The Netherlands vs Canada - Thursday, June 6th - 2:45pm Eastern / 11:45am Pacific - Rotterdam

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

The Netherlands vs Canada
Friendly Match
Thursday, June 6 2024
2:45pm Eastern / 11:45am Pacific
Stadion Feijenoord (aka De Kuip), Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Tickets:
https://ticketing.knvb.nl/nl-NL/events/nederland (m) - canada (m)/2024-6-6_20.45/stadion feijenoord, rotterdam
For the Voyageurs tickets, go here:
https://www.thevoyageurs.org/voyageurs-tickets-supporters/

Broadcast in Canada:
ONESOCCER (live - online)
TVA Sport (live - TV)

Broadcasts in other countries:
https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/027f-1798737ad442-518f0beab9e3-1000--where-to-watch-friendly-matches-in-2024-tv-broadcast-partne/

Canada's roster:
https://canadasoccer.com/news/canmnt-roster-unveiled-ahead-of-key-european-friendlies/
Since it was first announced, Tani Oluwaseyi has been added:
https://twitter.com/CANMNT_Official/status/1797629359588773987

The Netherland's roster:
https://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/nederlands-elftal-mannen/81439/de-26-van-koeman
Tijjani Reijnders, Teun Koopmeiners and Frenkie de Jong will not play.

Weather:
15°C and partly cloudy 

Referee:
Rohit Saggi

Edited June 6 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Ally McCoist]

There will be no in-between. We are either getting spanked or make it very close.

Edited June 5 by Ally McCoist

[Obinna]

Stadion Feijenoord. What better opportunity for Cornelius to step up and impress his rumoured suitors.

[Mihairokov]

Maybe I'm missing something, but this is CMNT's first ever matches in Netherlands and France, right? 

[WestHamCanadianinOxford]

11 minutes ago, Mihairokov said:

Maybe I'm missing something, but this is CMNT's first ever matches in Netherlands and France, right? 

World Cup against France, off the top of my head.

 

Edit:

and this 

I love history, even somewhat recent.

Lineups - 

Canada

Craig Forrest

Colin Miller, Ian Carter, Iain Fraser, Randy Samuel, Frank Yallop

Lyndon Hooper, Geoff Aunger, Nick Dasovic

Eddy Berdusco, Carlo Corazzin

Netherlands

Ed de Goey

Ronald Koeman, Frank de Boer, Stan Valckx

Wim Jonk, Frank Rijkaard, Jan Wouters

Marc Overmars, Bryan Roy, Ronald de Boer, Dennis Bergkamp

 

Pretty stacked there. They fact I know all but 1 of those names 30 - 30! - years later says something. 

I wonder what Koeman, their current manager, remembers of that.  

Edited June 5 by WestHamCanadianinOxford

[Mihairokov]

I know we've played them before - I mean CMNT physically playing in either of these countries. 

[WestHamCanadianinOxford]

4 minutes ago, Mihairokov said:

I know we've played them before - I mean CMNT physically playing in either of these countries. 

Sorry too excited about the history to read properly, apparently. 

Edit -  Just once each though, unless the internet records are faulty.

Edited June 5 by WestHamCanadianinOxford

[WestHamCanadianinOxford]

 

[Kadenge]

56 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said:

 

High praise for David. We better not have a slow start like in past games.

[masster]

@Olympique_de_Marseille the match is not on DAZN

[red card]

Opta analysis says Netherlands & France are similar in style. So,  good style prep for Argentina and tactically similar to Belgium/Croatia World Cup matches.

In Euro qualifying, the Dutch and the French direct play was around the median amongst Euro qualified teams. But their passes per sequence was way above median. 

 

Edited June 5 by red card

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

25 minutes ago, masster said:

@Olympique_de_Marseille the match is not on DAZN

My apologies; it was on the schedule but then removed.

https://www.dazn.com/en-CA/schedule

[Unnamed Trialist]

As I see it, this will be our better match. I think it'll be more entertaining too. I opted not to go to this one and go to Bordeaux closer to home, but I'm not as thrilled by that one. 

A key factor is we'll start our best 11 (well maybe 8 in broad consensus) but vs France we'll have to rotate the squad more. 

France is also more dangerous for us than the Dutch.

In any case, I think for one of these we'll get a result.

[dyslexic nam]

Score predictions?

I am going with a 3-1 loss where we can take pride in the fact that we fought hard but were ultimately outclassed.  Not exactly super-optimism, but it seems plausible.  

[Cadeau]

 

[Canuckia]

3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

My apologies; it was on the schedule but then removed.

https://www.dazn.com/en-CA/schedule

I saw it there also.

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

[Kadenge]

Pumped to see our team perform under Marsch. Brutal first test, but the players will know they will have to be at their best. Effort should not be lacking and Jesse should get a good read from all the players that see the field tmr. 

[Unnamed Trialist]

1 hour ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

 

I like that Marsch is motivational in a natural way without being a spin doctor. He doesn't say anything that is BS. Unlike Herdman, he's used to a high work ethic, because he's coached full seasons, not 6-8 games a year (Herdman is a novice at club football, and may be working it out). Marsch is a more natural coach because he's been a player, he does not seem to be compensating, not trying to prove anything, not getting his ego in the way. So far, pretty good. I'll wait until I disagree with his player selection or mid-game decisions starting 24 hours from now to change my tune. 

 

[Unnamed Trialist]

It's on ESPN for Latin America I see. No sign of anyone picking it up here in Spain. Too bad, nothing else going on these days.

[mpg_29]

Brutal first match? Arguably a brutal first month. Peru and Chile alone would be have been a tough test. In this scenario those games might end up being a relief.

[Kadenge]

1 hour ago, mpg_29 said:

Brutal first match? Arguably a brutal first month. Peru and Chile alone would be have been a tough test. In this scenario those games might end up being a relief.

Hopefully it works out that way 

 

 

 

 

[red card]

Club distribution of the players for Canada, Netherlands & France based on Opta club ratings.

More Canada squad data at...

https://6yardscreamers.netlify.app/posts/team_strength_canmnt/

Edited June 6 by red card

[Kadenge]

One Soccer pre game show starts at 2:00 pm EST

[costarg]

10 hours ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said:

 

Sounds like Koeman knows David better than some of David's old coaches.