Obinna Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I know Davies is a massive loss, but that's still an excellent squad. No reason why we aren't believing 7 points are attainable here. We should believe we can finish the window in the same way we start it, in first place. gator, dyslexic nam, Club Linesman and 20 others 18 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Unattached FC makes its triumphant return Hawkguy, EJsens1, A_Gagne and 24 others 11 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 minute ago, narduch said: Here's the list with club names: GK- Milan Borjan | SRB / FK Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) GK- Maxime Crépeau | USA / Los Angeles FC GK- Jayson Leutwiler | ENG / Oldham Athletic AFC CB- Derek Cornelius | GRE / Panetolikos FC CB- Doneil Henry | Unattached / sans club CB- Scott Kennedy | GER / SSV Jahn Regensburg CB- Kamal Miller | CAN / CF Montréal CB- Steven Vitória | POR / Moreirense FC FB- Samuel Adekugbe | TUR / Hatayspor FC FB- Cristián Gutierrez | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC FB- Alistair Johnston | CAN / CF Montréal FB- Richie Laryea | ENG / Nottingham Forest FC M- Stephen Eustáquio | POR / FC Porto M- Liam Fraser | BEL / KMSK Deinze M- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Beşiktaş JK M- Mark-Anthony Kaye | USA / Colorado Rapids M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC M- Samuel Piette | CAN / CF Montréal F- Tajon Buchanan | BEL / Club Brugge KV F- Lucas Cavallini | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC F- Jonathan David | FRA / Lille OSC F- David Junior Hoilett | ENG / Reading FC F- Cyle Larin | TUR / Beşiktaş JK F- Liam Millar | SUI / FC Basel F- Iké Ugbo | BEL / KRC Genk https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-squad-to-start-new-year/ I can't be the only one who prefers this layout to the CSA graphic. lamptern, narduch, El Hombre and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 By my count 15 of the players called are in season, I think that is very important especially with our cancelled camp and training match! narduch, dyslexic nam, apbsmith and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead69 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Considering he's doing media shoots maskless I'm assuming Eustaquio will join us during the break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 25 person roster. bet it was going to be 24, then Eustacqio got COVID and they added a 25th. The stache probably won't be playing/ travelling for the first game. CanadaFan123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Fraser over Paton is mind-blowing to me. Feels like Herdman will play favourites instead of going with needs, in this case a player who is in mid-season form. Fraser is also moving to a second division club that's barely professional. frattinator, A_Gagne, jonovision and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleA Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Call-ups sitting on a yellow card: Kaye, Adekugbe, Eustaquio, Piette, Laryea, Henry sstackho, dyslexic nam, Greatest Cockney Rip Off and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJsens1 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Unattached FC makes its triumphant return I like their chances this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead69 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 We get 6 points this window I think it's almost party time 4 is not the worst Anything less is nerve-racking dyslexic nam, toontownman and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Canucklehead69 said: Considering he's doing media shoots maskless I'm assuming Eustaquio will join us during the break Exactly what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, VinceA said: Fraser over Paton is mind-blowing to me. Feels like Herdman will play favourites instead of going with needs, in this case a player who is in mid-season form. Fraser is also moving to a second division club that's barely professional. Liam Fraser has the experience stepping in for big games for CanMNT, specifically against the USA in 2019. Neither are world beaters, so I think you lean on the side of experience and familiarity in this case. I'm all for rotating in guys like Paton in due time, but with the spread of COVID putting every player at position of missing games I'd be much more comfortable starting Fraser if it came down to it. Every game is crucial. Similar to why I think Leutwiler was called in, even with Oldham struggling. I consider the struggles we had thrusting guys like Marcus Godinho into the mix in the past or the Gold Cup where we need experienced vet Stamatopoulos to bail us out. Edited January 24, 2022 by Pottsy3 narduch, johnyb, cronaldo7 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trc2014 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) No idea what Wheeler was talking about regarding players left off because of vaccine status..... Edited January 24, 2022 by trc2014 narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjames Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I wonder if the camp being cancelled impacted Mitrovic's chance at a call-up? In any case, still a decent squad. I'll be content with 4 points, happy with 5 points, elated if more. toontownman, Approve My Account Pls and Ivan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, VinceA said: Fraser over Paton is mind-blowing to me. Feels like Herdman will play favourites instead of going with needs, in this case a player who is in mid-season form. Fraser is also moving to a second division club that's barely professional. It's a case of Herdman trusting the players that have been in the set up. It's a bit chicken and egg. I agree with Paton and players like that don't get trusted and used to the set-up without being called up to be in the set-up. Unless we have top tier break through players/dual commitments the squad we have and have had the past year or so, is the squad we will have through the qualifiers, if not the WC, if we make it. We need friendlies and camps to bed new players in. Ivan, gator, lamptern and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 25 called but no extra midfielders for Eustaquio being absent for at least game 1 - just six called in total. Kusch to the Corner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Obinna said: I know Davies is a massive loss, but that's still an excellent squad. No reason why we aren't believing 7 points are attainable here. We should believe we can finish the window in the same way we start it, in first place. I want to be optimistic but man, having the majority of your midfielders out of season and