Canada Pre-World Cup "friendlies" thread: news, gossip and speculation.

[Corazon]

1 hour ago, Soro17 said:

These teams are not good. Australia organized as ever, but just meh. Peru kind of flashy, but ultimately no final ball. 

100%.  Peru missing Yotun was a huge loss for them today.  Lapadula was a decent pickup for Peru but they have not been able to replace the goals they used to get with Guerrero & Farfan.

[pod818]

Costa Rica book their trip to the World Cup by defeating New Zealand 1-0.  Costa Rica scored early and NZ carried the majority of the play for the rest of the game, even after picking up a red card and going to 10 men. That means there will be 4 teams from Concacaf in for only the second time. 

[pod818]

CSA need to announce the September friendlies ASAP. We need to quickly forget about this last window and move on with something positive, regain the upward momentum that was there after the end of qualifying. 

We need to bury this window and forget about it..it was an anomaly. I think the boys will come out firing in September friendlies ready to show what they are made of

[kacbru]

3 hours ago, pod818 said:

Costa Rica book their trip to the World Cup by defeating New Zealand 1-0.  Costa Rica scored early and NZ carried the majority of the play for the rest of the game, even after picking up a red card and going to 10 men. That means there will be 4 teams from Concacaf in for only the second time. 

NZ got concacaf'd.  The Ticos started time wasting in the 4th minute.  Chris Wood scored in the 39th minute, but after a delay, VAR wiped-out the goal based on a really (and I mean really) questionable 50/50 foul in the build up.

[Gian-Luca]

In the one soccer KJ interview with Victor M., he says Canada will have a November friendly in Qatar ahead of the WC.

 

Edited June 17, 2022 by Gian-Luca

[pod818]

Well it looks like they will be playing Japan in Europe. Maybe that gives us a chance to get a game vs Jp as well

[Buchta]

Japan might be playing Ecuador in Europe.  Ecuador is playing Saudi Arabia on Sep 23 according to some reports.

Edited June 21, 2022 by Buchta

[Jedi Ram]

SMH...as other teams are getting really well prepared...CSA continues to languish ...

Just venting my frustrations out.  😛

[mrstepp817]

USA vs Japan and USA vs Saudi Arabia announced today for Sept

[Ally McCoist]

Maybe the Canada vs Japan rumours had some weight to them?

Edited June 21, 2022 by Ally McCoist

[Watchmen]

Interesting to see which teams are definitely heading to Europe.

[Califax]

I cant wait to play Panama in Luxembourg.

Edited June 22, 2022 by Califax

[Obinna]

42 minutes ago, Califax said:

I cant wait to play Panama in Luxembourg.

Better than Luxembourg in Panama.

[Ally McCoist]

1 hour ago, Obinna said:

Better than Luxembourg in Panama.

Nah we can't risk another monsoon. I'll take Panama in Luxembourg instead.

[narduch]

Mexico will have 2 games in US in September and 1 in Europe in November 

 

[narduch]

Also mods should move this to the World Cup sub forum 

[Obinna]

Depressing to see Mexico lay out their friendlies into November while we haven’t even figured September out yet.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

1 hour ago, narduch said:

Also mods should move this to the World Cup sub forum 

Well, it is kind of ambiguous...this is the thread for friendlies before we reach Qatar.

45 minutes ago, Obinna said:

Depressing to see Mexico lay out their friendlies into November while we haven’t even figured September out yet.

Typical.

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We should be tracking the news of all AFC teams. We will likely be playing one in Europe.

Edited June 28, 2022 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Colonel Green]

1 hour ago, Obinna said:

Depressing to see Mexico lay out their friendlies into November while we haven’t even figured September out yet.

I wouldn’t be surprised if other feds won’t sign on the dotted line without some reasonable assurance that the game will actually be played, after recent fiascos.

[Shway]

1 hour ago, Obinna said:

Depressing to see Mexico lay out their friendlies into November while we haven’t even figured September out yet.

Depressing but surely not surprising.

[Ally McCoist]

On the Northern Futbol podcast today they said the CSA is trying to secure a friendly "with a top 4 or 5 CONMEBOL nation to be played in Europe".  

This sounds like it's either Peru or Colombia.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

4 minutes ago, Ally McCoist said:

On the Northern Futbol podcast today they said the CSA is trying to secure a friendly "with a top 4 or 5 CONMEBOL nation to be played in Europe".  

This sounds like it's either Peru or Colombia.

In Europe? If we are playing in Europe it won't be one of those two teams since we know they are playing in North America.

[Obinna]

What is Argentina doing? We have been linked to playing them before.

That would be my guess, but whether that's realistic or not is another matter.

[narduch]

We have Earl Cochrane on the job.

Prepare to be dissapointed

[Unnamed Trialist]

That Mexico - Sweden friendly is near me in Girona, but I don't find it at all attractive. 

Same small stadium where Catalonia played Jamaica. I'm pretty sure the Mexicans could fill a larger stadium. 

I want to see Canada in Europe this September. 

Edited June 29, 2022 by Unnamed Trialist