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I think we need to be a little more sensible and not conflate our patriotism with Ballou's actions.  If he chose Canada then we would have a different perspective.  Larin just endangered lives by his decision to drink and drive and De Rosario had several incidents (trialing at Celtic without permission, the cheque signing incident, staging a coup against Dale Mitchell etc.).  Both remain spokesmen for club and country.  He is 18 years old and missed one practice.
https://twitter.com/balloutabla
Yes, I have the ambition and I want to go to the highest level in my career, but I am aware that I have an agreement with my current club that I must respect. I never wanted to be a source of distraction and I continue every day to have the desire to help my club to reach its objectives  

I think we need to be a little more sensible and not conflate our patriotism with Ballou's actions.  If he chose Canada then we would have a different perspective.  Larin just endangered lives by his decision to drink and drive and De Rosario had several incidents (trialing at Celtic without permission, the cheque signing incident, staging a coup against Dale Mitchell etc.).  Both remain spokesmen for club and country.  He is 18 years old and missed one practice.
https://twitter.com/balloutabla
Yes, I have the ambition and I want to go to the highest level in my career, but I am aware that I have an agreement with my current club that I must respect. I never wanted to be a source of distraction and I continue every day to have the desire to help my club to reach its objectives  

I think we need to be a little more sensible and not conflate our patriotism with Ballou's actions.  If he chose Canada then we would have a different perspective.  Larin just endangered lives by his decision to drink and drive and De Rosario had several incidents (trialing at Celtic without permission, the cheque signing incident, staging a coup against Dale Mitchell etc.).  Both remain spokesmen for club and country.  He is 18 years old and missed one practice.
https://twitter.com/balloutabla
Yes, I have the ambition and I want to go to the highest level in my career, but I am aware that I have an agreement with my current club that I must respect. I never wanted to be a source of distraction and I continue every day to have the desire to help my club to reach its objectives  

I think we need to be a little more sensible and not conflate our patriotism with Ballou's actions.  If he chose Canada then we would have a different perspective.  Larin just endangered lives by his decision to drink and drive and De Rosario had several incidents (trialing at Celtic without permission, the cheque signing incident, staging a coup against Dale Mitchell etc.).  Both remain spokesmen for club and country.  He is 18 years old and missed one practice.
https://twitter.com/balloutabla
Yes, I have the ambition and I want to go to the highest level in my career, but I am aware that I have an agreement with my current club that I must respect. I never wanted to be a source of distraction and I continue every day to have the desire to help my club to reach its objectives  

“Signing Amer is something we have been planning since the beginning of the year when he joined us for preseason,” Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. “He is someone who came to the Swope Park Rangers last year and has made an incredible evolution in a short period of time. He’s a very good defender with the ball at his feet and he’s incredibly agile for his size. I’m excited for Amer because not many people knew about him out of college, and I appreciate when players get rewarded for staying committed and going after their dream.
https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/05/31/sporting-kc-signs-22-year-old-defender-amer-didic-mls-contract-swope-park-rangers

“Signing Amer is something we have been planning since the beginning of the year when he joined us for preseason,” Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. “He is someone who came to the Swope Park Rangers last year and has made an incredible evolution in a short period of time. He’s a very good defender with the ball at his feet and he’s incredibly agile for his size. I’m excited for Amer because not many people knew about him out of college, and I appreciate when players get rewarded for staying committed and going after their dream.
https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/05/31/sporting-kc-signs-22-year-old-defender-amer-didic-mls-contract-swope-park-rangers

“Signing Amer is something we have been planning since the beginning of the year when he joined us for preseason,” Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. “He is someone who came to the Swope Park Rangers last year and has made an incredible evolution in a short period of time. He’s a very good defender with the ball at his feet and he’s incredibly agile for his size. I’m excited for Amer because not many people knew about him out of college, and I appreciate when players get rewarded for staying committed and going after their dream.
https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/05/31/sporting-kc-signs-22-year-old-defender-amer-didic-mls-contract-swope-park-rangers

other relevant logos:

We could do a logo design contest and get that badboy up to snuff.  I attempted to do one in my profile pic but am not sure how to load it on to the forum.
 
Also, we could send Canada paraphernalia to their supporters or maybe help run a equipment drive.

I think people need to understand the mindset of Cavallini.  When you're not Uruguayan and your in Uruguay trying to climb the ladder from one team to the next big one.... you become the most Uruguayan man on earth to be accepted.  You over compensate and make comments like this as he has before.   I really could care less about his comments.  Will Johnson said he didn't feel Canadian and he was our captain at the time.  If Lucas performs then great.  If he falls flat then fans won't give him the benefit of the doubt.  But really, no one in the mainstream media will cover these sort of comments and no one will remember theses comments except for the few randoms on this board.

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

For those that will drive themselves crazy over Tabla, enjoy this moment and cherish it:
 
And remember this name: Gloire Amanda

Part of the issue with being a CMNT fan is the belief that "if we had x player it would result in y result" or the silver bullet theory.  I gave up on that a while ago.  I remember when it was a great to have De Jong sign on instead of with the Netherlands.  When Will Johnson played for Canada instead of the US.  When Tesho played for us instead of the US.  When Steven Vitoria picked us eventually over Portugal.  When Scott Arfield picked us over Scotland.  When Simeon Jackson picked us over Jamaica etc.  Now you can pick apart my sentences on how these players arrived at their decision and if we were picked over another country.  The results by the CMNT speak for themself.
My point is simply, no one player will make us qualify for the World Cup.  We need better quality players.  Tabla has good qualities but we can replace them.  You could argue Raheem Edwards has the same talent level.
What we need is a consistent development process like a CPL.  Players like Tabla will come and go but as long as we have players behind him to take his place the we are okay.  We haven't had that and that is why its so painful when we lose players.  VWC, TFC and the Impact are mature academies now.  Sigma is also producing consistently.  Times are a changing.

