PegCityCam Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Watching this was so cathartic at the time... johnyb, CanadianSoccerFan, An Observer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 41 minutes ago, PegCityCam said: Watching this was so cathartic at the time... Excellent couple of mins of video entertainment. The extended version with the other Canada goals was even better. Canuckia and PegCityCam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 If FIFA does the right thing and bans Israel, Italy and France would be available in October. Unfortunately they were supposed to make their ruling on July 20 but have delayed it until August 31 now. Nello and eramosat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, narduch said: If FIFA does the right thing and bans Israel, Italy and France would be available in October. Unfortunately they were supposed to make their ruling on July 20 but have delayed it until August 31 now. I can't remember the last time FIFA did the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eramosat Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 On 7/17/2024 at 5:32 PM, JamboAl said: Excellent couple of mins of video entertainment. The extended version with the other Canada goals was even better. it was definitely a delicious time. A nice reward for being a fan, and then some. I remember watching this Panama panel lose their shirt, and being like "about time". That being said. Absolutely nothing can be taken for granted. A Panama match is a first-class opponent, and very worthwhile as a test of the entire squad. 74 Whitecap, Canuckia, JamboAl and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/20/2024 at 2:19 AM, narduch said: If FIFA does the right thing and bans Israel, Italy and France would be available in October. Unfortunately they were supposed to make their ruling on July 20 but have delayed it until August 31 now. OK. If you want to make such a comment...I'll bite. How is banning Isreal doing the right thing? nfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 1 minute ago, masster said: OK. If you want to make such a comment...I'll bite. How is banning Isreal doing the right thing? Well if you are going to ban Russia for invading Ukraine, shouldn't you ban Israel for committing genocide in Gaza? Besides even if you want to take it down to a sporting level alone. Since October 7 Israel has murdered a FIFA referee and 3 Palestinian National team players. gigi riva, Shway, Kadenge and 15 others 11 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 2 hours ago, masster said: OK. If you want to make such a comment...I'll bite. How is banning Isreal doing the right thing? It's about consistency. You either ban nations for crimes against humanity, or you don't. kingvikingstad, jdcyantsis, nfitz and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkRegionFan Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Perhaps we should leave politics off this board. The world is messed up enough as it is. I visit this board to distract myself through following football. gigi riva, A Different Perspective, johnyb and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil03 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Without comparing the behavior of Netanyahu and Putin (suffice it to say I don't have exactly a high opinion of Netanyahu at this stage, to say the least, but Putin manages to be significantly worse in my book) I'd argue that from an organizational standpoint, FIFA is simply under nearly as much pressure with Israel as they were for Russia. FIFA objectively didn't want to give more than a slap on the wrist to Russia and they only accepted to do more when it became apparent that it was simply impossible for a Russian club or national team to play against anyone in UEFA in anything looking like a safe environment and/or that most of UEFA would simply point blank boycott any game they are involved in. This is simply not the case for Israel, as FIFA-sanctioned their move to UEFA decades ago to avoid precisely that situation with clubs and nationals teams from Arab countries. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) 4 hours ago, Obinna said: It's about consistency. You either ban nations for crimes against humanity, or you don't. To go way back to some international relationship education many years ago, this is not quite accurate. Many, many countries have committed crimes against humanity - whether recognised by the ICC or not. Russia was suspended by sporting bodies because they invaded a sovereign state. There is no mention of crimes against humanity in the statement by FIFA and UEFA. https://www.fifa.com/en/articles/fifa-uefa-suspend-russian-clubs-and-national-teams-from-all-competitions Edit: If you realy want to get technical, Crimes Against Humanity are not codified in international law. And things that we would call that actually fall under the ICC - International Criminal Court (deals with indivdiduals), rather than the ICJ - International Court of Justice (which deals with states). For instance, the recent ICJ "Advisory Opinion" on Israel deals with the legality of occupation, not any actual alleged crimes. Edited July 22 by WestHamCanadianinOxford masster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 22 hours ago, narduch said: Well if you are going to ban Russia for invading Ukraine, shouldn't you ban Israel for committing genocide in Gaza? Besides even if you want to take it down to a sporting level alone. Since October 7 Israel has murdered a FIFA referee and 3 Palestinian National team players. I guess your definition of genocide is different than mine. johnyb, xabuep2 and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 For their October friendlies, Mexico is hosting a team TBD in Mexico before staying in Mexico to host the #USMNT in Guadalajara. https://www.wdeportes.com/2024/07/22/mexico-jugara-contra-estados-unidos-en-guadalajara/ WestHamCanadianinOxford, blueseeka and narduch 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: For their October friendlies, Mexico is hosting a team TBD in Mexico before staying in Mexico to host the #USMNT in Guadalajara. https://www.wdeportes.com/2024/07/22/mexico-jugara-contra-estados-unidos-en-guadalajara/ That's new. Olympique_de_Marseille, MtlMario, A Different Perspective and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 (edited) On 7/12/2024 at 1:59 PM, frattinator said: Just saw this on Wikipedia, is this something that's been rumored? Or is it just a zealous dream from a Malaysian fan? Malaysia still plan on playing an away friendly in October, but they plan to remain in Asia. https://www.bharian.com.my/amp/sukan/bola/2024/07/1276194/fam-nafi-harimau-malaya-akan-lawan-russia ----- On 7/22/2024 at 5:59 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: For their October friendlies, Mexico is hosting a team TBD in Mexico before staying in Mexico to host the #USMNT in Guadalajara. https://www.wdeportes.com/2024/07/22/mexico-jugara-contra-estados-unidos-en-guadalajara/ Apparently the (location) front runners for Mexico's other friendly in October are Cancún https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Andrés_Quintana_Roo & Morelia https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Morelos https://www.changoonga.com/2024/07/25/estadio-morelos-podria-ser-sede-de-un-partido-amistoso-de-la-seleccion-mexicana/ but who could the opponent be? A minnow from Asia? Or will we play Mexico twice in two months? Edited July 25 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihairokov Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Malaysia's ELO puts them at 146 - in the neighbourhood of Cuba, French Guiana, and Guyana. Not exactly a waste of time for a friendly but also not a side we should expect to play at WC2026. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Malaysia still plan on playing an away friendly in October, but they plan to remain on Asia. https://www.bharian.com.my/amp/sukan/bola/2024/07/1276194/fam-nafi-harimau-malaya-akan-lawan-russia ----- Apparently the front runners for Mexico's other friendly in October are Cancún https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Andrés_Quintana_Roo & Morelia https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Morelos https://www.changoonga.com/2024/07/25/estadio-morelos-podria-ser-sede-de-un-partido-amistoso-de-la-seleccion-mexicana/ but who could the opponent be? A minnow from Asia? Or will we play Mexico twice in two months? It's kind of boring, but maybe playing Mexico in back-to-back windows makes sense for both nations. Canuckia and CanadaFan123 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I hope there'll be friendly games at Montreal. For the men's national team. The last time was vs Curaçao in 2017. Fresh Prince of MTL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 22 minutes ago, ahmedou said: I hope there'll be friendly games at Montreal. For the men's national team. The last time was vs Curaçao in 2017. Need a excuse to go to montreal Shway, Canuckia and ahmedou 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 5 hours ago, ahmedou said: I hope there'll be friendly games at Montreal. For the men's national team. The last time was vs Curaçao in 2017. That October Panama friendly, sounds like Montreal ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBR Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 On 7/21/2024 at 4:02 PM, narduch said: Well if you are going to ban Russia for invading Ukraine, shouldn't you ban Israel for committing genocide in Gaza? Besides even if you want to take it down to a sporting level alone. Since October 7 Israel has murdered a FIFA referee and 3 Palestinian National team players. Sorry to keep this topic going...but it was bothering me in light of the last 48 hours. "If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones" Canada has no moral high ground as it relates to domestic Human Rights (our treatment of indigenous populations and recent treatment of refugees for example) nor Fair play. Our opinions matter not to FIFA/Ukraine/Russia/Israel/Hamas. Just stay humble and worry about ourselves and improving our own society and sporting standards. We aren't the worlds (morality) police force or peacekeepers. Signed, a proud Canadian. Unnamed Trialist and jonovision 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 21 hours ago, ahmedou said: I hope there'll be friendly games at Montreal. For the men's national team. I don't see any friendlies outside of BC Place and BMO Field until after the World Cup, simply as they'll be wanting to play on the pitches they will have at the World Cup. Though when does the grass go in at BC Place - or did that happen this winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 11 minutes ago, nfitz said: I don't see any friendlies outside of BC Place and BMO Field until after the World Cup, simply as they'll be wanting to play on the pitches they will have at the World Cup. Though when does the grass go in at BC Place - or did that happen this winter? They have grass right now. For their friendly against Wrexham lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 2 minutes ago, narduch said: They have grass right now. For their friendly against Wrexham lol.... WTF? They could only get a third division team? Permanent grass? Well, I guess that's where we'll see most of the friendlies in the next 18 months. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 2 minutes ago, nfitz said: WTF? They could only get a third division team? Permanent grass? Well, I guess that's where we'll see most of the friendlies in the next 18 months. Lol sorry it's not permanent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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