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I think Kevin Blue's comments are unbelievably reckless and have overarching legal implications.  I've never seen a CEO come out and, without a thorough investigation, implicate his current and former staff and provide additional information than reporters were asking for.  It doesn't matter if you say "anecdotal evidence" and then say the evidence.  I simply cannot believe it.  He's substantiating the evidence by stating it in the press whether it is real or not.
He went on to say that the issue is systemic (that means the whole organization), that this issue proceeded Jesse Marsch, Bev Priestman which only leaves John Herdman.  Herdman started in 2011 with the women's team.  Drone regulations were only established in the 2010's.  "Anecdotally", he just defamed Herdman in the press without a third party investigation or even interviewing him, and then went on to say Priestman was carrying on these practices, and the inherited staff of the men's side were doing it, in at least one instance, during Copa America.
He said Jesse Marsch knew about the Copa America incident "after the fact at a minimum". Just let that sit for a second.  No one asked about Copa America.  He said it without anyone asking.  He also may have implicated himself because if he knew at the time about the Copa America incident and did nothing, other employees may have viewed that as tacit approval that the CSA didn't care.  I'm sure there isn't an internal memo that says drone are an unacceptable practice.
Unbelievable, if he ends up firing any of the women's program (which is inevitable) he will have to fire people on the men's side.  You cannot have different measuring sticks legally. I am shocked at the level of legal ineptitude on display and lack of media training.   The CSA better have a good lawyer to clean up his mess.  I'd imagine he feels pretty good about how that went too.  You think the CSA is broke now? Wait until they get through the lawyer bills.  It doesn't matter if the problem preceded him.  The tacit approval of drone usage existed in the organization and these employees would have a legal argument that no one ever corrected their behavior and it was a known practice, the CSA purchased the equipment with the known intent, and hired performance analyst with flying drones as part of the job description, and with that tacit approval, there are no grounds to fire them.  Most likely, you've got 3-6 employees your going to have to payout plus lawyer fees.
But hey, what a great guy.
Unreal.....
 
 
 

I think Kevin Blue's comments are unbelievably reckless and have overarching legal implications.  I've never seen a CEO come out and, without a thorough investigation, implicate his current and former staff and provide additional information than reporters were asking for.  It doesn't matter if you say "anecdotal evidence" and then say the evidence.  I simply cannot believe it.  He's substantiating the evidence by stating it in the press whether it is real or not.
He went on to say that the issue is systemic (that means the whole organization), that this issue proceeded Jesse Marsch, Bev Priestman which only leaves John Herdman.  Herdman started in 2011 with the women's team.  Drone regulations were only established in the 2010's.  "Anecdotally", he just defamed Herdman in the press without a third party investigation or even interviewing him, and then went on to say Priestman was carrying on these practices, and the inherited staff of the men's side were doing it, in at least one instance, during Copa America.
He said Jesse Marsch knew about the Copa America incident "after the fact at a minimum". Just let that sit for a second.  No one asked about Copa America.  He said it without anyone asking.  He also may have implicated himself because if he knew at the time about the Copa America incident and did nothing, other employees may have viewed that as tacit approval that the CSA didn't care.  I'm sure there isn't an internal memo that says drone are an unacceptable practice.
Unbelievable, if he ends up firing any of the women's program (which is inevitable) he will have to fire people on the men's side.  You cannot have different measuring sticks legally. I am shocked at the level of legal ineptitude on display and lack of media training.   The CSA better have a good lawyer to clean up his mess.  I'd imagine he feels pretty good about how that went too.  You think the CSA is broke now? Wait until they get through the lawyer bills.  It doesn't matter if the problem preceded him.  The tacit approval of drone usage existed in the organization and these employees would have a legal argument that no one ever corrected their behavior and it was a known practice, the CSA purchased the equipment with the known intent, and hired performance analyst with flying drones as part of the job description, and with that tacit approval, there are no grounds to fire them.  Most likely, you've got 3-6 employees your going to have to payout plus lawyer fees.
But hey, what a great guy.
Unreal.....
 
 
 

