red card Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Indian immigration patterns to Canada don't match up with where footy is popular in India. Most fervent are in south India which only started to come in numbers to Canada more recently. And like many Canadians, their first love isn't their own national team. Because of the World Cup & maybe because of the calls that they're fake fans paid by Qatar, there has been quite a few articles in the Western press about the support for Brazil & Argentina in south India & Bangladesh. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/sports/world-cup/india-brazil-argentina-fans.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://theathletic.com/3967181/2022/12/07/bangladesh-argentina-world-cup/ Edited December 9, 2022 by red card johnyb, Jedi Ram, footballfreak and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Silly offseason is here! Scheduling friendlies based on immigration numbers seems silly...no? Why do we want to schedule home games with the idea that the visiting team would have potentially more support? But if we're playing this game....I pick the Philippines National team. They support anything, and anyone that is Pinoy, and there is a lot of them all around Canada nicely intertwined with Canadian culture.😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 If Philippines is coming, come to WPG. Per capita, highest Philipino concentration...9%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Bison44 said: If Philippines is coming, come to WPG. Per capita, highest Philipino concentration...9%. My Filipino friends in high school (in another prairie enclave) were mad into basketball. Surely they would see the light. Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: My Filipino friends in high school (in another prairie enclave) were mad into basketball. Surely they would see the light. They still are basketball crazy. And the average height of a man there is 5’4, I tell my in-laws that their people love the wrong sport. Try soccer. When I was there in August everyone thought I was an NBA player to the extent I just went with it lol. They were trying to organize a game with the towns best player. little did they know I’m shit, and they weren’t going to know it🤣 WestHamCanadianinOxford and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 At this moment we don’t need to lower our standards to pack the stands. India and Philippines would be like playing Belize and Nicaragua. We can’t waste windows. Fullback and Shway 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg_29 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I suspect you'd get get better attendance against some African teams than Asia ones(except maybe South Korea?) Brazil probably another team that would have decent attendance. Obinna and Shway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Sort of random but it looks like that rash of world Cup wikipedia photo updates that a lot of teams get didn't happen to us. A bunch still got their blurry-ass photos. Poor Kamal Miller. Or nothing at all of for most. And props to the CSA for keeping all their nice pics hidden forever on Flickr. Edited December 9, 2022 by VinceA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 6 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: At this moment we don’t need to lower our standards to pack the stands. India and Philippines would be like playing Belize and Nicaragua. We can’t waste windows. We just played Qatar and Bahrain as friendly opponents. India is below them, but it isn't like we can afford to only play top quality squads now. As for "do Indians like soccer enough"- to that I say that there is likely 30,000 people in most of our major cities willing to make an afternoon out of watching India play Canada. As for "they're not a good team"- fair, but this would be far from the first time soccer matches have been scheduled for diplomacy/cultural reasons. They're a little better than india, but if China requested a friendly at BC Place, we would 100% take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Canada played in the real group of death it would seem… Morocco and Croatia both through to the Semi finals. Crazy!!! TGAA_Star, Ivan, Jedi Ram and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 How about we host Morocco in Toronto or Montreal next fall or 2024? Jack1997, Ruffian and TGAA_Star 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: How about we host Morocco in Toronto or Montreal next fall or 2024? Their price has gone up… Ruffian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: How about we host Morocco in Toronto or Montreal next fall or 2024? A Canada/Morocco rematch I would actually love to see that because it would be like an away game for Canada in either city because Montréal has a large Moroccan contingent and so does Toronto for that matter longlugan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 minute ago, dyslexic nam said: Their price has gone up… It sure has! I'm just taking the piss (didn't put 😉 in my post). dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 minute ago, TGAA_Star said: A Canada/Morocco rematch I would actually love to see that because it would be like an away game for Canada in either city because Montréal has a large Moroccan contingent and so does Toronto for that matter Put Taylor Swift prices on those tickets, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Their price has gone up… Our offering is better, too, though. Teams that are confident of qualifying for '26 will be keen to visit stadiums where they may end up playing. TGAA_Star and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoaleks Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Advice needed please- live in GTA area and looking for a place to have a Canada flag embroidered with the city where I live. While in Doha saw some Canada flags with Edmonton or Montreal in black font but could not get to them to ask where they had the work done. Lots of fans from other countries had the same overlay on their flags. city or town overlayed on the flag Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 canucksfan and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, SthMelbRed said: Our offering is better, too, though. Teams that are confident of qualifying for '26 will be keen to visit stadiums where they may end up playing. Good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_world Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) After watching the England vs France game today, it's nice when you have players like Sterling and Rashford waiting on the bench. This is the depth of talent we need one day, if we are ever to contend for the World Cup, or make it deep into the playoffs. Granted, Morocco doesn't have the same level of talent as the other semi-finalists, but runs like Morocco with the talent they have (and Greece when they won the Euros) are pretty rare. I think Canada will get there one day, hopefully the MLS keeps on improving and we benefit from that. Edited December 10, 2022 by football_world Ruffian, gigi riva and TGAA_Star 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 4 hours ago, football_world said: After watching the England vs France game today, it's nice when you have players like Sterling and Rashford waiting on the bench. This is the depth of talent we need one day, if we are ever to contend for the World Cup, or make it deep into the playoffs. Granted, Morocco doesn't have the same level of talent as the other semi-finalists, but runs like Morocco with the talent they have (and Greece when they won the Euros) are pretty rare. I think Canada will get there one day, hopefully the MLS keeps on improving and we benefit from that. Canada going on a deep run in 2026 I mean if we play like Morocco and adopt that style of play could we go on said deep run? Sure we could but will Canada adapt? That is the question lamptern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Doing some drive cleaning and found this which was created in January 2021. A lot of guys today would be deep-deep depth chart. Guys who have appeared in camp but aren't listed are Kone, Ugbo, MacNaughton, and Koleosho YorkRegionFan and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Wow, look how things changed in 2 years, Cordova ahead of Johnston at RB, Nelsen was in front of Buchanon. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Anyone doing a MNT player of the year? Forgotten int he World Cup madness? gigi riva 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 2 hours ago, MM3/MM2/MM said: Anyone doing a MNT player of the year? Forgotten int he World Cup madness? I have done it in the past. @Shwaydid it last year. He had a form or survey that looked a bit more official than what I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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