Canadian Soccer Part III

[Satan]

Felt good to be at Spruce Meadows tonight. Cavalry continue to be Calgary's best kept secret.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Felt good to be at Spruce Meadows tonight. Cavalry continue to be Calgary's best kept secret.

Its uh, interesting looking ground.Do they sell seats where that building is?

 

[robertmac43]

Felt good to be at Spruce Meadows tonight. Cavalry continue to be Calgary's best kept secret.

I'm hoping to get out to a game there this Fall, will likely end up being next season. My goal is to go to every CPL stadium by the end of next 2022.

 

[Satan]

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Its uh, interesting looking ground.Do they sell seats where that building is?

Oh ya they sell seats all around, including I think VIP seats near that building on the right of the photo that's super far away from the field.

 

[Savant]

Davies is on that horse meat

 

[PanniniClaus]

Felt good to be at Spruce Meadows tonight. Cavalry continue to be Calgary's best kept secret.

I watched the second half. Edmonton thought they were being cute subbing off Warchewski and Aird up 1-0....not three minutes later the game turned completely.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Davies is on that horse meat

beast mode!

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Oh ya they sell seats all around, including I think VIP seats near that building on the right of the photo that's super far away from the field.

Looks worse than any seats in stadium with athletic track. How much do they go for relative to good seats?

 

[Satan]

Looks worse than any seats in stadium with athletic track. How much do they go for relative to good seats?

The seats in this section are $150 and include free buffet food I think? I've never even bothered looking into it. The sightlines look awful and I can't imagine spending that kinda money to go to one of these games.

I usually sit behind the end goal- $35/ticket, great atmosphere.

View from last night:

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Any word on when the venues for our home qualifiers are announced? Less than a month now till kickoff.

 

[Pink Mist]

What an accomplishment for Canadian soccer today. Hopefully it'll inspire the men in the World Cup qualifiers

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Football in this country was a total joke 20 years ago. I was pretty much forced to take my youth career abroad because coaches and structures here were criminally bad. No one wanted to play any defensive minded football, players would bunch up around the middle and the gameplan would involve numerous long-balls and ugly chasing football.

What we've witnessed in this country in the past 10 years has been astonishing to say the least. It started with John Herdman inspiring the Canadian women to take the next step from a team that got zero wins, and one measly goal in 2011 to a team that nearly beat the USA a year later and eventually won Bronze. It culminated to this. Proper football, no reliance on one single player, solid well managed squad that played tidy football throughout the tournament.

 

[Cloned]

Football in this country was a total joke 20 years ago. I was pretty much forced to take my youth career abroad because coaches and structures here were criminally bad. No one wanted to play any defensive minded football, players would bunch up around the middle and the gameplan would involve numerous long-balls and ugly chasing football.

What we've witnessed in this country in the past 10 years has been astonishing to say the least. It started with John Herdman inspiring the Canadian women to take the next step from a team that got zero wins, and one measly goal in 2011 to a team that nearly beat the USA a year later and eventually won Bronze. It culminated to this. Proper football, no reliance on one single player, solid well managed squad that played tidy football throughout the tournament.

I think that in 50 years time, John Herdman may well be looked at as the Father of Modern Canadian Football. Transforming BOTH the women's and the men's national teams into competitive sides and kickstarting a period of talent, growth and development that could be permanently transformative.

The fact that he wasn't born here but came to the country as an unheralded coach, finding success through hard work and determination, and contributing to society and sport - that is just so fittingly Canadian that you couldn't script a better story.

 

[Tuggy]

We'll see where he ends up...or how true this is.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Just a note that Columbus started Liam Fraser in central defense tonight...alongside Mensah. Versatility can't hurt.

 

[Cloned]

btw, if you ever wondered how popular Christine Sinclair is with her club teammates in Portland:



I don't think any of them are even Canadian, so this is purely happiness for their teammate.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

We'll see where he ends up...or how true this is.

Buchanan has been really good this season and also during the Gold Cup. With an Olympic aged front four of Davies, David, Buchanan, and Akinola in upcoming years as the nucleus of Canada’s attack, that’s easily top two in the region among U23 front fours.

Now Canada needs to start producing some players other than attackers. When that happens, Canada will start to be a real threat a towards the top of CONCACAF and also outside the region. I think within another few years that’ll start to happen.

 

[Tuggy]

Theo Corbeanu on loan this season to Sheffield Wednesday from Wolves.

Didn't play in their first match but hopefully with the move, he'll get playing time.

 

[robertmac43]

I really like this move for Theo. Needs a couple of seasons to hone his skills before having an impact at Wolves.

 

[Tuggy]

First two home fixtures in Toronto. Need 6 points from those matches. Maybe steal a point in the US, but gotta win those home matches.

 

[al secord]

Any ticket information yet for the 2 games in Toronto?

 

[Tuggy]

Club Brugge would be one of the Champions League clubs. I've seen rumors that SC Freiburg would be the Bundesliga club.

 

[Cloned]

Club Brugge would be one of the Champions League clubs. I've seen rumors that SC Freiburg would be the Bundesliga club.

What's the starting depth like at Freiburg? I'd almost rather he get more playing time on a "lower" league club like Brugge if he's going to be blocked from significant playing time at Freiburg.

 

[PanniniClaus]

What's the starting depth like at Freiburg? I'd almost rather he get more playing time on a "lower" league club like Brugge if he's going to be blocked from significant playing time at Freiburg.

They generally go 3-4-3 (3-4-1-2) as well and Taj would be a more electric option than either of Schmid or Gunter but Gunter and Schmid form a large part of the leadership team there. Taj's talent would force his way in, in my opinion. Freiburg generally go for functional over razzle dazzle so this would be a step out of the norm for them.

 

[Cloned]

They generally go 3-4-3 (3-4-1-2) as well and Taj would be a more electric option than either of Schmid or Gunter but Gunter and Schmid form a large part of the leadership team there. Taj's talent would force his way in, in my opinion. Freiburg generally go for functional over razzle dazzle so this would be a step out of the norm for them.

Thanks. Hopefully him and his agent weigh all the pros and cons and make the best decision.