GDT: Canadian Soccer | Final Pre-WC Friendlies - Sept 23 @ 11 AM vs. Qatar

[oilers'72]

It’s much more fun being the ultimate Monday morning center back.

There'd be scads of fixtures, results, standings and highlights. Full time job with OT (all unpaid volunteer, of course).

 

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There'd be scads of fixtures, results, standings and highlights. Full time job with OT (all unpaid volunteer, of course).

One post at a time.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

Euro, Copa, 2022 qualifying

Good time to be a footy fan right now, lots of content

Lmao that first goal for Canada made me think it was match fixing

 

[Cloned]

Euro, Copa, 2022 qualifying

Good time to be a footy fan right now, lots of content

Lmao that first goal for Canada made me think it was match fixing

I mean, the goalkeeper WAS born in Canada.

 

[29Beast97Mode]

I actually went to.the world cup in 2018. It was tons of fun, crowds miles around the stadium, getting drunk and having a blast. So many people from so many places and meeting some was so cool. The stadium was so loud and intense, constant cheering and fan chants. Then when England lost because they had so many fans it was a deafening quietness over the entire place. I went with some friends from England and I cheered for England as an honorary fan. If canada made it it would be so much fun and even though we might not do well It's so much fun in person.

 

[rboomercat90]

That was some Mikko Koskinen level goaltending right there.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

I actually went to.the world cup in 2018. It was tons of fun, crowds miles around the stadium, getting drunk and having a blast. So many people from so many places and meeting some was so cool. The stadium was so loud and intense, constant cheering and fan chants. Then when England lost because they had so many fans it was a deafening quietness over the entire place. I went with some friends from England and I cheered for England as an honorary fan. If canada made it it would be so much fun and even though we might not do well It's so much fun in person.

If Canada qualifies I am absolutely going to Qatar I don't give a fuuuuuuu

 

[oilers'72]

FIFA 2022 World Cup CONCACAF 3rd round qualifying fixtures:

Matchday 1 - Thursday, September 2

• Canada vs. Honduras
• United States vs. El Salvador
• Panama vs. Costa Rica
• Mexico vs. Jamaica

Matchday 2 - Sunday, September 6

• United States vs. Canada
• El Salvador vs. Honduras
• Costa Rica vs. Mexico
• Jamaica vs. Panama

Matchday 3 - Wednesday, September 8

• Canada vs. El Salvador
• Honduras vs. United States
• Panama vs. Mexico
• Costa Rica vs. Jamaica

Matchday 4 - Thursday, October 7

• Mexico vs. Canada
• Honduras vs. Costa Rica
• El Salvador vs. Panama
• United States vs. Jamaica

Matchday 5 - Sunday, October 10

• Jamaica vs. Canada
• Mexico vs. Honduras
• Costa Rica vs. El Salvador
• Panama vs. United States

Matchday 6 - Wednesday, October 13

• Canada vs. Panama
• Honduras vs. Jamaica
• El Salvador vs. Mexico
• United States vs. Costa Rica

Matchday 7 - Friday, November 12

• Canada vs. Costa Rica
• Honduras vs. Panama
• El Salvador vs. Jamaica
• United States vs. Mexico

Matchday 8 - Tuesday, November 16

• Canada vs. Mexico
• Costa Rica vs. Honduras
• Panama vs. El Salvador
• Jamaica vs. United States

Matchday 9 - Thursday, January 27, 2022

• Honduras vs. Canada
• United States vs. El Salvador
• Costa Rica vs. Panama
• Jamaica vs. Mexico

Matchday 10 - Sunday, January 30, 2022

• Canada vs. United States
• Honduras vs. El Salvador
• Mexico vs. Costa Rica
• Panama vs. Jamaica

Matchday 11 - Wednesday, February 2, 2022

• El Salvador vs. Canada
• United States vs. Honduras
• Mexico vs. Panama
• Jamaica vs. Costa Rica

Matchday 12 - Thursday, March 24, 2022

• Costa Rica vs. Canada
• Panama vs. Honduras
• Jamaica vs. El Salvador
• Mexico vs. United States

Matchday 13 - Sunday, March 27, 2022

• Canada vs. Jamaica
• Honduras vs. Mexico
• El Salvador vs. Costa Rica
• United States vs. Panama

