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  1. I dont care what the reason they signed him is. It is good for York, good for the league, and good for Canada having players move on.
    8 points
  2. They might have used their one month free trial.
    7 points
  3. My backline would consist of Robert Neukr TGAA_Star That's right, I'm going with 3 at the back in 2026
    5 points
  4. FIFA looking to combine the September, October, November, and March windows into one mega window at the end of the year. There would be 8 matches played in one massive block in November and December. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8312961/England-bonanza-FIFA-planning-radical-overhaul-international-football-calendar.html
    4 points
  5. More accurately $150, 074.99 assuming they had to pay to get behind the One Soccer paywall.
    4 points
  6. https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/4094314/english-championship-to-return-on-june-6-before-premier-league-sources
    3 points
  7. With respect to Estevez, all anybody here in this thread has to do is look at Stouffvillain's proposed depth chart for Y9's 2020 season to see how much the Y9 fans generally rate Estevez. Something like the 6th choice in the front 3 going in. You'd think that it'd have to be like a top 10 player in the league that may get a shot in the Dutch D1. I think most Y9 fans would be hard-pressed to put Estevez in their top 10 for Y9 last season. I liked him as an option off the bench that did well in his minutes with his dribbling and shooting, but I thought he was quite raw tactically and decision-making. At least that is an aspect that can most definitely be coached. A friend did note that ADO Den Haag is owned by a Chinese company, and for sure, owners will be friendly for sure, similar to Wu Lei at Espanyol for example, which is all cool, more opportunities for more players. I think a lot of Y9 and CPL players will take positives from this move, thinking, if Estevez can make a big move like this, they can too for sure, which is the long-term goal for most of the CPL players.
    3 points
  8. Blackdude

    Jonathan David

    I don't think that he'd be eligible for a club for the current season mainly because he's already played European football since January. I know they changed the rules that players can play for their new club if transferred in January, but this would be a new interpretation and we still don't know how transfer windows will work because of what happened. To be fair, this season has been unique and I don't think that we can compare it to anything that has happened before. UCL didn't exist 100 years ago.
    3 points
  9. archer21

    The Road to Qatar.

    I get it. There’s no point in talking about what we want to happen if there’s no chance of that actually happening. However I don’t see a way to do the lower-seed tournament and keep it within 12 match days. So I’m kind of hoping that FIFA doesn’t allot us more than 6 windows for qualifying lol Edit: it probably could be done in 6 windows if it is separated into top 12, bottom 23 but then you run into the problem I was talking about before where teams 5-12 are eliminated but your 13th best team is still in qualifying. How does it make sense for Honduras to be eliminated while St Kitts just needs to win a two legged tie to get the 4th spot in Concacaf. It’s enough of a joke as it is but going from our 7th team having a chance to our 13th team is too big of a jump in my opinion.
    3 points
  10. El Hombre

    Jonathan David

    How about Boca Juniors, CSKA Moscow or LA Galaxy?
    3 points
  11. Even 5 years back..2015 gold cup with Floro. Stama, Ledgerwood, Edgar, Jakovic, Dejong.....Straith Deguzman, Akindele, Piette, Ricketts, Larin. With HAber, Tiebert, Osorio and Hainault as first off the bench. So lets say a 15man rotation, there is only Piette, Osorio, Larin maybe Tiebert and Akindele that would still be there only 5 years later. Hoilet, Cavallini and Borjan prob should have been in 2015 and 2020, but its a hell of a turn over.
    2 points
  12. The reason this exercise is so silly is because the only "locks" you have are Davies and David, and honestly who knows even then. You could chop and change the other nine guys from my line up and I wouldn't argue.
    2 points
  13. Carducci -------Zator-Romero-Cornelius ZBG-Kaye-Fraser-Osorio-Davies -----------David-Campbell I wouldnt be surprised if Jayden Nelson or Rutty are sure fire starters by then and I would switch to a 4-3-3 if they emerge. I think a 3-5-2 is the best system with Davies so I am going with that.
    2 points
  14. Inter close to selling Lautaro Martinez. David has been the rumoured replacement
    2 points
  15. SpursFlu

    The Road to Qatar.

