Match Thread: Gold Cup - Group Stage: Canada vs Guadeloupe - Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - 7 pm ET/4 pm PT

[jhoops__]

2 minutes ago, Razcal said:

Just got home and turned the TV on, what in the holy hell?

Anyone want to give me a summary? Do we look this bad?

Fully deserve being down 1-0

[frmr]

My concern for the knockout rounds was a lack of goals in this team. I didn’t expect it to be an issue this early.

[king1010]

Just now, Razcal said:

Are we at least dominating chances?

 

Not really. We had some half chances but Borjan also stopped them on a partial break

[canuckgbp]

Least we don’t lose Fifa points right? 

[Razcal]

Just now, jhoops__ said:

Fully deserve being down 1-0

Seriously?

Oh man.

 

[Acid-Tone]

9 minutes ago, canuckgbp said:

Chases pucks in deep 

He's really TOO good on the forecheck!

[spitfire]

So can I ask a question. Why aren’t we in a high press? I don’t get it. They are clearly a less experienced less technical team. Put them under pressure make them turn it over in their end and capitalise xx sitting off against a lesser opponent  makes no sense…

Edited June 27, 2023 by spitfire

[jhoops__]

Herdman’s tactical prowess and player selection is pretty shit 

[Razcal]

So, what's going wrong? Player effort? Tactics?

 

[MauditYvon]

Embarassing 

[Treppy2]

Just now, canuckgbp said:

Least we don’t lose Fifa points right? 

Yes, phew - good thing Guadeloupe isn't a FIFA member. So we shouldn't lose any FIFA ranking points!

[Acid-Tone]

8 minutes ago, Razcal said:

Seriously?

Oh man.

 

We missed some really good chances of our own as well. How are we so bad at heading the ball?

[king1010]

1 minute ago, Razcal said:

So, what's going wrong? Player effort? Tactics?

 

Tactics. Player quality. 

[jonovision]

1st half field players ranked, best to worst:

Ahmed, Laryea, Osorio, Miller, Millar, Bombito, Hoilett, Cavallini, Vitoria, McGraw

[Aird25]

6 minutes ago, Razcal said:

Just got home and turned the TV on, what in the holy hell?

Anyone want to give me a summary? Do we look this bad?

It's exactly like it used to be

[Razcal]

Just saw the goal, that was some terrible defending.

[DeRo_Is_King]

Terrible defending. McGraw is getting turned left and right.

Bombito makes a lateral pass to no one in his own third. The whole backline has looked awful.

Bright spots:

Ahmed has played well. Set pieces have been good. Otherwise, it's the usual suspects creating sparks for us -- mostly, Hoilett and Laryea.

 

[Razcal]

1 minute ago, king1010 said:

Tactics. Player quality. 

I mean, our quality should be much higher than Guadaloupe no?

[gwsmith63]

It is only half time and we may go on and pull out a positive result here this evening however, this seems like the Canadian soccer equivalent of that hit country song a few years back “Did I shave my legs for this?”

 

 

[Razcal]

What's with the weak attendance too?

[Acid-Tone]

8 minutes ago, Razcal said:

Just saw the goal, that was some terrible defending.

gk included

[Macksam]

25 minutes ago, ShaneC06 said:

Anyone got a stream?

Don't turn on your VPN, don't switch your VPN's location to Austria and don't watch the CONCACAF YouTube channel's stream of the match. Please don't do these things. 

[footballfreak]

At least east coasters know now that Caps fans weren’t artificially pumping up Ahmed.

[ADP10]

3 minutes ago, Razcal said:

What's with the weak attendance too?

expensive tickets coupled with a lack of advertisement and bad weather expected

[maplebanana]

6 minutes ago, Treppy2 said:

Yes, phew - good thing Guadeloupe isn't a FIFA member. So we shouldn't lose any FIFA ranking points!

True, but our FIFA ranking won't matter until WC2030 qualifying sometime in 2027/28. We will lose a lot of CONCACAF points, which we need to climb over CRC to get into 3rd for CNL QF this fall.