CNL FINAL: Canada vs USA - Sunday, June 18th - 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT - Las Vegas

[kacbru]

Hoilett is class.

[Floortom]

Another poor moment from David

great pass by Junior

Edited June 19, 2023 by Floortom

[ADP10]

that was awful

[Lansdude]

Totally not clicking 😭

[SirBobsaget]

David never plays a ball like that with Lille what has got into their heads?

[El Hombre]

Just now, Floortom said:

Nah - the Mexico semi was embarrassing. A 2-0 finals loss was pretty much the expectation. Nothing embarrassing about this IMO. 

We don't agree on much, but this we might.

The US is a good team.  There's no denying that.  There is no shame in losing to them.  Would I have liked to win?  Sure.  But that was always going to be a tough ask.  

This is a good measuring stick.  With their reds and our top players returning from injury, this is a good test to see where we stack up.  And right now, we're second to a very solid American team.

Also, save me the "winning silverware" nonsense.  This Nations League "trophy" is being handed out for the second time.  I have good money on this trophy not existing in six years.  It's a good opportunity for us to play games and we just had one against a top team. 

Tough loss.  Learn from it and move on. 

[canuckgbp]

 

[king1010]

Just now, VinceA said:

I know we're excited about McGraw, Bombito and Heibert but I sort of worry our CB pool will end up being MLS lifers who struggle against better competition.

Walker Zimmerman did alright tonight. 

[kacbru]

Ah well.  Can be disappointed by how far we still have to go, but also impressed with how far we've come.

[AvroArrow]

That's probably the sloppiest game I've seen us play in a long time.

[Hawkguy]

At least we get to blow up a minnow to feel better about ourselves next Tuesday 

[Colonel Green]

3 minutes ago, Miche said:

Ah well. Not today. Not gonna be the last final for this generation.

Well, now you've jinxed it.

[PastPros]

2 minutes ago, VinceA said:

I know we're excited about McGraw, Bombito and Heibert but I sort of worry our CB pool will end up being MLS lifers who struggle against better competition.

Excited?

Hopeful. 

[TOcanadafan]

That looked like the World Cup all over again, but worse.

[frmr]

Very poor. Kone the only player who showed up. Can’t win if your players don’t play. 

[BearcatSA]

Kone looks really promising.  I am very excited for his future.

[Floortom]

Not worth getting upset or nitpicking this match.This pretty much went down as expected - the US is better, deeper and playing at home. We showed our weakness where we all know we're weak. We need big upgrades in obvious areas to step up to this level on a consistent basis

[Pottsy3]

Davies trying to play hero ball too much. 
 

Laryea played great in 2/3rds of the pitch, but holy shit is he ever lost in the attacking third. Great at getting it into the box, but never makes anything of it. 
 

Buchanan looked frustrating the entire time he was on, didn’t add much.

Vitoria looked miles above Kennedy today, needed his aerial presence in the first half. If only we could play a deep enough set piece for him. 
 

I’ve been tough on Kone typically but I thought he looked active all game and made some call decisions under pressure. Can’t say the same of really anyone else.

[king1010]

KJ speaking truth. We were in shambles tonight. 

[El Hombre]

2 minutes ago, canuckgbp said:

 

Thanks for the update arsehole (Kloke not @canuckgbp).  I can't believe we named our supporters group after this joker's book.

[Pottsy3]

Also that USA counter attack was lethal 

[BearcatSA]

Too much hero ball out there.

[TOcanadafan]

Good on KJ for ripping that performance.  They didn’t show up.

[MauditYvon]

Eustaquio, Johnston and Larin were off imo. Still a good run.

[gator]

Disappointing but not surprising for me, the US looked good vs Mexico and we needed to play a match with few errors and we didn't do that! Many individual performances were way below par and some of it was because we played against a strong team but there were way too many unforced errors and I do have some questions about coaching!