Matchday 14 - Wednesday, March 30, 2022

• Panama vs. Canada
• Jamaica vs. Honduras
• Mexico vs. El Salvador
• Costa Rica vs. United States

Concacaf World Cup qualifying 2022 schedule for Octagonal final round | MLSSoccer.com

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

I know this is the CONCACAF qualifying but I've been following the Asian qualifiers as well and North Korea dropping out made things a little more interesting

As for Canada, they have a decent shot tbh. Davies and David have to be really good but I have faith

 

[oilers'72]

I know this is the CONCACAF qualifying but I've been following the Asian qualifiers as well and North Korea dropping out made things a little more interesting

As for Canada, they have a decent shot tbh. Davies and David have to be really good but I have faith

The African 2nd round qualifiers go from September 1st to November 16th after some delays.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round - Wikipedia

No dates given for the Asia 3rd round qualifiers.

Europe qualifiers will resume on September 1st until March 29th.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) - Wikipedia

South America will resume on September 2nd to March 29th. There were 10 games postponed on March 25th, 26th and 30th. No dates for those matches.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) - Wikipedia

Oceania hasn't set any dates for their qualifiers.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) - Wikipedia

 

[Cloned]

Only against Martinique but also without our best players. Davies and David are both out with injury and won’t play in the tournament.

Buchanon looks like he could be a deadly mirror down the other wing from Davies in the next round of WC qualifying…

 

[oilers'72]

Only against Martinique but also without our best players. Davies and David are both out with injury and won’t play in the tournament.

Buchanon looks like he could be a deadly mirror down the other wing from Davies in the next round of WC qualifying…

Thanks for mentioning that. Watching the El Salvador/Guatemala game on FS1.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Only against Martinique but also without our best players. Davies and David are both out with injury and won’t play in the tournament.

Buchanon looks like he could be a deadly mirror down the other wing from Davies in the next round of WC qualifying…

Doesn't much matter. Defensively this team looks like a trainwreck, even against a Martinique. to give up a goal like that, and several scoring chances to a side of such poor quality means theres tons of work and I don't trust Herdman to get it done. Can't say I like either a team that is show boating and ecstatic to get out a marginal win against a poor side and while not even keeping a clean sheet and having to come from behind. I don't know that theres any Canadian defenders I have a lot of faith in. Used to be a strongpoint to our national game. Now with more offense it seems we're just far worse defensively. I mean that first goal allowed was high school lol

 

[Cloned]

Doesn't much matter. Defensively this team looks like a trainwreck, even against a Martinique. to give up a goal like that, and several scoring chances to a side of such poor quality means theres tons of work and I don't trust Herdman to get it done. Can't say I like either a team that is show boating and ecstatic to get out a marginal win against a poor side and while not even keeping a clean sheet and having to come from behind. I don't know that theres any Canadian defenders I have a lot of faith in. Used to be a strongpoint to our national game. Now with more offense it seems we're just far worse defensively. I mean that first goal allowed was high school lol

Defense is by far the weakest point of the team. Losing Tomori to England (lol) was a big blow. We're going to have to hope for some more recruitments for 2026.

That said, this isn't Canada's "A" defensive group that played today either.

What do you have against Herdman lol? He's probably in the top tier of managers we could realistically hire for a 70th ranked team. Plus he actually wants to coach Canada and seems to be good for player development.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Defense is by far the weakest point of the team. Losing Tomori to England (lol) was a big blow. We're going to have to hope for some more recruitments for 2026.

That said, this isn't Canada's "A" defensive group that played today either.

What do you have against Herdman lol? He's probably in the top tier of managers we could realistically hire for a 70th ranked team. Plus he actually wants to coach Canada and seems to be good for player development.

I don't think Herdman really did enough with the Womens National team. Somewhere in the Christine Sinclair arc we should have been able to do better. jmo.

Hard to argue the bolded though. I mean I don't know what quality Canada could attract. I suspect not better.

But that said in Football, even more than hockey I credit Defensive play. Teams don't go anywhere without being solid defensively. England and Italy both were in the tournament and thus in the final. Belgium in contrast looked suspect to me from the word go.

The Germany team that used to have a solid back end that were able to win it all in 2014. Sure they could score. But they prided on not conceding. Since then Germany have unraveled defensively and thus they don't advance.

