yothat2 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Canadian national team has only been good recently. It's different then England or France FA Where any duals wanna play for England vs there parents country if orgin first . If they can't make England then play Nigeria, Ghana, us etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Ryan Giggs would be a prime example of a player who didn't play for England even though he was easily good enough, so there was nothing inevitable about Owen Hargreaves doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 Niko's current stats: It would be refreshing to have him in our squad instead of a Piette this time around. toontownman and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Do we know if he was called up for the Japan game? Guess we wait for Croatia media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Kadenge said: Do we know if he was called up for the Japan game? Guess we wait for Croatia media. I'd love a Biello comment on him, Sirois, Corbeanu, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Got the highest rating for Hajduk in their 1-0 win over Rudes. He was apparently playing as one of the double pivots in a 4 2 3 1. How does the Croatian top league compare to MLS? Saliba is 19, 1 yr younger than Sigur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Kadenge said: Got the highest rating for Hajduk in their 1-0 win over Rudes. He was apparently playing as one of the double pivots in a 4 2 3 1. How does the Croatian top league compare to MLS? Saliba is 19, 1 yr younger than Sigur. From a top - bottom league perspective, I think MLS is better. But he's playing in Hajduk Split, along with Dinamo it's a very high level with big pressure and expectation. The fact that he's cemented his place at this age is massive. If I had to guess, he'll be up for a move this summer. Edited November 4, 2023 by Footyeh toontownman, Corazon, The Real Marc and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Played 76 minutes for Hajduk Split on Sunday, Nov 12th. In an article on on Wednesday, Nov 15th he is listed as absent from the U21s through injury: https://hns.team/vijesti/27182/skocic-isprobat-cemo-neke-nove-ideje-za-bjelorusiju/ Edited November 19, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Beauty little highlight from Sigur: lowlander, DeRo_Is_King, Corazon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRo_Is_King Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 18 minutes ago, nolando said: Beauty little highlight from Sigur: Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchta Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 He has been called up to the Croatian 'stand by list' for matches later this month in UAE vs Tunisia and Egypt/New Zealand. https://hns.team/vijesti/27546/dalic-objavio-popis-igraca-za-w-cup-u-abu-dhabiju/ NVsoccer, DeRo_Is_King, jordan and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 32 minutes ago, Buchta said: He has been called up to the Croatian 'stand by list' for matches later this month in UAE vs Tunisia and Egypt/New Zealand. https://hns.team/vijesti/27546/dalic-objavio-popis-igraca-za-w-cup-u-abu-dhabiju/ What position is he considered? CDM or RB? I think we’re making a push for him (among others) and that’s why our roster is only 57 and probably why Croatia has called him to their standby squad. Looking at the others, they have much higher pedigrees. The Copa America is a serious card to play. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 9 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: What position is he considered? CDM or RB? I think we’re making a push for him (among others) and that’s why our roster is only 57 and probably why Croatia has called him to their standby squad. Looking at the others, they have much higher pedigrees. The Copa America is a serious card to play. He has made it obvious he is only interested in Croatia. Croatia has no worries about him leaving. He is good enough to make their national team now. The Real Marc, toontownman, dyslexic nam and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: What position is he considered? CDM or RB? I think we’re making a push for him (among others) and that’s why our roster is only 57 and probably why Croatia has called him to their standby squad. Looking at the others, they have much higher pedigrees. The Copa America is a serious card to play. I hope so. This implies the player has to accept being put on the roster or else we wouldve just put his name down as number 58. If true we have 3 duals we are chasing to fill the 60. 1. sigur 2. Koloeosho? 3. Jebbison? with 2 injured, that seems strange to save a spot for them because they obviously cannot play before march. Any other duals we can think of? Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 3 hours ago, Buchta said: He has been called up to the Croatian 'stand by list' for matches later this month in UAE vs Tunisia and Egypt/New Zealand. https://hns.team/vijesti/27546/dalic-objavio-popis-igraca-za-w-cup-u-abu-dhabiju/ It's hilarious on some level a guy playing at York University is now at this point. The Real Marc, Obinna, ray and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 1 minute ago, VinceA said: It's hilarious on some level a guy playing at York University is now at this point. He's the posterboy for the urgent need for more pathways in this country. Shway, phresh, The Real Marc and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 ...or that some better scouting of what's happening on their own doorstep needs to be done where York United is concerned. Their GM at the time was doing his job online from New York rather than North York... SoccMan and costarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Lol. Anyways. Time to move the thread.... YorkRegionFan, to70, blueseeka and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 