CONCACAF U20 qualifying (for the cycle ending in 2025) + preparation & news

[maplebanana]

This is one of the CONCACAFiest games I’ve ever seen

[vancanman]

1 minute ago, jonovision said:

2 extra minutes is crazy.

This entire performance by the ref is crazy.

[jonovision]

Absolutely disgraceful stuff from the Panamians.

[vancanman]

We couldn't come from behind against the Analmen.

[Kent]

So glad that FIFA stamped out teams not respecting fair play with the sanctions against our women's team. Now it's nothing but honourable sport.

[Canuckia]

VAR check handball. Redemption time?

[frattinator]

This ref is absolutely insane

[Tyson M]

1 minute ago, Canuckia said:

VAR check handball. Redemption time?

Nope just a straight red for a player on the bench.

[vancanman]

Just now, Canuckia said:

VAR check handball. Redemption time?

It's just as much a penalty as ours was.

[Canuckia]

1 minute ago, Canuckia said:

VAR check handball. Redemption time?

Ofcoruse not.

[vancanman]

This is a fucking joke.

[Mihairokov]

Just now, vancanman said:

It's just as much a penalty as ours was.

I think it was clear it hit his midsection, and if not that then his arm covering his midsection.

[jonovision]

Pearlman doing the right thing here. 

[Kent]

Pearlman is offended he wasn't one of the guys that got a red card. Trying to get that corrected now.

[Canuckia]

Apparently the ref is an Oprah fan. You get a red, and you get a red and you get a red.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Can Olivieri stay after this?

[Big_M]

Kevin Blue please clean up the association...Olivieri should never coach another national team game again

[Mihairokov]

I want to avoid meltdown mode and know people get frustrated over how teams timewaste at the end of matches but Canada's behaviour from the penalty-onwards was embarrassing. Pearlman berated the ref for 45 minutes and somehow avoided a red. Ciccarelli was subbed on already in a mood and begins hauling players off of the pitch. The bench was not being disciplined and I can only assume were awful to the fourth. The manager showed no interest in keeping the bench cool and the captain (Costa) showed no interest in captaining on the pitch. A complete meltdown from players who quite literally acted like children about a referee that they felt was doing them wrong - whether they are in the right or not it's no excuse to act the way they did for the final 45 minutes of this match.

Edited July 31 by Mihairokov

[vancanman]

1 minute ago, Mihairokov said:

I think it was clear it hit his midsection, and if not that then his arm covering his midsection.

Exactly, ours wasn't a penalty either.

[Watchmen]

Up until the penalty/red, I think Panama was the better side. But we'll never know for sure, because the ref decided that game.

[jonovision]

Just now, Big_M said:

Kevin Blue please clean up the association...Olivieri should never coach another national team game again

Olivieri was not the problem tonight.

[Gian-Luca]

As frustrating as it must be to have to deal with all the cheating and crap officiating, the lack of discipline on the entire team and staff has to be questioned. Olivieri needs to held accountable for that

[Mihairokov]

1 minute ago, vancanman said:

Exactly, ours wasn't a penalty either.

I can see why it would have been. There wasn't a ton of need for Mathe to go into the tackle the way he did. These sorts of calls happen.

[smeghead]

Crappy management from Staff. Players acting like little school boys. Meh seen this a lot.

[Kent]

2 minutes ago, vancanman said:

Exactly, ours wasn't a penalty either.

If one of our guys had his planted foot taken out by a sliding player in the attacking box, we would all be screaming for a penalty.