    I'm with Rob on this one. From a marketing exposure standpoint I want to play the bigger teams but I think we should be able to qualify thru any format. Our current situation really comes down to that ridiculous loss to Haiti. So we need to just suck it up and deal with whatever.
    2 points
  16. I think the CPL is going to be a diamond in the rough for some of those smaller European leagues/clubs. Clubs can get players of a decent caliber that has shown what they can do in a professional environment that is hungry to achieve more at a nominal fee. The current operating cost of the CPL will mean that clubs will be taking those kinds of fees all day.
    2 points
  17. Good move by the man. Could say its showing some belief in himself and his future. Not saying he did, but maybe he's had some converstations over the winter which encouraged getting an EU passport. You can't teach height.
    2 points
  18. I am a Man U fan. I was a huge fan in the 90’s through to about 5 or 6 years ago when I became a father and had less freedom Saturday mornings. When he was on the team it didn’t feel like there was a Canadian on the team. I didn’t get excited when he came on the field, unlike when any Canadian comes on the field for TFC. I don’t think about him much anymore, but I don’t want to say his name on this board and think it’s kind of funny that it is censored here. One point about the lesser De Guzman. You can’t really censor his name unless you censor his full name, or else Julian would get caught in the crossfire.
    2 points
  19. I guess I look at OH having more of a negative turn as opposed to us missing a huge positive he would have given us. After him it seemed like we lost prospect after prospect (JDG being one of them) and there was just a stink on the program that we couldnt shake.
    2 points
  20. archer21

    The Road to Qatar.

    I don’t think he meant that they shouldn’t have a chance. Their chance should just be proportional to their ability. The 16th ranked team would have basically zero chance to make it to the World Cup in your format, whereas the team that won the lower seeded tournament (17th or worse) would have a legitimate chance. That is a crazy way to do qualifying for something as big and important as the World Cup. If we sent a team ranked 17-35 to the World Cup CONCACAF would be the absolute laughing stock as they lose every match by ridiculous margins. Even to send them to the intercontinental playoff would be embarrassing for our confederation. Now if a team ranked 17th went through a legitimate qualifier and beat out all the other teams, that’s a different story.
    2 points
  21. Obinna

    The Road to Qatar.

    No other confederation has our sort of talent stratification either. Comparing Asia and Concacaf, I created talent bins. They are subjective, but I tried to keep teams of a similar level in the same bin. I created the bins first and then slotted the countries in (by rank) after. This is how it turned out: bin 1: 1-20 bin 2: 21-50 bin 3: 51-80 bin 4: 81-120 bin 5: 121-170 bin 6: 171+ AFC: bin 1: bin 2: 28,33,40,42, bin 3: 55,67,70,71,76,79, bin 4: 82,85,89,94,96,97,99,103,108,113,116, bin 5: 121,124,129,136,138,143,144,147,149,154,155,157,170, bin 6: 173,173,182,187,188,189,190,191,196,199,200,206 CONCACAF: bin 1: 11 bin 2: 22,46,48, bin 3: 62,69,73,80 bin 4: 81,86,105, bin 5: 126,130,139,141,151,158,159,162,166,167,168,170, bin 6: 176,178,179,183,184,193,195,200,203,207,208,210 We are definitely more bottom heavy than Asia is, for example, so it makes sense to me to give these nations in bin 5 and 6 more games against each other, hence nations league and (probably) the lower-seed world cup qualifying tournament. Having them play against stronger teams right out of the gate is a waste for time for everyone involved.
    2 points
  22. No, I dont think you should forget. We dont have to dwell on it but look at the energy and excitement Davies/David have put into our program. They have moved the national needle as far as soccer is concerned in the country. OH could have done this for us in the 00's. Coming off the Gold cup win, if he hadnt broke our hearts and snubbed the team, who knows what would have happened?? He might not have put us over the hump on the field, but he really killed momentum we had building in the early 00's.
    2 points
  23. I didn't watch many York9 matches last season, but when I did, Estevez was never a standout. I find this surprising.
    2 points
  24. I'm honestly curious at this stage as to what you consider to be "not as bad as we figured or were led to believe" is, and at what stage you'd be willing to admit you were wrong. I'm not even saying we're at that stage. I'm just saying you're very quick to point out other people should admit they're wrong without actually providing any parameters for when you'd have to admit the same thing.
    2 points
  25. Obinna

    Jonathan David

    What's your opinion on David rejoining Ottawa Internationals?
    2 points
  26. Obinna

    The Road to Qatar.

    I would love it as a fan of International football. I mostly enjoy club football as it pertains to our national team players. Many others are club over country though, you can see it in the comments section.
    1 point
  27. It would be global. There's more context in the article. UEFA and FIFA are bickering over it.
    1 point
  28. John Horgan actively pushing for all NHL games to be played in BC. Said he called Gary Bettman. Damn CPL get Hulk Horgan on the blower
    1 point
  29. tg_11 as a supersub or is he no longer eligible for us?
    1 point
  30. https://www.tsn.ca/jeff-hunt-departs-ottawa-sports-and-entertainment-group-1.1475356?fbclid=IwAR2gww0dXC-imtJqX5X0YLZo1pZDCN6RyApbqUpNhApOAjtW5c4i7PQdIZU Soccer now his primary focus.
    1 point
  31. Who am I playing? I guess in this exercise I don't know, it's just at the World Cup. Gun to my head: -------------------------Borjan----------------------- ZBG---------Henry-----Cornelius----Laryea -----------------------Eustaquio--------------------- --------------Osorio----------Kaye------------------ Davies------------------------------------------Millar ------------------------David---------------------------- Weird hypothetical though.
    1 point
  32. SpursFlu

    The Road to Qatar.

