WCQ: Honduras vs Canada - Thursday, Jan 27, 8pm EST / 5pm Pacific - San Pedro Sula, Honduras

[Vasi]

23 minutes ago, Kent said:

Someone (Wheeler?) said the capacity for these 2 away games weren't reduced.

Could be, but most countries that do not have high vaccination rates are reduced or even without fans.

We will have to wait and see. 

[cornerkick]

What’s the sentiment like with Honduran fans?  Is there a Honduran message board like this ?  Curious what they are thinking…

[Neil R.]

According to CONCACAF's preview of Thursday's matches, the VAR is Tim Ford (USA) and the AVAR is Benjamin Pineda (Costa Rica).

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

@LeoH037 since we are 48 hrs from kickoff,  here is all the main info.

Do you mind editing the title and your first post with the following:

WCQ: Honduras vs Canada - Thursday, Jan 27, 8pm EST / 5pm Pacific - San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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World Cup Qualifiers - Matchday 9
Honduras vs Canada
Thursday, January 27 2022
8pm EST / 5pm Pacific
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Online Broadcast: ONESoccer , FuboTV
TV Broadcast:
Sportsnet Ontario/East/360 (NOT Pacific/West), Telus Optik TV Channel 980 (EN)
RDS INFO (NOT RDS or RDS2) (FR)

Canada Squad:
https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-squad-to-start-new-year/
- Despite being listed in the squad, it is thought that Eustáquio is highly unlikely to play in this match.
- Hoilett is likely not 100% match fit

Canadian Trivia:
- For the infamous 8-1 match in 2012 Hutchinson started, Cavallini was a sub (and it was his #CanMNT debut). Borjan stayed on the bench
- Down in San Pedro Sula in 2016, Borjan, Henry, Hutchinson, Hoilett and Larin all started. Crépeau, Piette and Vitória all stayed on the bench
- If Atiba sees the pitch he will have played in every single WCQ match against Honduras since 2004 (home & away)!
- If Atiba sees the pitch his senior #CanMNT will span over 19 years. His first senior #CanMNT match was January 18 2003.

Canadian players that are on a yellow card (no players are suspended) :
Adekugbe
Brym
Eustáquio
Henry
Kaye
Laryea
Piette
Vitória

Honduras Squad:
https://twitter.com/FenafuthOrg/status/1484603743584894979/photo/1

- No injuries or COVID positive players since the announcement

Honduran Trivia:
- Maynor Figueroa, who played against Atiba in 2004 is still part of the squad!

Honduran players that are on a yellow card (no players are suspended) :
Rigoberto Rivas
Carlos Pineda
José García
Marcelo Pereira
Bryan Acosta
Deybi Flores
Luis Lopez
Carlos Melendez
Alberth Elis
Antony Lozano

The Referee:
Daneon Parchment
He was the ref for our stoppage time loss to Mexico at the Gold Cup this past summer (bad omen) and our 2-0 win against the Yanks in October 2019 (good omen).
https://www.concacaf.com/world-cup-qualifying-men/article/mexico-honduras-on-the-hunt-for-victories-as-wcq-resumes/
https://twitter.com/FenafuthOrg/status/1484529027905994757
https://twitter.com/desigarbitrales/status/1485374758241849344

The weather:
Good. Maybe even perfect weather. ~25°C and clear skies.
(none of that 34°C+ "tres de la tarde" afternoon sun like we had in the two previous visits)

 

 

 

 

Let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong!

[dyslexic nam]

Watching the Raps game and they did an in-game notice for the Honduras game and I just saw a commercial for it.  Getting pumped.  

[cornerkick]

sportsmole has a preview...

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/honduras/world-cup-2022/preview/preview-honduras-vs-canada-prediction-team-news-lineups_476161.html

doesn't  offer any insight as to how the game could play out, just a description of what has transpired for both sides.

their new manager has taken a few sides to the world cup, but i don't think he's faced Canada, or is  familiar with them outside of scouting and reports?

