Match Thread: CONCACAF U-20 - Group Stage - Canada v Cuba - June 18, 2022 - 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT

[canuckgbp]

Red!

[Vasi]

Hahahah. They dont have any more subs. Ok we have to score a bunch now.

[toontownman]

16 minutes ago, Dominic94 said:

I know we’re down but there’s some ball skills and play that I have not seen from Canadian teams ever. New level of comfort with the ball.

Agreed except we need to stop trying to ice a cake we forgot to bake. 

Set pieces have been atrocious. We just haven't been switched on in the defensive side and bullied too much in midfield. 

We need to be a bit more direct and physical.

[Addona]

It'll take him 12 minutes to get that shirt on!

[TOcanadafan]

There should give at least 10 minutes of stoppage time… but they won’t.

[Vasi]

Lol OMG. Im getting so many dejavu hits from watching football is a kid. 

Edited June 19, 2022 by Vasi

[cornerkick]

oh man...this is CONCACAF !!!!

striker is now GK for Cuba

Edited June 19, 2022 by cornerkick

[canuckgbp]

That “keeper” looks 5’2”

[spitfire]

What a crazy game

[Dominic94]

2 minutes ago, toontownman said:

Agreed except we need to stop trying to ice a cake we forgot to bake. 

Set pieces have been atrocious. We just haven't been switched on in the defensive side and bullied too much in midfield. 

We need to be a bit more direct and physical.

With the ball minus that pass we have been good, but without it awful, we also need to get a shotz

[Soccerpro2]

Just now, Dominic94 said:

With the ball minus that pass we have been good, but without it awful, we also need to get a shotz

I find our youth national teams are really naive defensively. Offensively, they’re usually ok, but defensively? a mess.

[canuckgbp]

I want 15 minutes extra time 

[Dominic94]

The injuries are going to pile up…

[Vasi]

4 minutes ago, canuckgbp said:

I want 15 minutes extra time 

Sir this is CONCACAF, 2 min max.

[Approve My Account Pls]

There better be 20 mins in stoppage time here

[VinceA]

If this scoreline hold this will be up there for most embarrassing and pathetic performances from a Canadian team.

[lamptern]

Naive coach, inexperienced back line. I can’t see this team to qualify for the WC.

[Soccerpro2]

2 minutes ago, VinceA said:

If this scoreline hold this will be up there for most embarrassing and pathetic performances from a Canadian team.

Haven’t we lost many times before at this level to minnows?

[lamptern]

Hoof the damn ball in the box!!!

[toontownman]

Have we even had a shot on target this half? Let alone on the striker playing in net?

[Dominic94]

To be honest we don’t deserve a point, the talent is there but this is a massive disappointment and disaster regardless of the result.

[VinceA]

Every cycle we get excited, and every cycle we are deflated. These fucking coaches, from Rob Gale to Biello and Oliveri now have no idea how to deal with CONCACAF youth tournaments.

[lamptern]

Just now, toontownman said:

Have we even had a shot on target this half? Let alone on the striker playing in net?

Apparently NO.

[Watchmen]

42 minutes ago, maccaliam said:

Getting this competition correct could set us up for a few years of massive growth and learning for our players and program leading into 2026 with U20 World Cup, Olympics, etc. After qualification for our Senior team, this should have been a significant focus. It doesn’t feel like it has been and that may end up being a missed opportunity IMO. 

I remember reading that while the Olympic teams to get more notice (at least in this part of the world), it's the U20 where there's more corollation between success that and at the full MNT level. So if your U20 team is struggling, it's more likely to be a problem down the road for the MNT. So for instance, the US team was poor at the 2009 and 2013 World Cups and didn't qualify at all in 2011, and then missed the men's WC in 2018.

[Soccerpro2]

Just now, VinceA said:

Every cycle we get excited, and every cycle we are deflated. These fucking coaches, from Rob Gale to Biello and Oliveri now have no idea how to deal with CONCACAF youth tournaments.

Is it just down to the coach if we’ve had so many coaches? Could it be that there are other problems?