I think Kevin Blue's comments are unbelievably reckless and have overarching legal implications.  I've never seen a CEO come out and, without a thorough investigation, implicate his current and former staff and provide additional information than reporters were asking for.  It doesn't matter if you say "anecdotal evidence" and then say the evidence.  I simply cannot believe it.  He's substantiating the evidence by stating it in the press whether it is real or not.
He went on to say that the issue is systemic (that means the whole organization), that this issue proceeded Jesse Marsch, Bev Priestman which only leaves John Herdman.  Herdman started in 2011 with the women's team.  Drone regulations were only established in the 2010's.  "Anecdotally", he just defamed Herdman in the press without a third party investigation or even interviewing him, and then went on to say Priestman was carrying on these practices, and the inherited staff of the men's side were doing it, in at least one instance, during Copa America.
He said Jesse Marsch knew about the Copa America incident "after the fact at a minimum". Just let that sit for a second.  No one asked about Copa America.  He said it without anyone asking.  He also may have implicated himself because if he knew at the time about the Copa America incident and did nothing, other employees may have viewed that as tacit approval that the CSA didn't care.  I'm sure there isn't an internal memo that says drone are an unacceptable practice.
Unbelievable, if he ends up firing any of the women's program (which is inevitable) he will have to fire people on the men's side.  You cannot have different measuring sticks legally. I am shocked at the level of legal ineptitude on display and lack of media training.   The CSA better have a good lawyer to clean up his mess.  I'd imagine he feels pretty good about how that went too.  You think the CSA is broke now? Wait until they get through the lawyer bills.  It doesn't matter if the problem preceded him.  The tacit approval of drone usage existed in the organization and these employees would have a legal argument that no one ever corrected their behavior and it was a known practice, the CSA purchased the equipment with the known intent, and hired performance analyst with flying drones as part of the job description, and with that tacit approval, there are no grounds to fire them.  Most likely, you've got 3-6 employees your going to have to payout plus lawyer fees.
But hey, what a great guy.
Unreal.....
 
 
 

We were practicing on non-secure college fields during Copa America, correct?.  Literally anyone could have watched our practices and I'm sure we were watched.   I would be surprised if this wasn't common practice.

We were practicing on non-secure college fields during Copa America, correct?.  Literally anyone could have watched our practices and I'm sure we were watched.   I would be surprised if this wasn't common practice.

This is precisely the value of qualifying for major tournaments.  Players are transferred based on playing higher level competition.  That's the value of Copa America, World Cup, the u20 World Cup, and the Olympics.  The fewer major tournaments we play in, the fewer player with transfers to better leagues, the lower the ceiling on the squad. 
That's why the group of players at the Copa America was so special.  We've caught lightening in Bombito, Kone, Jonathan David, Shaffelburg, Tani etc.  We are extremely lucky to hit on those prospects in the same window. 
I do wonder if the CSA should establish a Sub Committee or Shadow Board for their youth side to develop a better scouting strategy by leveraging statistics to help identify gems across the LeagueOne Canada entities. Part of the reason Bombito was identified late is that he was converted to a center back in 2020.  If he wasn't converted to a center back I doubt he would be a pro.  That's crazy if you think about it.  How many players have died on the vine because they kept playing a position which did not play to their strengths.
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This is precisely the value of qualifying for major tournaments.  Players are transferred based on playing higher level competition.  That's the value of Copa America, World Cup, the u20 World Cup, and the Olympics.  The fewer major tournaments we play in, the fewer player with transfers to better leagues, the lower the ceiling on the squad. 
That's why the group of players at the Copa America was so special.  We've caught lightening in Bombito, Kone, Jonathan David, Shaffelburg, Tani etc.  We are extremely lucky to hit on those prospects in the same window. 
I do wonder if the CSA should establish a Sub Committee or Shadow Board for their youth side to develop a better scouting strategy by leveraging statistics to help identify gems across the LeagueOne Canada entities. Part of the reason Bombito was identified late is that he was converted to a center back in 2020.  If he wasn't converted to a center back I doubt he would be a pro.  That's crazy if you think about it.  How many players have died on the vine because they kept playing a position which did not play to their strengths.
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I just watched Copa Ameria (Canada Soccer) youtube clips which is must watch.
What stuck out to me was Jesse Marsch took a backseat in the locker room and let Alphonso speak before and after every match.  What Phonzie said fired me up so I could imagine that galvanized the team.  I'm impressed by Davies more after watching that and convinced he will be a great captain with the support of Stack.
I was even more impressed by Marsch letting people grow and stepping out of the way to accomplish that.  I was worried that he would dominate that team.  To put it into focus, Marsch after taking Canada on a historic run that may never be matched, he deferred to long time team canada physiotherapist to provide the closing remarks after the Uruguay game. 
I was ecstatic by what I saw during the tournament from Marsch but I'm an even bigger fan after seeing that

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

Great review of the game.  I thought the triple substitution was aggressive by Olivieri and it worked out.  Credit to him.  I still don't like the Diallo sub for Lopez.  Olivieri must view it as a defensive move.  Lopez provided the assist on Tavio's goal so again he's been one of our best.
Watching the highlights with El Salvador vs. Hondurus, we need to win a lot of set pieces and tower over them in the box.  They struggle mightily with height.  We may want to drop Lopez back and let Diallo lead the line.  Play Morgan as a winger.  I would also start Cameron who has outplayed Rigopoulos.
Some trivia, Tavio Ciccarelli (current player), Schilte-Brown and KSB all spent time with Halifax Wanderers.