"The 65-year-old is one of only three coaches that has guided three different sides to the FIFA World Cup (Colombia, Ecuador and Panama)"

what i do like is they are notoriously poor with predictions (in fairness, it's not an easy thing).  they are calling for 0-0, which is possible, but now i'm more confident of anything but that (hopefully a result for canada).

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by cornerkick

[DeRo_Is_King]

1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

@LeoH037 since we are 48 hrs from kickoff,  here is all the main info.

Do you mind editing the title and your first post with the following:

WCQ: Honduras vs Canada - Thursday, Jan 27, 8pm EST / 5pm Pacific - San Pedro Sula, Honduras

---

World Cup Qualifiers - Matchday 9
Honduras vs Canada
Thursday, January 27 2022
8pm EST / 5pm Pacific
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Online Broadcast: ONESoccer , FuboTV
TV Broadcast:
Sportsnet Ontario/East/360 (NOT Pacific/West), Telus Optik TV Channel 980 (EN)
RDS INFO (NOT RDS or RDS2) (FR)

Canada Squad:
https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-squad-to-start-new-year/
- Despite being listed in the squad, it is thought that Eustáquio is highly unlikely to play in this match.
- Hoilett is likely not 100% match fit

Canadian Trivia:
- For the infamous 8-1 match in 2012 Hutchinson started, Cavallini was a sub (and it was his #CanMNT debut). Borjan stayed on the bench
- Down in San Pedro Sula in 2016, Borjan, Henry, Hutchinson, Hoilett and Larin all started. Crépeau, Piette and Vitória all stayed on the bench
- If Atiba sees the pitch he will have played in every single WCQ match against Honduras since 2004 (home & away)!
- If Atiba sees the pitch his senior #CanMNT will span over 19 years. His first senior #CanMNT match was January 18 2003.

Canadian players that are on a yellow card (no players are suspended) :
Adekugbe
Brym
Eustáquio
Henry
Kaye
Laryea
Piette
Vitória

Honduras Squad:
https://twitter.com/FenafuthOrg/status/1484603743584894979/photo/1

- No injuries or COVID positive players since the announcement

Honduran Trivia:
- Maynor Figueroa, who played against Atiba in 2004 is still part of the squad!

Honduran players that are on a yellow card (no players are suspended) :
Rigoberto Rivas
Carlos Pineda
José García
Marcelo Pereira
Bryan Acosta
Deybi Flores
Luis Lopez
Carlos Melendez
Alberth Elis
Antony Lozano

The Referee:
Daneon Parchment
He was the ref for our stoppage time loss to Mexico at the Gold Cup this past summer (bad omen) and our 2-0 win against the Yanks in October 2019 (good omen).
https://www.concacaf.com/world-cup-qualifying-men/article/mexico-honduras-on-the-hunt-for-victories-as-wcq-resumes/
https://twitter.com/FenafuthOrg/status/1484529027905994757
https://twitter.com/desigarbitrales/status/1485374758241849344

The weather:
Good. Maybe even perfect weather. ~25°C and clear skies.
(none of that 34°C+ "tres de la tarde" afternoon sun like we had in the two previous visits)

 

 

 

 

Let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong!

This is fantastic. Thank you. 

[CanadianSoccerFan]

Here's Atiba scoring against Honduras in San Pedro Sula in 2004 at the age of 21.  

 

[footballfreak]

There was some talk in r/ussoccer that DeAndre Yedlin faced delays getting out of Turkey Sunday/Monday due to inclement weather. Wondering if Adekugbe faced the same problems. Either way, he played 90 mins Sunday, so there’s a good chance we don’t see him start in Honduras.

FWIW, the defence in the reverse fixture in Toronto was: 

Laryea - Miller - Vitoria - Johnston

Could see something similar with Kennedy/Cornelius slotting in for Miller.

Could also run this depending on how much respect they want to show to Alberth Elis (a lot):

Laryea                                                    Buchanan

            Kennedy - Vitoria - Johnston

 

[footballfreak]

13 minutes ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

Here's Atiba scoring against Honduras in San Pedro Sula in 2004 at the age of 21.  

