Canadian Soccer Part II

theaub

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Meh - that was a difficult header off the back foot. Larin's was just heading the ball in a straight line.
 

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Why? Zambrano looked like a step in the right direction. Why can't Canadian soccer have good things.

Herdman is charismatic and tactically solid, but completely unproven on the senior men's level. It's a fairly significant risk for the CSA to take.
 

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My guess is CSA was planning on doing this in a few more years but Herdman got an offer from another country that was pretty enticing, so the CSA had to move up their plans.
 

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Will be interesting to see how the pressure of being in the WC will affect the CSA now. If they front a team that gets embarrassed 0-3 in the group stage, they'll never live it down.
 

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Don't know if Herdman will last for 8 years but hosting a WC should give you access to the highest level of coaches out there. If the CSA is willing to put up the money, that shouldn't be an issue.

I'm curious to see if the federal government puts up more money to the CSA now like they did with OTP once Vancouver won the bid for 2010.
 

robertmac43

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Will be interesting to see how the pressure of being in the WC will affect the CSA now. If they front a team that gets embarrassed 0-3 in the group stage, they'll never live it down.

The 2026 World CUp will feature groups with only 3 teams so luckily for us we can only go 0-2 ;)
 
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robertmac43

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Sounds like Canada will get:

7 Group Matches
2 Matches in the Round of 32
1 in the Round of 16

Should be great for growing the game across the country!
 

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Luckily for the country we have 8 years for one of those to emerge!

They need to seriously start looking at poaching talented non cap-tied youth whose parents have dual citizenship, like Skate Canada did with (an albeit much older) Bloemen.
 
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robertmac43

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They need to seriously start looking at poaching talented non cap-tied youth whose parents have dual citizenship, like Skate Canada did with (an albeit much older) Bloemen.

Its true! And with the hosting of 2026 we should actually have some pull now. Going to be an interesting couple of years in the build up.
 

Dr Pepper

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First step IMO is qualifying for Qatar.

Don't make it an even 40 years between WC entries, since 2026 is only by virtue of hosting. They need to start showing very soon that they actually belong there.

What's interesting is that the women's side is leaps and bounds above the men's....I haven't checked the rankings in a while but they should still be top-10, no? Men's team only recently emerged from the top 100. :help: :laugh:
 

robertmac43

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I agree 100%. Its time this nation takes the leap forward. We have some solid players that will be coming into their own for the next qualification campaign. Hopefully they can squeak in and put us on the map pre-2026.
 

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