarranted. Shway, canuckgbp, costarg and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 It's cute that people think there might be a camp poutine with friendlies. Might as well lock this thread and put it in world soccer - that's where the friendlies reside. Obinna, Shway, dyslexic nam and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Slovenia will be in the U.S. NVsoccer, Olympique_de_Marseille, Corazon and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Just got notice that Canada has invited me and my boys to go play them. We’re only 9, but they said it was fine. Sent me a whole fruit basket as thanks too. Pottsy3, MtlMario, gigi riva and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd97 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 someone let me know if a sportsbook drops odds on this getting cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, RS said: Slovenia will be in the U.S. Interesting! Slovenia's league is on break until early February. Cool for US fans that they are playing in San Antonio instead of going back to Austin/Frisco/Houston. Unfortunately, the Slovenian release doesn't give us any more info or hints about other matches. https://www.nzs.si/novica/Slovenija_leto_evropskega_prvenstva_zacenja_v_ZDA?id=57772 However, the original tabloid rumour was that the Slovenian team would play one match in Houston and a second match in the Miami area on ~January 23rd: https://planetnogomet.si/reprezentanca/kek-slovenija-obisk-zda-houston-miami/ ...but I feel like if that second part is true, that's likely to be against Honduras or Guatemala and not us. 😅 Edited November 27, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Wishlist - Canada manages to get sloppy seconds as the 2nd opponent for Honduras and Slovenia in Texas. Reality - Canada plays (and loses) two friendlies against Ventura County Fusion in California. Borjans Sweatpants, YorkRegionFan, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, Obinna said: Reality - Canada plays (and loses) two friendlies against Ventura County Fusion in California. CMNT official - "We weren't really keeping score. The most important thing is that the players had fun." Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Obinna said: Wishlist - Canada manages to get sloppy seconds as the 2nd opponent for Honduras and Slovenia in Texas. Reality - Canada plays (and loses) two friendlies against Ventura County Fusion in California. Worse! A scrimmage where half the #CanMNT squad plays the other half! 3 minutes ago, kacbru said: CMNT official - "We weren't really keeping score. The most important thing is that the players had fun." Are oranges slices in the budget? Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Are oranges slices in the budget? BYOO Obinna, MtlMario, narduch and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Worse! A scrimmage where half the #CanMNT squad plays the other half! Are oranges slices in the budget? They instruct the 3rd string keeper to run to the market during the first half and pretend to scan the oranges at the self checkout to save a couple bucks. Groceries aren’t cheap in 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: They instruct the 3rd string keeper to run to the market during the first half and pretend to scan the oranges at the self checkout to save a couple bucks. Groceries aren’t cheap in 2023. And Borjan immediately resigns his new position. Too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: And Borjan immediately resigns his new position. Too soon? They’ll send him out for oranges and he’ll come back with a shopping bag full of smokes for the boys. Real leader canuckgbp, dyslexic nam, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: And Borjan immediately resigns his new position. Too soon? 30 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: he’ll come back with a shopping bag full of smokes for the boys. Real leader I just realised that the Slovakian league is also on break until February! narduch, NVsoccer, Kadenge and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: I just realised that the Slovakian league is also on break until February! Milan has had a fantastic career with Canada but if he is selected for camp poutine I will lose the last bit of remaining hope I have in this program. Borjan could have stayed at Red Star and played in the Champions League and I still wouldn't want him between the sticks in this one. It's nothing personal and it's not even form related, we just need to spread the caps around at this point. Has to be Crepeau/St. Clair/Sirois for this one.....if it even happens Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Obinna said: Milan... if he is selected for camp poutine I will lose the last bit of remaining hope I have in this program. Just you watch when we start Borjan and Arfield and win all our Camp Poutine games and that dream duo get us past Trinidad and Tobago in March too! Edited November 27, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: I just realised that the Slovakian league is also on break until February! Atiba, Doneil Henry and Borjan showing up to camp poutine … as coaches Obinna, Shway, NVsoccer and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 (edited) It looks like the USMNT are not playing a second match. Only Slovenia. It feels unlikely that other European teams will travel to the US. That news also kills our chances of getting a friendly against the USMNT (but that was always unlikely). Edited November 28, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: It looks like the USMNT are not playing a second match. Only Slovenia. It feels unlikely that other European teams will travel to the US. That news also kills our chances if getting a friendly against the USMNT (but that was always unlikely). That's odd. Why would the USA only want to play a single match? Not really like them, is it? I dunno....this is feeling like the past few windows where he have declared we may consider playing a friendly but already the options are dwindling quicker than we can get the word "friendly" out of our mouths. Olympique_de_Marseille and dyslexic nam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Obinna said: That's odd. Why would the USA only want to play a single match? Not really like them, is it? I dunno....this is feeling like the past few windows where he have declared we may consider playing a friendly but already the options are dwindling quicker than we can get the word "friendly" out of our mouths. But Jason Devos will be doing all that he can to arrange a friendly like he did around the time of the hinted matches against Saudi and Korea. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Just now, Stoppage Time said: But Jason Devos will be doing all that he can to arrange a friendly like he did around the time of the hinted matches against Saudi and Korea. This guy has my sympathy. I am sure he is doing all he can. I am also sure he needs a ton of help. We have the best of intentions while being 3 steps behind everyone else. And a lack of resources once again comes down to money. If we were Haiti or Trinidad and Tobago, I could understand it. But we are Canada and yet we seem to be no more capable organizing things than the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, or a nation being governed by FIFA normalization committee MtlMario, CanadaFan123, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchta Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Mexico wants to play (North) Macedonia in Los Angeles in January. https://sportsport.mk/2023/11/30/мексико-ја-кани-македонијa-на-тест-во-ло/?fbclid=IwAR0pfXr7W8AVrEX5KsDe8zq9azszgWBA2_Mu84AJ9RZhI6OHa0-dtdgjZDM Edited November 30, 2023 by Buchta Olympique_de_Marseille, narduch, johnyb and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 10:06 AM, Obinna said: This guy has my sympathy. I am sure he is doing all he can. I am also sure he needs a ton of help. We have the best of intentions while being 3 steps behind everyone else. And a lack of resources once again comes down to money. If we were Haiti or Trinidad and Tobago, I could understand it. But we are Canada and yet we seem to be no more capable organizing things than the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, or a nation being governed by FIFA normalization committee Yet the CWNT will have played four friendlies in the past 30 days or so for Sinclair's farewell. What happened to equality? Is there not supposed to be a balance of friendlies for men and women? canuckgbp and Stryker911 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, Stoppage Time said: Yet the CWNT will have played four friendlies in the past 30 days or so for Sinclair's farewell. What happened to equality? Is there not supposed to be a balance of friendlies for men and women? The problem is that Christine Sinclair retirement friendlies will draw over 35,000 to BC Place. A men’s friendly against a non big name opponent will not. Also it’s a very different demographic that goes to women’s games. Canuckia and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Stoppage Time said: Yet the CWNT will have played four friendlies in the past 30 days or so for Sinclair's farewell. What happened to equality? Is there not supposed to be a balance of friendlies for men and women? They are probably using the profits to help fund the CANMNT Edited November 30, 2023 by narduch Obinna, Canuckia and Ruffian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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