 

Love Gerry, but that is an unfortunate flub to make given the career Hutch has gone on to have.

[LeoH037]

Fuck it, I'm pumped for this game. I trust in Herdman, he got us to beat the Americans and Mexico in a competitive game since who the fuck knows how long. He has us on the verge of qualifying to a World Cup, and I have absolute faith that with him we will finally overcome that obstacle that has always been facing Honduras, a team I both despise and respect. Lets make right what happened a decade ago, and fuck, I hope Estadio Olimpico is paccccked, because listening to 40000 Hondurans boo their players off the field after the ass whooping we're about to give them will be music to my ears. I trust our coach, our coaching staff, and most importantly, our players, and I know they are pumped and ready to embrace the chaos that awaits them. We are playing for qualify to a damn World Cup. LFG

Edited January 26, 2022 by LeoH037

[LeoH037]

6 hours ago, cornerkick said:

What’s the sentiment like with Honduran fans?  Is there a Honduran message board like this ?  Curious what they are thinking…

aside from the delusional supporters, they seem pretty pessimistic of their players and their coach (the current friendly they lost against Colombia I believe did not help), and are just hoping they can at least finish this octagonal ranked higher than 8th

[Joe MacCarthy]

 

[EJsens1]

 

Weather looks to be perfect come kick off

[canuckgbp]

Can't overlook their attack... Quioto, Ellis and Lozano. When we faced them in September, we only saw Quioto off the bench. The other two weren't in the squad. 

[Shway]

19 minutes ago, canuckgbp said:

Can't overlook their attack... Quioto, Ellis and Lozano. When we faced them in September, we only saw Quioto off the bench. The other two weren't in the squad. 

And to me Quito is the “worst” of the three. If they play all three to start on Thursday, it will be a great test for our defence.

[MtlMario]

Crystal ball time        Canada 4 - Hon.1

[MtlMario]

Hon. will come out pressing, we'll catch them on the counter with 2 quick goals and it will be all down hill for them.😁

TUTUVM (thank u thank u very much).

[narduch]

I wonder if their ticket sales will suck because they are essentially out.

[theaub]

https://www.diez.hn/laseleccion/devron-garcia-positivo-de-covid-19-en-la-seleccion-de-honduras-previo-a-juego-ante-canada-FA5222601

First positive case for Honduras

 

[Kadenge]

3 hours ago, EJsens1 said:

 

Weather looks to be perfect come kick off

Night time game schedule is huge for us. For those who watched the last 2 games at SPS, the 3pm starts for sure played a role. This is a much stronger and talented  squad/coaching staff and the 8pm start is an added bonus.

[Floortom]

3 minutes ago, theaub said:

https://www.diez.hn/laseleccion/devron-garcia-positivo-de-covid-19-en-la-seleccion-de-honduras-previo-a-juego-ante-canada-FA5222601

First positive case for Honduras

 

Devron Garcia - a CDM that doesnt appear to be a key part of their team. Of course, the fear is if one person has it who knows how many others might.

[trc2014]

11 hours ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

Here's Atiba scoring against Honduras in San Pedro Sula in 2004 at the age of 21.  

 

Don’t know much about this game.  Did we deserve the win and heartbreak of the goal by Honduras in the 92nd, or did they dominate the game?

[Daniel]

7 minutes ago, trc2014 said:

Don’t know much about this game.  Did we deserve the win and heartbreak of the goal by Honduras in the 92nd, or did they dominate the game?

Don't remember. But didn't we have an even later goal disallowed? I recall a disallowed goal in HON/CRC.

Honduras tied both games in the 2004 cycle in ST.

[theaub]

7 minutes ago, Daniel said:

Don't remember. But didn't we have an even later goal disallowed? I recall a disallowed goal in HON/CRC.

Honduras tied both games in the 2004 cycle in ST.

That was the match in Edmonton.