    Yes sir. You are correct
    1 point
  33. TGAA_Star

    Jonathan David

    Being an Inter fan...it will be sad to see Lautaro go especially to Barcelona but if Jonathan David goes to my club of Inter, I just hope he is a suitable replacement for my club especially if he is going to be replacing a world class striker especially an Argentine, Lautaro Martinez.
    1 point
  34. Think it's more about being able to play in EU and EEA countries with no work permit.
    1 point
  35. https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/amp/national-sports/york-9-fc-sells-midfielder-emilio-estevez-tsai-to-dutch-club-ado-den-haag-2343699?__twitter_impression=true ...A source, not authorized to speak publicly given the transfer fee was not made public, said the sale was in the $100,000 range and could net York 9 more with add-ons and a sell-on clause...
    1 point
  36. archer21

    The Road to Qatar.

    Yes assuming they don’t make bigger windows to accommodate 3 match days in a window with only 2 matches per team (I have no idea how viable this is). For example in September window, team A plays team B Sept 2, team B plays team C Sept 6, team A plays team C Sept 10. Hopefully this is possible? I really have no idea but it would be nice. It’s still only 8 days which seems to be the length of the windows if I’m not mistaken.
    1 point
  37. Groups of 3 needs 6 match days because it's an odd number. It would have to be straight knockout to get to 12 teams in 4 match days
    1 point
  38. archer21

    The Road to Qatar.

    Not bad if they allow for “3 match days”. How would you include teams 11-35 while keeping match days down though?
    1 point
  39. archer21

    The Road to Qatar.

    Seriously why is everyone so worried about the minnows? I get what you’re saying because that obviously played a part in the decision making for the ridiculous system we have in place currently. But it’s World Cup qualifying, the goal should be to have the best system to find the best teams to qualify. Minnows can get games in Central American or Caribbean championships as well as nations league. And with less match days than anticipated, there are limited solutions to the problem.
    1 point
  40. The lower seeded nations shouldn't have a chance. No other confederation does a lower-seed tournament. Concacaf only came up with it so they could retain the Hex.
    1 point
  41. That's not the argument. It's that the 17th seed shouldn't be one tie away from the intercontinental playoffs, which is why this format will never be implemented.
    1 point
  42. Daryn27

    The Road to Qatar.

    Well it wouldn’t be just one Home and away tie, it would be two. Playoff to see who the 4th best team is and then the intercontinental playoff, so not exactly easy for the 17th place team if you use this format.
    1 point
  43. Obinna

    The Road to Qatar.

    Yup, and if that's the case there's no need to have a final. Here's an idea: scrap the final, have a semi-final for the group winners, but also have a semi-final for the group runner-ups. winners of the "A" semi-final make the world cup losers of the "A semi-final play 3rd-4th match, winner qualifies for world cup, loser is eliminated winners of the "B" semi-final play each other. Winner plays lower seed tournament winner losers of "B" semi-final eliminated. Keeping the group runner-ups alive adds to the drama. Having the best runner-up play the lower-seed champion gives a more balanced, fair and interesting match up. Eliminating the 4th place team (loser of A semi-final) is a nice twist. At that point they already had 2 chances to qualify for the world cup, I am okay with them getting eliminated at that point.
    1 point
  44. lamptern

    The Road to Qatar.

    Exactly the same format I was thinking.
    1 point
  45. It's the first part. That's all I'm going to say.
    1 point
  46. TGAA_Star

    CPL General

    But people well pundits are mostly surprised but mainly because they didn't expect Canadian soccer to come this far especially to the point of CanPL even being what it has become but just the level of play in that league
    1 point
  47. No way any government (party) wants to be responsible for CFL folding. I think both CFL and CPL will get some money. P.S. with about 350 billion $'s given out, a few more million won't make much of a difference. And besides the leagues also generate thousand of jobs and tax revenue that would be lost if these leagues fold.
    1 point
  48. Seriously??? They stay home and everyone with a good chance of being infected (coworkers) isolates as well. And their wives stay home, and their kids dont go to daycare etc etc. If you wait until everyone tests positive (if you can get a test) you'll have a nice little hotspot on your hands.
    1 point
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