What a fun game. Canada definitely played better as the game went on. Tough first 30 mins or so
Swiderski - very impressive. Quick reflexes.  Team struggled playing out from the back early. He had a bad giveaway for a great DR chance. In the 2nd half, it seemed like they changed game plans to just hammering the ball forward, which helped
Rigopoulos - quieter in this game than the first. Definitely has good timing on his over laping runs
Pearlman - looks slow but very solid positionally. Seems like a fundamental player that struggles with passing. Better passing in this game but always seems to be a step late seeing the open passing lanes
Brown - solid and unspectacular. Had a great header for our best chance in the first half
Greco - fiesty player, always noticeable
Dumitru - tough first 15 minutes of the game. Seemed like he could of easily had two quick yellows. Definitely settled down as the game progressed. Better on the ball than I thought
Badwal - quieter game from him and Biello in the midfield. I do like his game though. Always progressing forward
Biello - has been my surprise of the tournament. Always in the right spot defensively and just shows great patience with the ball
Stewart - i was so excited for his arrival. Has already carved out a bench role with Colorado. So impressive for a kid his age. But he struggled mightly in the first half. DM had no issue defending his pace or ball skills. He just looked tired and jet lagged. In the 2nd half, he definitely played better and showed a couple of flashes of real ball skills.
Morgan - pretty quiet in this game. But he does a great job and finding gaps for runs
Lopez - so much praise for him in this thread and i thought he looked very tired. Expectations need to be dropped a little. I know we are hoping for a top notch young striker and he maybe is it. But he isnt ready for the big squad. He needs a conditioning program.
All that being said, he was by far the most dangerous player again. He is so crafty with the ball. Had his best passing game. Every goal they have score, he has been a part of it. Very impressive
Costa - he just hasn't impressed in this tournament so far. Had a very nice defensive play. His passes are like rockets. Just blasts the ball
Cameron - nice pace and size. Just seems to be in the right spots
Bunbury - better game. Showed some speed off the bench
Ciccarelli - always in the right scoring spots. So happy to see the ball go in. Seems to have a little fire in him
Diallo - barely saw anytime on the field
Fun game and they looked solid defensively.  Much better job holding a lead

I just watched Copa Ameria (Canada Soccer) youtube clips which is must watch.
What stuck out to me was Jesse Marsch took a backseat in the locker room and let Alphonso speak before and after every match.  What Phonzie said fired me up so I could imagine that galvanized the team.  I'm impressed by Davies more after watching that and convinced he will be a great captain with the support of Stack.
I was even more impressed by Marsch letting people grow and stepping out of the way to accomplish that.  I was worried that he would dominate that team.  To put it into focus, Marsch after taking Canada on a historic run that may never be matched, he deferred to long time team canada physiotherapist to provide the closing remarks after the Uruguay game. 
I was ecstatic by what I saw during the tournament from Marsch but I'm an even bigger fan after seeing that

There was a lot of positives from the match:
- Santiago Lopez was the star until he picked up a knock on his knee
- Swiderski was excellent and looks like pro in the making
- Biello looked like a pro already
- Morgan and Badwall were good
- CGT stood out but had some lapses going too far forward.
- We tried to manage the game by slowing it down and maintaining possession
- Cameron looked decent but taking it to the corner at minute 83 seems silly to me.
- Overall on a different pitch we might be able to assess the team style and I think this could be great learning opportunity players.
 
The negatives:
- Pearlman is a liability passing under pressure.
- The pitch was atrocious from the jump and the ball holding up suited Hondurus style better.
- I'm not a Olivieri fan because every team has enough quality to qualify but he doesn't make a team better
- Moreover, the team had 5 yellow cards midway through the game and he chose to substitute 1 of the those players. He got away with it but it was a disaster waiting to happen.
- Given the context of the pitch it was a red card waiting to happen instead he subbed, I think, 1 player with a yellow with Pearlman struggling.  All of subs were wingers and forwards.
- The coach didn't adjust to the game IMO.  Outside of Lopez injury, the other subs seemed planned to get tournament minutes rather that close out the game.

There was a lot of positives from the match:
- Santiago Lopez was the star until he picked up a knock on his knee
- Swiderski was excellent and looks like pro in the making
- Biello looked like a pro already
- Morgan and Badwall were good
- CGT stood out but had some lapses going too far forward.
- We tried to manage the game by slowing it down and maintaining possession
- Cameron looked decent but taking it to the corner at minute 83 seems silly to me.
- Overall on a different pitch we might be able to assess the team style and I think this could be great learning opportunity players.
 
The negatives:
- Pearlman is a liability passing under pressure.
- The pitch was atrocious from the jump and the ball holding up suited Hondurus style better.
- I'm not a Olivieri fan because every team has enough quality to qualify but he doesn't make a team better
- Moreover, the team had 5 yellow cards midway through the game and he chose to substitute 1 of the those players. He got away with it but it was a disaster waiting to happen.
- Given the context of the pitch it was a red card waiting to happen instead he subbed, I think, 1 player with a yellow with Pearlman struggling.  All of subs were wingers and forwards.
- The coach didn't adjust to the game IMO.  Outside of Lopez injury, the other subs seemed planned to get tournament minutes rather that close out the game.