50 minutes ago, nolando said: He's the posterboy for the urgent need for more pathways in this country. I believe the pathways have been created. We need camps and international tournaments that we need to have/be in. The 2018 Toulon tournament we had 5 players who are now active senior NT players. Our friendly when we beat England U20 in 2016 had Davies, Fraser and Godinho, while England had Rashford, Greenwood, Winks, and Tomori* Some players will be promising and continue to the next level, while some players will simply fade out...the point is they got a look and were apart of the program at some point. Chad_Impact, narduch and king1010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 4 hours ago, blueseeka said: He has made it obvious he is only interested in Croatia. Croatia has no worries about him leaving. He is good enough to make their national team now. He’s not good enough for Croatia, let’s be real - he’s arguably not even good enough for our main team. If Croatia wasn’t worried about him leaving he wouldn’t be on their “stand by” squad. I don’t think it’s a “worry” so much as it is strategic thinking. Croatia’s main squad plays in major leagues but they always like to sprinkle in some domestic content - so why not a player that is eligible for another country? Win-win for them. They’re playing a friendly - there is no need for a standby squad to begin with. To the point of players like Sigur and Mitrovic it really gives you an idea about the type of talent CPL squads can recruit in their own backyard and turn for $. Edited March 4 by CanadaFan123 red card, johnyb, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Bigandy said: I hope so. This implies the player has to accept being put on the roster or else we wouldve just put his name down as number 58. If true we have 3 duals we are chasing to fill the 60. 1. sigur 2. Koloeosho? 3. Jebbison? with 2 injured, that seems strange to save a spot for them because they obviously cannot play before march. Any other duals we can think of? Farsi instead of Koleosho - I think he’s gone. Bigandy and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, CanadaFan123 said: He’s not good enough for Croatia, let’s be real - he’s arguably not even good enough for our main team. If Croatia wasn’t worried about him leaving he wouldn’t be on their “stand by” squad. I don’t think it’s a “worry” so much as it is strategic thinking. Croatia’s main squad plays in major leagues but they always like to sprinkle in some domestic content - so why not a player that is eligible for another country? Win-win for them. They’re playing a friendly - there is no need for a standby squad to begin with. To the point of players like Sigur and Mitrovic it really gives you an idea about the type of talent CPL squads can recruit in their own backyard and turn for $. Friendly reminder : Hajduk won the Cup last year and are in the race title this season. This guy is for real. Way ahead of Farsi. Edited March 4 by MauditYvon Mango, Footyeh and blueseeka 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Don’t think more pathways would’ve caught this kid. You don’t play U-Sports if you’re a serious prospect, and IIRC he dropped out and went to Slovenia to play, another place you don’t go if you’re a serious prospect. I think by the time he became good enough to be considered he was already with Split. Mitrovic was a player we should’ve caught because he did play for TFC (III?) and tried out for the CPL, but Sigur’s path is so non-traditional and his soccer ties to Canada have never really existed, so unless the CPL can become a top 20 worldwide league, I don’t think there’s a scenario where we win him over. Stryker911, narduch, Footyeh and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 43 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Don’t think more pathways would’ve caught this kid. You don’t play U-Sports if you’re a serious prospect, and IIRC he dropped out and went to Slovenia to play, another place you don’t go if you’re a serious prospect. I think by the time he became good enough to be considered he was already with Split. Mitrovic was a player we should’ve caught because he did play for TFC (III?) and tried out for the CPL, but Sigur’s path is so non-traditional and his soccer ties to Canada have never really existed, so unless the CPL can become a top 20 worldwide league, I don’t think there’s a scenario where we win him over. I was going to say something similar. This is a case where you just have to tip your hat to the player and be impressed with his rise. It's similar to Tajon. This guy played for Vaughan. A team that has produced quite a few national team players. He didn't get missed by the CSA, he just went on a trajectory that noone could have predicted. InglewoodJack and Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 16 minutes ago, Stryker911 said: I was going to say something similar. This is a case where you just have to tip your hat to the player and be impressed with his rise. It's similar to Tajon. This guy played for Vaughan. A team that has produced quite a few national team players. He didn't get missed by the CSA, he just went on a trajectory that noone could have predicted. That’s another good point. If you play for Vaughan, you’re being showcased to the right eyes that will get you on the Canada radar if you’re good enough. I’m sure other countries have similar stories- player plays in a very low tier, takes his chances abroad in an obscure league, grows, gets courted by his second nationality, and the rest is history. My sense is that if we had “better pathways”, Sigur would’ve ended up playing in the CPL, then he’d have gotten sold to Split and we’d be in the exact same situation as we are today. h coach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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