OT: 2023 Soccer and Vancouver Whitecaps Thread

[SeawaterOnIce]

Neither of these teams are as good as your average MLS team are they.

What?

 

[Chairman Maouth]

What?

It was a very straight forward question.

The passing is not as crisp. Players don't receive passes as well, and both teams are giveaway machines. Additionally, although more related to integrity rather than skill, both teams dive, embellish, and roll around as if they just snapped a femur. My theory is that they cover their faces out of shame at being aware of what they're doing.

 

[Red]

We going to the World Cup. f*** yes.

What a team. No quit, no fear, all skill, all heart.

 

[MS]

It was a very straight forward question.

The passing is not as crisp. Players don't receive passes as well, and both teams are giveaway machines. Additionally, although more related to integrity rather than skill, both teams dive, embellish, and roll around as if they just snapped a femur. My theory is that they cover their faces out of shame at being aware of what they're doing.

?

About half this Canadian team are very good MLS players and the other half play in leagues well above MLS. And that's without Davies. This Canadian team would dominate MLS. Jonathan David would be the best player in MLS.

 

[NoShowWilly]

It was a very straight forward question.

The passing is not as crisp. Players don't receive passes as well, and both teams are giveaway machines. Additionally, although more related to integrity rather than skill, both teams dive, embellish, and roll around as if they just snapped a femur. My theory is that they cover their faces out of shame at being aware of what they're doing.

it's more that these guys don't play together normally. this team with its speed and finishing would smash the mls.

 

[tradervik]

Woo hoo!

 

[Chairman Maouth]

I'm not going to argue the point or belabour it and rain on what will probably be a literal parade, Canada won, so congrats.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

?

About half this Canadian team are very good MLS players and the other half play in leagues well above MLS. And that's without Davies. This Canadian team would dominate MLS. Jonathan David would be the best player in MLS.

Players like A. Johnston and Kone are already attracting interest from European teams.

This is the golden generation of Canadian soccer and this team in full form could even beat an MLS all star team.

 

[MS]

So good.

And nice to see Canadian flags being waved for the right reasons instead of by anti-Canadian f***tards.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

This is fantastic..it’s been a long time coming..Hopefully,in the years to come ,we will expect the bar to always qualify for the WC…

Canada has come a long way in the development of its young players…

 

[MS]

This is a good team. If Davies is back and healthy and we get a good draw, it shouldn't be an unrealistic goal to get out of the group stage.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

 

[TruKnyte]

This is a good team. If Davies is back and healthy and we get a good draw, it shouldn't be an unrealistic goal to get out of the group stage.

Looks like Davies is getting back soon for Bayern. Hopefully he doesn't get injured before the World Cup starts.

 

[EpochLink]

World Cup bound yall.

About damn time…my friend now has an excuse not to cheer for England this time

 

[logan5]

Neither of these teams are as good as your average MLS team are they.

Davies and David are obviously world class players, but the rest of the line-up is solid. The depth of team Canada would mean they would easily be the best team in MLS.

 

[Hit the post]

Canada in. Italy out.

 

[Frostage]

Congratulations Canada

Congratulations to John Herdman. He did great things with the women's team and now has helped the men's team qualify for a world cup.

 

[Hit the post]

It’s too bad Tony Waiters is no longer with us to see this achievement.

 

[Jyrki21]

Congratulations Canada

Congratulations to John Herdman. He did great things with the women's team and now has helped the men's team qualify for a world cup.

Herdman deserves praise, but the main difference between this club and clubs past is more about the available personnel than their tactics.

 

[Frostage]

Herdman deserves praise, but the main difference between this club and clubs past is more about the available personnel than their tactics.

Oh the quality of players has definitely improved. I wasn't trying to say that Herdman was solely responsible or anything like that. Just congratulating him on becoming the first manager to lead a women's and men's team to the world cup.

 

[tradervik]

Wow, Canada can move into "pot 3" with a win tomorrow vs Panama.

 

[Fulham]

The Whitecaps might have the worst ownership group in North American pro sports. Especially when you consider they are one of the richest owner groups in the MLS.

 

[WinterEmpire]

Ehh there are definitely a bunch of MLB owners who are worse than the Whitecaps group. But definitely near the bottom with this collective

 

[Javaman]

The Whitecaps might have the worst ownership group in North American pro sports. Especially when you consider they are one of the richest owner groups in the MLS.

Yeah, not sure about the "worst ownership group" label, but I can't see the Whitecaps continuing to be relevant in the Vancouver sports market if ownership continues to make it clear they are content to be a bottom dweller.

I sure as hell I know that VWFC won't get any more of my money if they demonstrate they don't really have any interest in putting together a team that can contend for the MLS championship.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Yeah, not sure about the "worst ownership group" label, but I can't see the Whitecaps continuing to be relevant in the Vancouver sports market if ownership continues to make it clear they are content to be a bottom dweller.

I sure as hell I know that VWFC won't get any more of my money if they demonstrate they don't really have any interest in putting together a team that can contend for the MLS championship.

The Whitecaps franchise is a hedge fund, and the owners are totally fine to put out a garbage product, and not investing into the franchise. They will inevitably cash out when they sell the franchise to a US based group and the franchise will move out of Vancouver.