Teams don't go anywhere in tournaments if they can't keep the ball out of their net. So I don't just the Canadian team at all on Davies, Davis etc. but on what is their apparent achilles heel.

 

[Cloned]

I don't think Herdman really did enough with the Womens National team. Somewhere in the Christine Sinclair arc we should have been able to do better. jmo.

Hard to argue the bolded though. I mean I don't know what quality Canada could attract. I suspect not better.

But that said in Football, even more than hockey I credit Defensive play. Teams don't go anywhere without being solid defensively. England and Italy both were in the tournament and thus in the final. Belgium in contrast looked suspect to me from the word go.

The Germany team that used to have a solid back end that were able to win it all in 2014. Sure they could score. But they prided on not conceding. Since then Germany have unraveled defensively and thus they don't advance.

Teams don't go anywhere in tournaments if they can't keep the ball out of their net. So I don't just the Canadian team at all on Davies, Davis etc. but on what is their apparent achilles heel.

The WNT would've beat USA that one year in the Olympics if the reffing wasn't terrible in that game. Even so, 2 bronze medals is an accomplishment considering USA is clearly more talented and France/Brazil/etc. are on par, if not better, than Canada.

Herdman is the right coach for the team at this time. He's charismatic and has a reputation for caring about his players. That goes a long way towards player recruitment, especially for a NT that has had tons of trouble cap-tieing dual nationals in the past. Canada are not at that stage where they need a "fine tuning detail oriented" coach to put the finishing tactical touches on a fully matured team. I suspect what will happen is Herdman will be transitioned to football operations for the CMNT in a few years and he will be able to take care of things like player recruitment and development. At that time hopefully the team will have more prestige under their belt with a higher ranking and be able to attract a higher caliber of coach in terms of tactics and fine tuning. That said, Herdman is not bad tactically. He just knows the strengths of his team and defense isn't one of them.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

Alphonso Davies torn ankle ligament Bayern Munich - TSN.ca

Not good news. Hopefully it's a pretty minor tear considering he won't need surgery, and there won't be any significant long term effects.

 

[oilers'72]

CONCACAF Gold Cup results Matchday 1

Saturday

Mexico 0 Trinidad & Tobago 0
concacaf gold cup - Google Search

 

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Sunday

Canada 4 Martinique 1
concacaf gold cup - Google Search

United States 1 Haiti 0
concacaf gold cup - Google Search

El Salvador 2 Guatemala 0
concacaf gold cup - Google Search
Video in Spanish:

 

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Monday

Jamaica 2 Suriname 0
concacaf gold cup - Google Search
Video mostly in Spanish with English for the last 30 seconds

Costa Rica 3 Guadeloupe 1
concacaf gold cup - Google Search
Video has no sound

 

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CONCACAF Gold Cup table

GROUP A

Pos	Team	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	+/-	Pts
1		EL SALVADOR	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
2		MEXICO	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3		TRINIDAD	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4		GUATEMALA	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0

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GROUP B

Pos	Team	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	+/-	Pts
1		CANADA	1	0	0	4	1	3	3
2		UNITED STATES	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
3		HAITI	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
4		MARTINIQUE	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0

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GROUP C

Pos	Team	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	+/-	Pts
1		COSTA RICA	1	0	0	3	1	2	3
2		JAMAICA	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
3		GUADELOUPE	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
4		SURINAME	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0

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GROUP D

Pos	Team	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	+/-	Pts
1		PANAMA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		HONDURAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		QATAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		GRENADA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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[oilers'72]

CONCACAF Gold Cup fixtures

Tuesday
Group D

Qatar vs Panama @ 5 PM
Honduras vs Grenada @ 7 PM

Both games on OneSoccer & FS1

 

[oilers'72]

Heavy rain and thunderstorms in Houston delaying the start of the Qatar/Panama game.

 

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Honduras and Grenada will take place after this game is over as both are at BBVA Compass Stadium.

 

[oilers'72]

Terrible goal given up by Grenada keeper, Reice Charles-Cook. He took the back pass from one of his players and pushed the ball to his left to kick it away. Honduras forward Jerry Bengtson raced in and got to the ball first and poked it in with Charles-Cook wondering what happened.