your best one missing (assuming his inclusion is speculative)… that’s a tough one. I also wonder about the merits of having another ice bowl when we’re sandwiching that between two warm weather games and the opponent is going to be acclimatized in their previous matches (if I read it right that US was going to play somewhere cold their first game). Although I get you either give the americas the benefit of minimal travel or play in cold weather, so bit of a tough one. We’ll be counting on big performances from guys in the group. Edited January 24, 2022 by ag futbol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckgbp Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Xavier., Infernal, Corazon and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1ckbr0wn Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Very happy with the roster. Usually Herdman does a press conference with the roster release, maybe we get more clarification on Eustaquio status then ? toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just now, N1ckbr0wn said: Very happy with the roster. Usually Herdman does a press conference with the roster release, maybe we get more clarification on Eustaquio status then ? Wouldn't be surprised if they save it for the hot takes this evening in OneSoccer Today. Unless it is pre-filmed. Sure we will get clarification soon on Wheelers twitter account either way. N1ckbr0wn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBCS Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Controversial Team, but a team I think would hold its own mowe and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) One narrative amongst USA fans (and even our own fans to an extent) was that Canada will be more hurt by our reliance on MLS off-season players than United States, but let's take a closer look now that we have the roster: GK- Milan Borjan | SRB / FK Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade)GK- Maxime Crépeau | USA / Los Angeles FC GK- Jayson Leutwiler | ENG / Oldham Athletic AFC CB- Derek Cornelius | GRE / Panetolikos FCCB- Doneil Henry | Unattached / sans club CB- Scott Kennedy | GER / SSV Jahn RegensburgCB- Kamal Miller | CAN / CF Montréal CB- Steven Vitória | POR / Moreirense FC FB- Samuel Adekugbe | TUR / Hatayspor FCFB- Cristián Gutierrez | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC FB- Alistair Johnston | CAN / CF Montréal FB- Richie Laryea | ENG / Nottingham Forest FC M- Stephen Eustáquio | POR / FC PortoM- Liam Fraser | BEL / KMSK Deinze M- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Beşiktaş JKM- Mark-Anthony Kaye | USA / Colorado RapidsM- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC M- Samuel Piette | CAN / CF Montréal F- Tajon Buchanan | BEL / Club Brugge KVF- Lucas Cavallini | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC F- Jonathan David | FRA / Lille OSC F- David Junior Hoilett | ENG / Reading FC F- Cyle Larin | TUR / Beşiktaş JK F- Liam Millar | SUI / FC Basel F- Iké Ugbo | BEL / KRC Genk That's 10 out of 25 players who are truly out of season, which is not entirely different from the USA (which I will get to). You can debate Laryea because he hasn't played yet for Forest, but he's been training regularly by now so let's keep him in the "in-season" list. Now let's consider the USA: GOALKEEPERS (4) Sean Johnson - New York City FC Gabriel Slonina - Chicago Fire FC Zack Steffen - Manchester City Matt Turner - New England Revolution DEFENDERS (9) Reggie Cannon - Boavista Sergiño Dest - Barcelona Brooks Lennon - Atlanta United Mark McKenzie - Genk/BEL Chris Richards - Hoffenheim Antonee Robinson - Fulham Miles Robinson - Atlanta United DeAndre Yedlin - Galatasaray Walker Zimmerman - Nashville SC MIDFIELDERS (7) Kellyn Acosta - LAFC Tyler Adams - RB Leipzig Luca de la Torre - Heracles Sebastian Lletget - New England Revolution Weston McKennie - Juventus Yunus Musah - Valencia Cristian Roldan - Seattle Sounders FC FORWARDS (8) Brenden Aaronson - Red Bull Salzburg Paul Arriola - D.C. United Jesús Ferreira - FC Dallas Jordan Morris - Seattle Sounders FC Ricardo Pepi - Augsburg Christian Pulisic - Chelsea Tim Weah - Lille Gyasi Zardes - Columbus Crew That is 13 out of 28 players from MLS who are out of season. I know the yanks had a recent camp for the domestics and we didn't, but aside from that is there a real difference here? I question if there is honestly. The most out of season player for us, perhaps aside from Henry, would be Osorio, Cavallini, Gutierrez and Crepeau, because those teams are not prepping for Champions League. For the USA, I believe you have Ferreira, Zardes, Zimmerman, Lennon and Robinson. I ask you, is there an actual difference here? Edited January 24, 2022 by Obinna N1ckbr0wn, A_Gagne, gator and 11 others 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, QBCS said: Controversial Team, but a team I think would hold its own I need to see Johnston in a 2 before I believe it, but put Vitoria next to Scott Kennedy and I would support it. CanadaFan123 and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Even without Davies and Eustaquio, I believe this group can more than hold its own. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbsmith Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ag futbol said: I want to be optimistic but man, having the majority of your midfielders out of season and your best one missing (assuming his inclusion is speculative)… that’s a tough one. I also wonder about the merits of having another ice bowl when we’re sandwiching that between two warm weather games and the opponent is going to be acclimatized in their previous matches (if I read it right that US was going to play somewhere cold their first game). Although I get you either give the americas the benefit of minimal travel or play in cold weather, so bit of a tough one. We’ll be counting on big performances from guys in the group. I see your valid point but what were the other options? 1) The game needs to be played in CANADA unless federal regulations say otherwise that don't allow players to enter for your home game. 2) Working in housing/construction law, I swear it must be 90%+ of renovation/construction work occur delays (even before covid era with material delays). BC turf was set to be ready in mid January, my understanding is turf is not ready yet. Also, the Big O in Montreal can't be used in case a big snowfall because of safety issues. Those were the indoor options. Options were very limited, they picked a venue that logistically made the most sense, since my understanding was they could not use BMO. Edited January 24, 2022 by apbsmith RS and mowe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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