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Named Motherwell Player of the Year.

assist and a goal against monterrey!

Gorgeous:

There are a few 🤫🤫

Seeing multiple "reports" about a possible move for Derek. Namely Ajax and Feyenoord.

Made his Championship debut today. Played 5 minutes in a 5-0 win.

Assist tonight v Philadelphia

scores against rayados!

It's official

The assist

Scored tonight. Game is on TSN

Draw was this morning. Canada is in a group with Honduras, Dominican and El Salvador. Should be a very competitive, but also winnable group. Probably the best we could have hoped for being a pot 4 team.

It looked different in the US

Didn't see it but Inter fans in the PGT on reddit are saying he played well in the short amount of time he was on. Did more than Dumfries did all game and a lot want to see him start. I haven't seen one second of him with Inter aside from highlights of his first appearance yet but it sounds like he's doing all he can with the limited minutes he's been given.

Wow...definitely showed a lot of skill here.

He scored

Officially can't get relegated! and can't get a European spot. Give the young man some minutes!

Came on in 81' with the score 1-1 but Inter totally dominant. Had a couple shots blocked in the box. Inter ended up scoring in the 90'+5 to win it.

Better quality video here, pretty impressive stuff

Canadian legend there for support.

Missed a PK, Motherwell scored on the rebound, then he scores one of his own 2 minutes later.

Dumfries got a late red too- maybe that helps Tajon see some time next week.

Instagram official. Baby was born on Monday, so she may have been on standby or in the hospital Sunday. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ltTsPIv4e/ Congrats Stephen and family! 👶

It's taken 2 years but one more article actually saying what people on this forum already know but rarely mentioned elsewhere. ..Mediapro may not have done as much for grassroots Canadian soccer as it had hoped, but it’s certainly done more than any Canadian broadcaster. Before it launched OneSoccer in 2019, there were generally two ways that Canadians could watch their men’s or women’s national teams: Either Canada Soccer could pay a hefty fee to a broadcaster to produce and air the games, or fans could search the internet for low-quality pirated foreign streams. Still, not everyone shared that vision.....So, when OneSoccer couldn’t get carriage on the major cable systems, except for Telus, it meant lower potential sponsorship revenue for Canadian Soccer Business – and Canada Soccer itself, which, despite reports to the contrary, still owns the rights to several categories of commercial sponsorships. Canada’s broadcast system was built to protect Canadian companies – and those who work for and with them – from foreign competition. For decades, it enabled Canadian voices to be heard, to not be drowned out in our own home by the cacophony from the other side of our southern border. But it also meant that private gatekeepers were able to dictate what Canadians could or couldn’t watch. And while the streaming revolution has helped to disrupt that order, the system still favours incumbents. Canadians shouldn’t have had to wait for a foreign company to show us what we were missing on our own soccer pitch. Still, having seen the possibilities, it would be nice to think Canadian broadcasters might be able to take it from here. Likely paywalled.

This guy is fire:

MOTM

Has just scored a beautiful header to the bottom corner to cut their deficit to 2-1. https://x.com/mls/status/1784391914575249761?s=46&t=tKRu86Vea8ViJ1G0Nj6cIA

This is shaping up to be the most exciting 5 game losing streak in our history!

I found this pretty promising.

His crossing ability has improved tremendously. He’s always had the speed to beat his man down the wing but his end product has lacked. That goes with finishing as well. It looks like he’s improved both.