We all get on this emotional roller coaster called the CMNT at some point and go through the ebbs and flows.  Bottomline, this paragraph is more indicative of what we all want.

Part of the issue with being a CMNT fan is the belief that "if we had x player it would result in y result" or the silver bullet theory.  I gave up on that a while ago.  I remember when it was a great to have De Jong sign on instead of with the Netherlands.  When Will Johnson played for Canada instead of the US.  When Tesho played for us instead of the US.  When Steven Vitoria picked us eventually over Portugal.  When Scott Arfield picked us over Scotland.  When Simeon Jackson picked us over Jamaica etc.  Now you can pick apart my sentences on how these players arrived at their decision and if we were picked over another country.  The results by the CMNT speak for themself.
My point is simply, no one player will make us qualify for the World Cup.  We need better quality players.  Tabla has good qualities but we can replace them.  You could argue Raheem Edwards has the same talent level.
What we need is a consistent development process like a CPL.  Players like Tabla will come and go but as long as we have players behind him to take his place the we are okay.  We haven't had that and that is why its so painful when we lose players.  VWC, TFC and the Impact are mature academies now.  Sigma is also producing consistently.  Times are a changing.

Part of the issue with being a CMNT fan is the belief that "if we had x player it would result in y result" or the silver bullet theory.  I gave up on that a while ago.  I remember when it was a great to have De Jong sign on instead of with the Netherlands.  When Will Johnson played for Canada instead of the US.  When Tesho played for us instead of the US.  When Steven Vitoria picked us eventually over Portugal.  When Scott Arfield picked us over Scotland.  When Simeon Jackson picked us over Jamaica etc.  Now you can pick apart my sentences on how these players arrived at their decision and if we were picked over another country.  The results by the CMNT speak for themself.
My point is simply, no one player will make us qualify for the World Cup.  We need better quality players.  Tabla has good qualities but we can replace them.  You could argue Raheem Edwards has the same talent level.
What we need is a consistent development process like a CPL.  Players like Tabla will come and go but as long as we have players behind him to take his place the we are okay.  We haven't had that and that is why its so painful when we lose players.  VWC, TFC and the Impact are mature academies now.  Sigma is also producing consistently.  Times are a changing.

Part of the issue with being a CMNT fan is the belief that "if we had x player it would result in y result" or the silver bullet theory.  I gave up on that a while ago.  I remember when it was a great to have De Jong sign on instead of with the Netherlands.  When Will Johnson played for Canada instead of the US.  When Tesho played for us instead of the US.  When Steven Vitoria picked us eventually over Portugal.  When Scott Arfield picked us over Scotland.  When Simeon Jackson picked us over Jamaica etc.  Now you can pick apart my sentences on how these players arrived at their decision and if we were picked over another country.  The results by the CMNT speak for themself.
My point is simply, no one player will make us qualify for the World Cup.  We need better quality players.  Tabla has good qualities but we can replace them.  You could argue Raheem Edwards has the same talent level.
What we need is a consistent development process like a CPL.  Players like Tabla will come and go but as long as we have players behind him to take his place the we are okay.  We haven't had that and that is why its so painful when we lose players.  VWC, TFC and the Impact are mature academies now.  Sigma is also producing consistently.  Times are a changing.

Part of the issue with being a CMNT fan is the belief that "if we had x player it would result in y result" or the silver bullet theory.  I gave up on that a while ago.  I remember when it was a great to have De Jong sign on instead of with the Netherlands.  When Will Johnson played for Canada instead of the US.  When Tesho played for us instead of the US.  When Steven Vitoria picked us eventually over Portugal.  When Scott Arfield picked us over Scotland.  When Simeon Jackson picked us over Jamaica etc.  Now you can pick apart my sentences on how these players arrived at their decision and if we were picked over another country.  The results by the CMNT speak for themself.
My point is simply, no one player will make us qualify for the World Cup.  We need better quality players.  Tabla has good qualities but we can replace them.  You could argue Raheem Edwards has the same talent level.
What we need is a consistent development process like a CPL.  Players like Tabla will come and go but as long as we have players behind him to take his place the we are okay.  We haven't had that and that is why its so painful when we lose players.  VWC, TFC and the Impact are mature academies now.  Sigma is also producing consistently.  Times are a changing.

Part of the issue with being a CMNT fan is the belief that "if we had x player it would result in y result" or the silver bullet theory.  I gave up on that a while ago.  I remember when it was a great to have De Jong sign on instead of with the Netherlands.  When Will Johnson played for Canada instead of the US.  When Tesho played for us instead of the US.  When Steven Vitoria picked us eventually over Portugal.  When Scott Arfield picked us over Scotland.  When Simeon Jackson picked us over Jamaica etc.  Now you can pick apart my sentences on how these players arrived at their decision and if we were picked over another country.  The results by the CMNT speak for themself.
My point is simply, no one player will make us qualify for the World Cup.  We need better quality players.  Tabla has good qualities but we can replace them.  You could argue Raheem Edwards has the same talent level.
What we need is a consistent development process like a CPL.  Players like Tabla will come and go but as long as we have players behind him to take his place the we are okay.  We haven't had that and that is why its so painful when we lose players.  VWC, TFC and the Impact are mature academies now.  Sigma is also producing consistently.  Times are a changing.