I just watched Copa Ameria (Canada Soccer) youtube clips which is must watch.
What stuck out to me was Jesse Marsch took a backseat in the locker room and let Alphonso speak before and after every match.  What Phonzie said fired me up so I could imagine that galvanized the team.  I'm impressed by Davies more after watching that and convinced he will be a great captain with the support of Stack.
I was even more impressed by Marsch letting people grow and stepping out of the way to accomplish that.  I was worried that he would dominate that team.  To put it into focus, Marsch after taking Canada on a historic run that may never be matched, he deferred to long time team canada physiotherapist to provide the closing remarks after the Uruguay game. 
I was ecstatic by what I saw during the tournament from Marsch but I'm an even bigger fan after seeing that

There was a lot of positives from the match:
- Santiago Lopez was the star until he picked up a knock on his knee
- Swiderski was excellent and looks like pro in the making
- Biello looked like a pro already
- Morgan and Badwall were good
- CGT stood out but had some lapses going too far forward.
- We tried to manage the game by slowing it down and maintaining possession
- Cameron looked decent but taking it to the corner at minute 83 seems silly to me.
- Overall on a different pitch we might be able to assess the team style and I think this could be great learning opportunity players.
 
The negatives:
- Pearlman is a liability passing under pressure.
- The pitch was atrocious from the jump and the ball holding up suited Hondurus style better.
- I'm not a Olivieri fan because every team has enough quality to qualify but he doesn't make a team better
- Moreover, the team had 5 yellow cards midway through the game and he chose to substitute 1 of the those players. He got away with it but it was a disaster waiting to happen.
- Given the context of the pitch it was a red card waiting to happen instead he subbed, I think, 1 player with a yellow with Pearlman struggling.  All of subs were wingers and forwards.
- The coach didn't adjust to the game IMO.  Outside of Lopez injury, the other subs seemed planned to get tournament minutes rather that close out the game.

I just watched Copa Ameria (Canada Soccer) youtube clips which is must watch.
What stuck out to me was Jesse Marsch took a backseat in the locker room and let Alphonso speak before and after every match.  What Phonzie said fired me up so I could imagine that galvanized the team.  I'm impressed by Davies more after watching that and convinced he will be a great captain with the support of Stack.
I was even more impressed by Marsch letting people grow and stepping out of the way to accomplish that.  I was worried that he would dominate that team.  To put it into focus, Marsch after taking Canada on a historic run that may never be matched, he deferred to long time team canada physiotherapist to provide the closing remarks after the Uruguay game. 
I was ecstatic by what I saw during the tournament from Marsch but I'm an even bigger fan after seeing that

I just watched Copa Ameria (Canada Soccer) youtube clips which is must watch.
What stuck out to me was Jesse Marsch took a backseat in the locker room and let Alphonso speak before and after every match.  What Phonzie said fired me up so I could imagine that galvanized the team.  I'm impressed by Davies more after watching that and convinced he will be a great captain with the support of Stack.
I was even more impressed by Marsch letting people grow and stepping out of the way to accomplish that.  I was worried that he would dominate that team.  To put it into focus, Marsch after taking Canada on a historic run that may never be matched, he deferred to long time team canada physiotherapist to provide the closing remarks after the Uruguay game. 
I was ecstatic by what I saw during the tournament from Marsch but I'm an even bigger fan after seeing that

There was a lot of positives from the match:
- Santiago Lopez was the star until he picked up a knock on his knee
- Swiderski was excellent and looks like pro in the making
- Biello looked like a pro already
- Morgan and Badwall were good
- CGT stood out but had some lapses going too far forward.
- We tried to manage the game by slowing it down and maintaining possession
- Cameron looked decent but taking it to the corner at minute 83 seems silly to me.
- Overall on a different pitch we might be able to assess the team style and I think this could be great learning opportunity players.
 
The negatives:
- Pearlman is a liability passing under pressure.
- The pitch was atrocious from the jump and the ball holding up suited Hondurus style better.
- I'm not a Olivieri fan because every team has enough quality to qualify but he doesn't make a team better
- Moreover, the team had 5 yellow cards midway through the game and he chose to substitute 1 of the those players. He got away with it but it was a disaster waiting to happen.
- Given the context of the pitch it was a red card waiting to happen instead he subbed, I think, 1 player with a yellow with Pearlman struggling.  All of subs were wingers and forwards.
- The coach didn't adjust to the game IMO.  Outside of Lopez injury, the other subs seemed planned to get tournament minutes rather that close out the game.