MLS Statistics Weeks 6 through 9 CF Montreal Canadian Minutes 3,246 Minutes Toronto FC Canadian Minutes 2,310 Minutes Vancouver Whitecaps Canadian Minutes 975 Minutes US Based MLS Canadian Minutes 6,703 Minutes According to MLS.com Player Team POS GP GS MP G XG A P% CLR AD% Moise Bombito Colorado CB 8 8 720 1 0.25 0 82.6% 19 53.9% Kamal Miller Portland CB 8 8 720 0 0.51 0 87.9% 20 94.1% Mathieu Choiniere Montreal CM 8 8 710 0 0.09 3 87.4% 7 9.1% Joel Waterman Montreal CB 8 8 710 0 0.07 0 88.5% 44 63.2% Jonathan Osorio Toronto CM 8 7 658 1 1.25 0 92.8% 1 0.0% Samuel Piette Montreal CM 8 8 638 0 0.03 1 90.3% 14 50.0% Liam Fraser Dallas CM 7 7 585 0 0.11 1 85.2% 10 62.5% Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty Toronto RB 8 4 463 1 1.30 2 89.2% 9 53.9% Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus ST 7 4 455 2 1.40 0 71.0% 2 30.8% Lukas MacNaughton Nashville CB 5 5 411 0 0.29 0 90.1% 17 44.4% Mohamed Farsi Columbus RB 8 4 406 1 1.22 1 73.1% 4 41.7% Zac McGraw Portland CB 5 5 405 0 0.02 0 87.9% 22 77.8% Jacob Shaffelburg Nashville LW 7 4 405 0 0.03 3 67.0% 0 30.8% Ali Ahmed Vancouver CM 8 4 404 1 0.15 0 85.6% 1 40.0% Ryan Raposo Vancouver CM 8 4 366 2 1.28 2 78.3% 3 14.3% Scott Arfield Charlotte CM 8 4 267 0 0.39 0 85.3% 1 0.0% Kobe Franklin Toronto RB 7 2 256 0 0.44 0 86.1% 4 0.0% Kyle Hiebert St. Louis CB 5 2 232 0 0.28 0 79.4% 5 71.4% Mark Anthony Kaye New England CM 5 2 223 0 0.13 0 85.0% 1 33.3% Tani Oluwaseyi Minnesota ST 8 1 219 3 1.12 2 78.0% 1 38.5% Kosi Thompson Toronto RB 8 0 214 0 0.06 0 85.9% 1 28.6% Deandre Kerr Toronto CM 6 3 207 0 0.92 1 82.9% 2 37.5% Raheem Edwards Montreal LB 5 2 190 0 0.21 1 86.5% 3 42.9% Sam Adekugbe Vancouver LB 4 1 136 0 0.11 1 92.2% 2 100.0% Jules-Anthony Vilsaint Montreal ST 2 1 134 1 0.64 0 90.3% 0 0.0% Nathan-Dylan Saliba Montreal CM 4 1 121 0 0.05 0 78.8% 4 57.1% Ayo Akinola Toronto ST 5 0 82 0 0.51 0 79.2% 0 33.3% Stephen Afrifa Kansas City ST 5 0 79 0 0.02 0 72.7% 0 33.3% Richie Laryea Toronto RB 1 1 70 0 0 0 93.8% 1 100.0% Levonte Johnson Vancouver ST 5 0 54 0 0.01 0 70.6% 0 0.0% Kimani Stewart-Baynes Colorado ST 3 0 32 0 0.21 1 63.6% 0 0.0% Rida Zouhir Montreal CM 2 0 23 0 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% Zorhan Bassong Kansas City LB 1 0 16 0 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% Jay Herdman Vancouver MF 1 0 9 0 0.03 0 100.0% 0 0.0% Ralph Priso-Mbongue Vancouver CM 1 0 6 0 0 0 50.0% 0 0.0% Salvatore Mazzaferro Austin CB Brandon Cambridge Charlotte CM Enes Sali Dallas CM Marcus Ferkranus Los Angeles CB Ilias Iliadis Montreal CM Woobens Pacius Nashville ST Isaiah Johnston Nashville CM Luca Petrasso (Out on Loan) Orlando LB Jordan Peruzza Toronto ST Hugo Mbongue (Out on Loan) Toronto ST Adam Pearlman Toronto CB Belal Halbouni Vancouver CB Player Team POS GP GS MP S S % P% GA GAA SO Luka Gavran Toronto GK 4 4 360 19 79.2% 74.1% 5 1.25 2 Dayne St Clair Minnesota GK 8 8 720 23 71.9% 57.8% 9 1.13 2 Jonathan Sirois Montreal GK 8 8 720 35 68.6% 68.4% 16 2.00 1 Maxime Crepeau Portland GK 6 6 498 20 64.5% 77.6% 11 1.83 0 James Pantemis Portland GK 4 3 310 12 63.2% 72.4% 7 1.75 0 Chituru Odunze Charlotte GK Sebastian Breza Montreal GK Greg Ranjitsingh Toronto GK Isaac Boehmer Vancouver GK Max Anchor Vancouver GK

On the upside, if you take KJ for his word, no reason not to. The search is absolutely in full flow. If they are considering coaches from across the world it would seem crazy to settle with Biello. Hoping for an announcement and movement by mid May. Likely after most leagues have finished. I don't subscribe to the notion that a new coach will be disruptive and we should wait longer beyond the Copa. New philosophy is going to be potentially disruptive whenever the appointment happens. The impact of a new coach can only be a positive to get players stepping up their game to impress imo.

