robertmac43
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- Mar 31, 2015
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This tournament deserves a thread of its own. Starts in 3 weeks:
Canada has also announced their roster. David given the time off, Akinola in and will likely get some good minutes.
No Flores which is unfortunate, would have been an amazing bonus to get him captied.
My guess is some of the omissions are simply for rest. Millar just completed his move to FC Basil so my guess is he wants to settle in the city and be there for the full training camp.Going without a few of our Euro based players. David, Borjan, Adekugbe, Sturing, Millar, Wotherspoon. I may be forgetting one or two. Gutierrez is an interesting omission with no Adekugbe ...Did not think we would see Leutwiler again...perhaps Pantemis is not called up to continue his push for the number 1 jersey in Montreal.
Expected to see Vines, Zardes, Yuiell, Lewis, Acosta and Roldan, but it still doesn't make it any less disappointing. Those guys just simply aren't cut out for the international level. The defense is one that I don't really have qualms about except I would like to have seen Araujo there, midfield looks meh outside of Busio and Williamson, and forwards are okay. Sucks that Caden Clark had to have his appendix removed because I think this midfield is in desperate need of his creativity.
I think much of this was planned. We still have a team strong enough to compete. The group game against the US will be interesting.liam miller, wotherspoon, atiba, flores, david, arfield, borjan, jebbison, adekugbe, sturing....so many players missing. thats a shame. canada dont have the depth. with a best possible squad i see canada as the 3rd strongest team in gold cup...but now its way below that with all players missing. will the missed players be in the wc qualifer? i hope that for you guys.
liam miller, wotherspoon, atiba, flores, david, arfield, borjan, jebbison, adekugbe, sturing....so many players missing. thats a shame. canada dont have the depth. with a best possible squad i see canada as the 3rd strongest team in gold cup...but now its way below that with all players missing. will the missed players be in the wc qualifer? i hope that for you guys.
Atiba is still a beast as he started pretty much every game for Besiktas in a championship season. He is taking a well earned rest and will probably see how he feels heading into WC qualifiers.Didn't Hutchinson retire from international footall? Its such a shame that his talent was wasted on such bad teams over the years. Is he still good?
Atiba is still a beast as he started pretty much every game for Besiktas in a championship season. He is taking a well earned rest and will probably see how he feels heading into WC qualifiers.
He looks after himself so well i wouldn't put it past him to be a part of the qualifiers...and if they play extremely well. ....he may get a spot on the 23 or 26 player roster..whatever the number they go with at WC 2022.At his age, it would be really selfless of him to suit up for the qualifiers, knowing that if they actually did qualify, there are no guarantees that his level of play would warrant him to be in the rotaton.
He always seemed to answer the bell for Canada despite the program being a joke, so I'll be rooting for him.