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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.

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.

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.

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

According to his Wikipedia page:
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Mazzaferro
• He played in Brampton
• He was part of TFC's Academy, but like many of their promising youth players, is no longer with them
 
Two signs he is destined for success?
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

6'1" Centreback
Won the 2023 MLS NEXT PRO Title
Currently, is top 3 in minutes played for the league and has the highest pass percentage of any player with 16+ games played @ 94.3%
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/stats/players/?stat-type=mins_played#season=2024&competition=mls-next-pro&club=all&statType=general&position=all
https://www.transfermarkt.us/salvatore-mazzaferro/profil/spieler/1117325
He might be one to watch in the next couple of years.
 

If he ever bulked up and became more aggressive he would make a great CB.  His passing abilities out of the back would be exceptional for the position.  He's fast enough for a CB but not quick enough for center midfield IMO and, likewise, not aggressive enough to be defensive midfielder and not offensive enough either.  He's kind of an in between player IMO.  But we've seen midfield players move back to the defensive line and excel like Laryea, Davies.  For some reason down the spine is a harder transition than the wing.

If he ever bulked up and became more aggressive he would make a great CB.  His passing abilities out of the back would be exceptional for the position.  He's fast enough for a CB but not quick enough for center midfield IMO and, likewise, not aggressive enough to be defensive midfielder and not offensive enough either.  He's kind of an in between player IMO.  But we've seen midfield players move back to the defensive line and excel like Laryea, Davies.  For some reason down the spine is a harder transition than the wing.

If he ever bulked up and became more aggressive he would make a great CB.  His passing abilities out of the back would be exceptional for the position.  He's fast enough for a CB but not quick enough for center midfield IMO and, likewise, not aggressive enough to be defensive midfielder and not offensive enough either.  He's kind of an in between player IMO.  But we've seen midfield players move back to the defensive line and excel like Laryea, Davies.  For some reason down the spine is a harder transition than the wing.

If he ever bulked up and became more aggressive he would make a great CB.  His passing abilities out of the back would be exceptional for the position.  He's fast enough for a CB but not quick enough for center midfield IMO and, likewise, not aggressive enough to be defensive midfielder and not offensive enough either.  He's kind of an in between player IMO.  But we've seen midfield players move back to the defensive line and excel like Laryea, Davies.  For some reason down the spine is a harder transition than the wing.

If he ever bulked up and became more aggressive he would make a great CB.  His passing abilities out of the back would be exceptional for the position.  He's fast enough for a CB but not quick enough for center midfield IMO and, likewise, not aggressive enough to be defensive midfielder and not offensive enough either.  He's kind of an in between player IMO.  But we've seen midfield players move back to the defensive line and excel like Laryea, Davies.  For some reason down the spine is a harder transition than the wing.

There is luck involved in development mostly correlated with opportunity.
Alistair and Cyle had the fortune of going to expansion clubs and were given playing time immediately.
Miller and Layrea were late bloomers and had to move before they found their place in the league.
Buchanon took a couple years to develop and was a sub for most of his first year.
CPL is a good option for young players to get playing time.    NYFC has a lot of homegrown players so it was always going to be difficult for him to displace them.

There is luck involved in development mostly correlated with opportunity.
Alistair and Cyle had the fortune of going to expansion clubs and were given playing time immediately.
Miller and Layrea were late bloomers and had to move before they found their place in the league.
Buchanon took a couple years to develop and was a sub for most of his first year.
CPL is a good option for young players to get playing time.    NYFC has a lot of homegrown players so it was always going to be difficult for him to displace them.