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Agree totally! There were others who should have been there instead of him. Anyhow lets hope the girls save his ass, for Canada's sake.

Canada loses 2-1 to Norway. Missed the game, anyone see it? How did we look? I thought we would have taken care of Norway. Disappointing

^^ Seems like Herdman seemed to like them, but the new U20 coach had his own ideas and favorites...

wow, that video is great evidence. I had seen the missed hand ball, but those fouls by other players... really does look like "american" football.

GB wins 1-0 vs Brasil!

I think he is playing it kind of " safe" for the Olympics and will start a massive look at new players starting in the fall. Thats the word around...

He was called to join Herdman's coaching staff when Herdman came on board (as GK coach). He was liked, and the rest is history.... More importantly, Our U20's had bascially one prep camp before CONCACAF qualifying. They have not had anything since they qualified back in Feb. The end-May camp that was scheduled was cancelled due to budget issues apparently (...guess our senior team is getting all the funds). From what I hear the next camp will be in early July. The team will then probably leave 1-2 weeks early prior to the WC, and, thats it for preparations! We love making our lives difficult. We need to get away from concentrating only on one team in a given year. Even the U17s are getting a better prep. for the U17WC. P.S. Argentina coach saying Norway will be their toughest opponent.. hmmm? Dont agree.

Coach O. has not coached any of the players in W-league, and to my knowledge has not coached a high-level girls team either. So there was no plan there I think to get some "quick" benefits.

Japan - 18 August - 08 September After the CONCACAF Finals last weekend, 13 of 16 teams are now confirmed: - Germany, Italy, Norway and Switzerland (UEFA); - Japan (host), Korea DPR, China and Korea Republic (AFC); - Argentina and Brazil (CONMEBOL) - USA, Canada and Mexico (CONCACAF) Japan also officially accepted to host the event, in case there was still any doubt :-) http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1580845/index.html

Well, we had not seen our defense getting really tested yet, and last night they showed they can hold up against a top team. Although the Americans were not very impressive in finishing last night. Some of the Coach's choices last night were odd, but hey it seemd to work. Let's hope for better preparation going into the world cup as the team has good potential and I dont think we saw the best from this team yet.

Yes correct, thanks.

6-0 Canada over Panama World Cup booked! Panama did not put up much of a battle, thought they would have more since US only beat them 3-1. USA vs Canada on Sunday at 8pm est

so right :-) a few days to work on a better plan.

1-0 FULLTIME Canada escapes with win. GK (D'Angelo was impressive). Our finishing was way off tonight... Semis vs Panama

Canada 2 - Jamaica 0 (Canada assured spot in semis) Tough game as it took Canada almost 70 min to score first. We need to get better. Lots of bad decision making in attacking 1/3... killing some good goal-scoring opportunities. We did see some good finishing though, the talent is there. Next game Monday vs Mexico.