WCQ: Canada vs Costa Rica - Friday, Nov 12, 9pm EST / 6pm Pacific - Edmonton

[Weng]

H. Lozano just did the move on Robinson that he did to Davies.  He threw himself in front of him and got Robinson a red card.  He should be getting a fine/suspension for that.   Absolutely ridiculous 

[narduch]

We did it. Nice 3 points.

Edited November 13, 2021 by narduch

[Big_M]

1-0 win

[jonovision]

Let's go.

I'm going to have no time for anyone bellyaching that we didn't win sexy enough. We were the best team, Costa Rica didn't do shit, and we're gonna beat Mexico.

[gwsmith63]

A win is a win!

On to Tuesday!!

 

[ag futbol]

Not a bad into from Ugbo. More please

[The Real Marc]

Well, it's done. Nice to Borjan so genuinely happy. Field is still crap though.

Edited November 13, 2021 by The Real Marc

[Stryker911]

Wow adekugbe with the shocking motm.

[jonovision]

1 minute ago, Stryker911 said:

Wow adekugbe with the shocking motm.

He was outstanding.

[SirBobsaget]

Job done but when seeing the CR lineup was hoping for a complete dismantling like we saw vs ES. That was a bad CR lineup with very young players from CR teams. 

[narduch]

2 up on 4th and 7 up on 5th.

Edited November 13, 2021 by narduch

[maccaliam]

Not a great performance but it was the result we needed. 

[Miche]

YES!

Adekugbe stunning performance. Has to MOTM. BUT Estaquio brilliant as well.

[footballfreak]

2 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Likely 10 000.

It's not quite that bad.

This is the second infraction I thought. 

[Floortom]

You always take the win but that was not a pretty performance.

the good news is that they’ll probably be much better in the next match - and they’ll need to be against a desperate and pissed off Mexico

[toontownman]

Huge win. Poor performance by our usual attacking standards but grinded out the win. That's what the best teams do. Its ALL the US does lol. 

Credit to Costa Rica for shutting us down and frustrating us.

Roll on Tuesday another HUGE game.

Edited November 13, 2021 by toontownman

[footballfreak]

4 minutes ago, Stryker911 said:

Wow adekugbe with the shocking motm.

Not shocking. He was also the top rated player against Jamaica. Dude excels in ugly games.

edit: nevermind it was Cornelius.

Edited November 13, 2021 by footballfreak

[SoccMan]

Not a good performance I’m sorry, need to be better if they are going to make it, yes a win is a win but we need to get better those away games are still there . Mexico is not losing twice come Tuesday , yes unbeaten but still only  3 points ahead of Panama .

[Dominic94]

I think we’d of scored more if Davies would have been less selfish.

[Unnamed Trialist]

We did what we had to do, especially after our goal. It was not pretty, but we did not get caught at the back and dominated. At this point I don't care about anything else but the W.

The other results have not benefitted us, forcing us to try to get at least a point vs. Mexico. Going to be a major challenge.

The field looked terrible, I don't understand the stupidity of a city seeking to be a WC host not handling that. Or the CSA. You see that, anywhere in the world, and you are going to get mocked. Is that what we want?

[spitfire]

In my mind it’s all about the 3 points finding a way to win ugly in a frustrating game. So happy for the lads and Canada!! 

[toontownman]

1 minute ago, SoccMan said:

Not a good performance I’m sorry, need to be better if they are going to make it, yes a win is a win but we need to get better those away games are still there . Mexico is not losing twice come Tuesday , yes unbeaten but still only  3 points ahead of Panama .

Every team is going to have poor days. It was cold and poor pitch. Lots of the basics were wrong at time with misplaced passes and misjudged the pitch for passes but Costa Rica were tight and solid at the back and well organized. 

Biggest win today other than the points was a solid defensive performance. Miller was great, Adekugbe was insane. We are not a one person team, a two, three, four or five person team. We are getting BIG performances from players in all areas of the pitch and the squad is getting deeper. 

Will take something special on Tuesday but I'd never bet against this side having it in them.

[Dominic94]

2 minutes ago, spitfire said:

In my mind it’s all about the 3 points finding a way to win ugly in a frustrating game. So happy for the lads and Canada!! 

Liam was incredible tonight, he’s progressed leaps and bounds. Hats off to him. 

[Free kick]

12 hours ago, The Real Marc said:

Field is still crap though.

Yes.  That is not a soccer field.   And its hurting us more than the weather is hurting our opponents.

our players were having trouble controlling the ball.

And i dont want football gridlines.  Makes us look bushleague.
 

PS.: even though Vancouver also has artificial, at least you can play soccer on the surface at BC place.

Edited November 13, 2021 by Free kick

[Miche]

7 minutes ago, narduch said:

2 up on 3rd and 7 up on 5th.

1pt off top is amazing.

2pts up on fourth is great.

But SEVEN up on fifth is an unbelievable buffer to have going into the 2nd set of games!