CONCACAF Nations League Finals 2023 - General Thread - June 15th & 18th

[Kadenge]

6 minutes ago, K Edgar said:

Herdman must really be high on Bombito's potential to include him for NL finals. Vitoria, Kennedy & Millar are the only traditional CBs with AJ at RCB.  Zator can play as a CB but  he's not had any mins for Canada.

[blueseeka]

Definitely a bit of pleasant surprise. Herdman obviously ranks his potential,  high. Bringing him into a tournament where they are using their "A" team with hopes to win. Passing Henry, Hiebert, Waterman and McNaughton in the depth chart.

This is also the obvious end of the Doniel Henry love affair. Finally

Edited June 10, 2023 by blueseeka

[K Edgar]

Nice to see coverage from the CBC

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/canada-soccer-men-moise-bombito-roster-1.6872468

[trc2014]

Pretty gutted for Cornelius, who would have started for sure.  Also, makes me pretty concerned about Canada’s defense.

[PiedPilko]

Panama play Nicaragua in a friendly tonight. Not sure if they have their a-team together yet. 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

4 hours ago, PiedPilko said:

Panama play Nicaragua in a friendly tonight. Not sure if they have their a-team together yet. 

The Panama team:

The Nicaragua team:

It ended Panama 3 Nicaragua 2.

 

The first goal by Nicaragua:

The second goal by Nicaragua:

The first Panama goal:

The second Panama goal:

The third Panama goal:

 

 

[Dmrich]

On 6/8/2023 at 3:43 PM, umpiredice said:

I'm sure many of you have seen this by now, but the kick-off times on Sunday June 18 have been moved up one hour.  They are now:

3:00p - bronze medal match

5:30p - championship match

Not sure if I missed this but it now appears Canada plays the first game on Thursday 

[Dmrich]

14 minutes ago, Dmrich said:

Not sure if I missed this but it now appears Canada plays the first game on Thursday 

https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/schedule-results/

[CanadaFan123]

19 hours ago, trc2014 said:

Pretty gutted for Cornelius, who would have started for sure.  Also, makes me pretty concerned about Canada’s defense.

I’m not concerned about the defence at all. Central midfield is the area of concern for me as we have 3 clear starters and then 2 guys on the brink of retirement who haven’t started for their respective club sides all year and an uncapped young player from Ross county. Makes it even more shocking that Kaye wasn’t called. Herdman must really rate Loturi.

[trc2014]

You think if Canada loses the semis JH is prepping the excuse that they only had 4 days of prep?  Honestly, Canada keeping this kind of status quo from when the country was ranked in the 100s will send them right back there when the players of this generation move on.  Pretty embarrassing to be honest.

[jhoops__]

4 days of prep should be fine.  The rest and recovery for guys in Europe is way more important imo.   I think if we lose vs Panama and don’t do well in the Gold Cup Herdman will hit the bricks…

[narduch]

Do we even know if the camp has even started? 

[trc2014]

From the video Canada Soccer just posted it looks like some guys arrived last night, so hopefully training today (would make sense with the “4 day camp” quotes).

[king1010]

4 minutes ago, narduch said:

Do we even know if the camp has even started? 

They started arriving last night. CSA posted some vids. 

[trc2014]

6 minutes ago, jhoops__ said:

4 days of prep should be fine.  The rest and recovery for guys in Europe is way more important imo.   I think if we lose vs Panama and don’t do well in the Gold Cup Herdman will hit the bricks…

If that’s the case why are Panama, the US and Mexico holding camps so early?

[narduch]

 

 

[king1010]

Looks like they’re staying at Renaissance Las Vegas. 

[grigorio]

Who is that woman that's often in all these videos greeting and hugging the players?

[lamptern]

1 minute ago, grigorio said:

Who is that woman that's often in all these videos greeting and hugging the players?

That’s HR’s job in my company.

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

5 minutes ago, grigorio said:

Who is that woman that's often in all these videos greeting and hugging the players?

I thought it was Glass, but I remember reading that she had retired.

https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=1310

https://torontosun.com/sports/soccer/van-diest-canadian-olympic-champions-look-to-end-historic-year-with-victory

 

Edited June 11, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[scooterlawrence5]

It's Maeve Glass.  She came out of retirement with the WNT when Herdman brought her to Qatar with the MNT. 

[trc2014]

Anyone know the prize money for this tourney?  How lucrative is it to win? 

[king1010]

1 minute ago, trc2014 said:

Anyone know the prize money for this tourney?  How lucrative is it to win? 

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6811474

 

The Nations League winner will earn $1 million US in prize money while the Gold Cup title comes with some $1.9 million.

[JamboAl]

2 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

I thought it was Glass, but I remember reading that she had retired.

https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=1310

https://torontosun.com/sports/soccer/van-diest-canadian-olympic-champions-look-to-end-historic-year-with-victory

 

Maeve was brought back on staff by JH.  As you can tell, the players really like and respect her.  Nice lady on the one occasion we’ve met.

[trc2014]

7 hours ago, jhoops__ said:

4 days of prep should be fine.  The rest and recovery for guys in Europe is way more important imo.   I think if we lose vs Panama and don’t do well in the Gold Cup Herdman will hit the bricks…

Tell that to JH.  Doesn’t sounds very happy about the short camp.

https://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN/status/1668046151831130113