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

[dyslexic nam]

4 minutes ago, Ally McCoist said:

I'm not superstitious so I don't care but I do think it's important to visually remind ourselves how far along we've come since then. And I doubt any of the OG guys are looking at this thread as we speak.  

But I'll happily remove it if people want me to. Sorry for the PTSD trigger.

All good.  For me it is like reminiscing about being spanked just so you can revel in the feeling of your unsmacked ass.  
 

But ultimately I have no intention of watching it so leaving it up doesn’t really do me any harm.  

[Free kick]

30 minutes ago, MtlMario said:

Then why did they play? All the team could not of been ill. Even if he played non regular starters how much worse would the result have been?

 

Indeed, i was going to respond to the same post but I didn't want to belabor the point.  I was going to say that if you look at the two substitutions that Hart made in that game; the two who got subbed out were not the players who stood out for me in negative sense in those highlights.  Its as if he was saying:  i will sub out and spare the embarrassment, only for those guys who showed up. 

Edited January 22, 2022 by Free kick

[CanadianSoccerFan]

This was the piece where Hart reflected on the game and mentioned that Jazic and Mckenna were ill.  Jazic was unable to play but Mckenna tried to play through it.

 

 

[Neil R.]

Honduras hasn't won in 8 Octagonal matches. They've given up 3 goals in the final 15 minutes of a home match on 2 different occasions (first against the US, then against Panama).

This is the new Canada. I know the scars of the past are still there, but starting Thursday, let's chart a new history in Central America. It's time.

[Ally McCoist]

9 minutes ago, Neil R. said:

Honduras hasn't won in 8 Octagonal matches. They've given up 3 goals in the final 15 minutes of a home match on 2 different occasions (first against the US, then against Panama).

This is the new Canada. I know the scars of the past are still there, but starting Thursday, let's chart a new history in Central America. It's time.

[PegCityCam]

9 minutes ago, Ally McCoist said:

I think you meant:

[CanadianSoccerFan]

I'm just glad it's a night game.  Comfortable 24 degrees and rain.

 

[gigi riva]

4 hours ago, Neil R. said:

Honduras hasn't won in 8 Octagonal matches. They've given up 3 goals in the final 15 minutes of a home match on 2 different occasions (first against the US, then against Panama).

This is the new Canada. I know the scars of the past are still there, but starting Thursday, let's chart a new history in Central America. It's time.

Amen The past is the past. lets move forward 

[BearcatSA]

Too lazy to search for this info:  could someone please tell me the EST start time for this game?  

Thank you.

[EJsens1]

8 minutes ago, BearcatSA said:

Too lazy to search for this info:  could someone please tell me the EST start time for this game?  

Thank you.

8:05

[Free kick]

8 minutes ago, BearcatSA said:

Too lazy to search for this info:  could someone please tell me the EST start time for this game?  

Thank you.

8:05 PM Est

[Califax]

Be interesting to see what happens if there’s a coup. 
 

other than the coup, of course. 

Edited January 24, 2022 by Califax

[nolando]

3 minutes ago, Califax said:

Be interesting to see what happens if there’s a coup. 
 

other than the coup, of course. 

Early candidate for Post of the Year.

[cornerkick]

26 minutes ago, Califax said:

Be interesting to see what happens if there’s a coup. 
 

other than the coup, of course. 

imagine if Canada wins, and that sets off the coup.  An impressive Honduras triumph, on the other hand, unites the country and begins a long period of peace and reconciliation between the political rivals.  As a sign of gratitude, concacaf and fenafuth donate the 3 points to Canada as a one-time extraordinary goodwill gesture...thus securing a berth at qatar

seriously though, if anything, surely concacaf is planning an alternate neutral venue, like costa rica or florida?  they did that for some concacaf league matches that forge played i think in, where the host country had some protests?  then again, this is concacaf...

colombia held some qualifiers last year despite massive protests.  it wasn't a good scene

Edited January 24, 2022 by cornerkick

[CanadianSoccerFan]

Strangely enough, there was a coup in Honduras right before the final round of matches in the 2009 hex.  New regime tried to leverage the Honduran qualification days later.  There really should be a 30 for 30 film about that Honduran campaign.  Wilson Palacios played the whole campaign with his brother kidnapped for ransom, not knowing if he was alive or not.  There was the coup, then the wild final day with allegedly fixed match in El Salvador and the Bornstein goal in Washington.  The whole thing was mental.

 

 

[Unnamed Trialist]

Canada with an appointed Senate and we're worried about how democratic processes take place in Honduras. 

[shorty]

We still had to play in Haiti despite rampant violence in the streets and the previous visiting team being held hostage in their bus. Not holding out any hope that CONCACAF will make alternate plans. They don’t want to risk offending a member nation and seeming like they only represent Can-Mex-USA, which at some level is fair. Then again they should have player and staff safety as the number one priority. 

[ADP10]

I wonder what time the roster is being announced

[El Hombre]

15 minutes ago, ADP10 said:

I wonder what time the roster is being announced

6pm on Thursday.

[Edgewater17]

1 minute ago, El Hombre said:

6pm on Thursday.

[ray]

20 minutes ago, ADP10 said:

I wonder what time the roster is being announced

Man, just read the names on the on the back of the jerseys as they trot out onto the field.

[Califax]

5 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Canada with an appointed Senate and we're worried about how democratic processes take place in Honduras. 

[narduch]

5 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Canada with an appointed Senate and we're worried about how democratic processes take place in Honduras. 

Don't get me started on the current situation in Ukraine. Or Canada's part in recent events in Bolivia or Venezuela.

[theaub]

Its gamblor time (will do this again on Thursday as I have to think this moves when Canada releases their roster)

Honuduras: +288 (25%)

Draw: +222 (29%)

Canada: +110 (46%)

 

[canuckgbp]

Herdman delivering the team sheet just before the cut off-