Vasi Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) I heard the opposite. But we have a different standard then the Dutch! Edited March 9 by Vasi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 5 hours ago, Shway said: The last slide with his uncle in the Canada soccer gear and cuts to the part where he says "I've dedicated my entire career to Canada"...I'm reaching though lol Is this really reaching? Pretty odd thing to post otherwise, it’s not really anything about ‘mindset’ haha. Corazon, Shway and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phresh Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 3 hours ago, Dominic94 said: I could be wrong but I think someone here has stated that the kid isn’t good enough for Canada let alone Netherlands. I highly doubt it, this is a player who's already gotten his debut for Jong PSV, trained with the first team last couple weeks of February, I cannot think of many players in the 2007 age group playing at a higher level than he is Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 16 hours ago, phresh said: I highly doubt it, this is a player who's already gotten his debut for Jong PSV, trained with the first team last couple weeks of February, I cannot think of many players in the 2007 age group playing at a higher level than he is See that’s more inline with what I had heard about when I first heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/9/2024 at 10:50 AM, Shway said: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4Q40r-rpBS/?igsh=dzJnYmp0dGNycG1o seems....cryptic. I had a stupid thought about this: there’s no way he’s going to be included in the squad for T&T right (even for experience)? Timings right for the post to make sense, but I would think that would be a massive stretch and not something I think should be done for such an important game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Borjans Sweatpants said: I had a stupid thought about this: there’s no way he’s going to be included in the squad for T&T right (even for experience)? Timings right for the post to make sense, but I would think that would be a massive stretch and not something I think should be done for such an important game. He's so far from a call up. Colyn arguably can be the best player on jong psv/de graafschap and hes not really in the CMNT picture. JDG hasnt played for jong psv from what I've seen but someone said he has? In either case, he need s to be a regular for jong psv first before we think about sending him an invite and that will still be way to early to call it justified. Shway, Borjans Sweatpants and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Borjans Sweatpants said: I had a stupid thought about this: there’s no way he’s going to be included in the squad for T&T right (even for experience)? Timings right for the post to make sense, but I would think that would be a massive stretch and not something I think should be done for such an important game. He wasn’t named to the prelim roster so no chance. Borjans Sweatpants and Shway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Isn't he still only 16? We could take him to the Concacaf U20 qualifying tournament in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Is it possible he just posted that as typical athlete motivation content without worrying about where's he's committing? I feel like where he's at in his career, national team selection isn't even close to being something he has to think about, so he's just posting a motivational clip from his uncle. dyslexic nam, narduch and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 8 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Is it possible he just posted that as typical athlete motivation content without worrying about where's he's committing? I feel like where he's at in his career, national team selection isn't even close to being something he has to think about, so he's just posting a motivational clip from his uncle. Or it’s possible, and more likely, that he’s using his dad’s playbook to leverage a call from Oranje. Crazier things have happened but his dad who was actually Canadian didn’t want to play for us when his brother was on the team.. what are the chances the Dutch son of a former Dutch player wants to play for us? Ivan, MtlMario, narduch and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Well to be fair, the landscape has changed a bit since his dad made his final choice to wear the orange. Our federation may be a complete mess and the chronic underfunding of all programs is still evident, but maybe we arent the laughing stock to duals like we were in a Whorgreaves to Assovic era. Just in the last year we have had breakthroughs in Spain and Italy for CDN players. If he cant make the dutch squad, mb canada isnt such a nasty consolation prize anymore? MtlMario, johnyb and Bigandy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, InglewoodJack said: Is it possible he just posted that as typical athlete motivation content without worrying about where's he's committing? I feel like where he's at in his career, national team selection isn't even close to being something he has to think about, so he's just posting a motivational clip from his uncle. I just don’t see what’s motivational about his uncle saying “I’ve dedicated my entire career to Canada.” 🤣 narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 2 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: Or it’s possible, and more likely, that he’s using his dad’s playbook to leverage a call from Oranje. Crazier things have happened but his dad who was actually Canadian didn’t want to play for us when his brother was on the team.. what are the chances the Dutch son of a former Dutch player wants to play for us? What leverage does he have though? Is he remotely close to their team? Has he even separated himself from his age cohorts? I think someone here said that the Netherlands goes through all of their youth players with a fine tooth comb, so it would be surprising if they both overlooked this kid and also got scared by Canada capping him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finchster Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Jaden was born in January 2007, and Jonathan got his Dutch passport in February 2008. My guess is since Jonathan was in the process of obtaining Dutch citizenship, he never filed any paperwork to obtain Canadian citizenship for his son. Why would he? I believe Jaden is currently ineligible to play for Canada. However, I am not 100% certain he cannot obtain a passport. A citizenship lawyer would know that answer. Nevertheless, considering Holland's strict rules regarding citizenship, there are many reasons why he may not want a Canadian passport. It's not 0%, but it isn't good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousInsider Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 We may be forgetting that he was supposed to be a part of the previous U17 cycle but couldn't because of "passport issues". This shows at least some interest. I would also assume he could get Canadian citizenship through his grandparents now, so the door is not closed if he's motivated enough. Borjans Sweatpants, Dominic94, Corazon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Kadenge, toontownman, lowlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 10 minutes ago, Borjans Sweatpants said: Theres a thread for him already where no one could confirm his eligibility. Lets hope CMNTBible has confirmed this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 4 minutes ago, Bigandy said: Theres a thread for him already where no one could confirm his eligibility. Lets hope CMNTBible has confirmed this. Ah I wasnt aware, my bad! Hopefully confirmed I guess! Bigandy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Borjans Sweatpants said: Ah I wasnt aware, my bad! Hopefully confirmed I guess! Great find though. Love hearing this news and I totally forgot he existed until you brought it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousInsider Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Erik Pop (2006) has been called to Romania U18s for a pair of friendlies against Sweden and Norway. Bison44, Borjans Sweatpants and yomurphy1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 6 hours ago, Bigandy said: Theres a thread for him already where no one could confirm his eligibility. Lets hope CMNTBible has confirmed this. But can he play CB or DM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 4 hours ago, AnonymousInsider said: Erik Pop (2006) has been called to Romania U18s for a pair of friendlies against Sweden and Norway. Interesting. Was surprised he wasn't called for the u20s. Maybe this is why.. or maybe what we had is just better than him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 11 hours ago, costarg said: But can he play CB or DM? This is the problem without herdman.... now suddenly forwards are forwards and fullbacks are fullbacks. How are we ever going to get a CB/CDM. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnonymousInsider Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 While that is not great, on a more positive note Grady McDonnell (Ireland) and Marsel Bibishkov (Bulgaria) are not playing for their respective countries in the Elite Round of Euro U-17 Qualifying. This means they are not provisionally cap-tying themselves to another country. I'm not sure if they rejected or weren't called, but considering they were called for the last round of qualifying I'm leaning more towards the first scenario. Corazon, Bigandy, phresh and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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