I am not sure who else has been following, but the team is going directly to relegation. And then, in recent weeks, he has not been playing that much, he has been on the bench quite a bit. I am not sure we are talking about a guy at a higher level than Zator or Kennedy as we sit.

We desperately need a Quebec based CPL team (or 2) to close the gap from PLSQ to MLS

Noone here watched? He was great actually. We had it on delay here and I just caught it. Played left back to left wing. Had 3 shots, one from near the penalty spot was blocked by teammate Arnautovic, Tajon was peeved as it looked like a winner. Another he was at the top of the box on a corner, faked right, shot left, went to corner. A third was a low cross that the keeper stopped. Also defended very tenaciously and was applauded by the Inter fans. He looked extremely fast and his off the ball movements were excellent. Comparing to Davies, the latter seems like he hasn't been coached at all at Bayern, only for defensive tasks. As a couple guys are sanctioned for next week vs Calgiari, he might merit a start.

With this talk of homegrown coaches it is interesting that the best product of the Canadian coaching landscape is a Frenchman, Wilfried Nancy. What a great story he is for Canadian soccer -- played university ball, coached amateur level in Quebec, coached their provincial team, part of the Impact academy, made it to MLS with Impact then Crew, now an MLS champion and possible CCL champion. If there was one guy who was 'perfect' for the CanMNT job, it's him.

WIns Goal of the season for Preston a s a loan player for his Boxing Day Goal vs Leeds United!! Very Cool. They play Leicester City on Sky Monday night on Sky here (Dazn in Canada) If someone wants to post a proper link please do... https://www.instagram.com/p/C6UMQ7ht6Ia/?img_index=3 https://twitter.com/pnefc/status/1784650486458519934

Has just scored another goal. Right place, right time as it was played to him at the back post for a simple tap into the open net. https://x.com/mls/status/1784389679397159095?s=46&t=tKRu86Vea8ViJ1G0Nj6cIA

Putting the fucking rapid in Colorado Rapids, amirite?!?!? Anybody? Anybody? 😛

Hoping to be back for QPR…

https://twitter.com/Footybanky/status/1779174514426810493

Goal!!

If I am Bair I am going for the biggest paycheck - wherever it is. He isn’t clearly destined for the big time and is already 24. As noted above it looks like he is making around $50-$60,000 CAD per year. He needs to get paid as much as he can as soon as he can. It is easy for us to map out a solid developmental career path but he’s got bills to pay. Grab whatever cash you can man.

This is what I was doing today.

Makes the CCC semis best 11.

Vancouver vs Valour drew 4038 today. Good crowd. In order to validate this figure I spent hours counting all the blue dots, and my analysis determined Ozzie is a cunt.

Noonan interviewed on Ottawa's TSN 1200 Corner Kicks show, Station also carry ATO matches. He say CPL is most stable financially it has ever been. Looking to broaden broadcast distribution. Foundation built is really solid. Now looking to build rest of the house in next 10-15 years. More expansion would have happened if willing to play in smallish stadiums with stitched in gridiron lines. 16-20 team league in a decade is the goal. Mentioned Quebec City, other areas of GTA, Saskatoon & Regina & want to be back in Edmonton. CSB is building out Canada's football echo system rather than just being Canada Soccer's commercial rights arm. Build out L1 from 40 teams in 2019 to almost 200. Challenge with Canada Soccer is consistency of leadership as he's on his third GS in 18 months. Next 2 years are incredibly important for soccer in Canada. Need to get our house in order together. Canada needs to come together. Canada needs to be unified. Canada needs to be aligned. If we're ever to become a soccer country everyone wants us to be. https://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-1200/cpl-commissioner-mark-noonan-looking-ahead-to-the-new-season-1.2101277