Friendly match: Canada vs Mexico - Tuesday, September 10th - 8:30pm Eastern / 5:30pm Pacific - Arlington, Texas

[dyslexic nam]

Decent rotation.  Millar gets a start with Shaff gone.  Richie in place of Alistair due to injury.  Oso shifting us into a 4-5-1 with 3 in central midfield.  Biggest change is giving St Clair the start and giving David a night off.   Good to try it all out and I assume David is fine with an evening off.  I would love to see a couple of Sigur, Afrifa and/or Saliba get some minutes, and it would be nice to see Adekugbe get back on the field.  

[Mihairokov]

So this is at 9ET? Why would FotMob lie to me?

[dyslexic nam]

1 minute ago, Mihairokov said:

So this is at 9ET? Why would FotMob lie to me?

I blame Westhead.  

[blueseeka]

1 minute ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

St-Clair has not impressed me recently.

If he doesn't have a good game tonight, I want to see a "third" choice keeper get a game if Crépeau isn't going to start.

Not surprised at all by St.Clair. It would unfair to him to just play a third goalie because of a poor game. It is obvious that Crepeau is the #1 and then the rest don't matter for a while unless injury. If there is a Crepeau injury that would be when they reach out to Goodman I think

[Mihairokov]

1 minute ago, dyslexic nam said:

I blame Westhead.  

I'm cool with that, but remember who he works for, too.

[dyslexic nam]

1 minute ago, Mihairokov said:

I'm cool with that, but remember who he works for, too.

Satan. 

[Mihairokov]

Just now, dyslexic nam said:

Satan. 

Can't spell Satan without.... 😛

[Mattd97]

Where's the guy who tipped me off to the great david+canada parlay... FD doesn't do "void if player doesn't start" like 365

[eramosat]

Ok, a lineup.    Mostly starters, and a smattering of their common backups.  Whom stilll have a lot of development of core pieces familiarity abailble today against one of their best likely opponents before WC 2026.  Larin as the linchpin up front is the strangest idea to me, but I'm no strategist.

I look forward to...striker/forward type variety.  As for the rest, ok...given the already limited number of matches this squad has over the next two years, there's little  competitive gametime to be wasted.  Although I can see a chart in the coach's head for who to play, in what "easier" matches exist in the next few years. It's definitely a chore to put everyone in who may merit minutes in crunch time...I trust the coaches.

Read you all at 8:58 PM EST.

Edited September 11 by eramosat

[Mattd97]

2 minutes ago, eramosat said:

Ok, a lineup.    Mostly starters, and a smattering of their common backups.  Whom stilll have a lot of development of core pieces familiarity abailble today against one of their best likely opponents before WC 2026.  Larin as the linchpin up front is the strangest idea to me, but I'm no strategist.

I look forward to...striker/forward type variety.  As for the rest, ok...given the already limited number of matches this squad has over the next two years, there's little  competitive gametime to be wasted.  Although I can see a chart in the coach's head for who to play, in what "easier" matches exist in the next few years. It's definitely a chore to put everyone in who may merit minutes in crunch time...I trust the coaches.

Read you all at 8:58 PM EST.

I assume they're trying to get larin going in a no stakes game

[doopy]

1 hour ago, rkomar said:

The link is there on the onesoccer.ca website (under Canada National Team).  So, someone did something already.  I don't know what goes on in the app, though.

got it, thanks. not available in USA version of onesoccer.ca - only available inside Canada. 

[Kadenge]

5 minutes ago, Mattd97 said:

I assume they're trying to get larin going in a no stakes game

We need snow in Texas for a repeat of Iceteca though

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

 

 

[costarg]

Hoping Larin and Osorio can prove they still belong in there.  Need to see 100% tonight.

[shermanator]

I would like to see Russell-Rowe get a few minutes. Think he has a higher upside than the other depth forwards.

[anthony7]

4 minutes ago, costarg said:

Hoping Larin and Osorio can prove they still belong in there.  Need to see 100% tonight.

Prove? We already know Osorio doesn’t belong. His ass should be glued to bench. I would rather see Saliba in the mix. He’s better than that passenger. Larin has nothing to prove. He does other good things than just score goals.

Edited September 11 by anthony7

[Bigandy]

2 minutes ago, anthony7 said:

Prove? We already know Osorio doesn’t belong. His ass should be glued to bench. I would rather see Saliba in the mix. He’s better than that passenger.

Ya!  Oso should have just stayed in bed…. Although oso in someone’s bed is probably what got you so angry in the first place..  

[ahmedou]

My TV:

[Mihairokov]

5 minutes ago, anthony7 said:

Prove? We already know Osorio doesn’t belong. His ass should be glued to bench. I would rather see Saliba in the mix. He’s better than that passenger. Larin has nothing to prove. He does other good things than just score goals.

Like a moth to a flame...

[dyslexic nam]

8 minutes ago, shermanator said:

I would like to see Russell-Rowe get a few minutes. Think he has a higher upside than the other depth forwards.

I definitely like JRR and he is 2 years younger than Tani - but I will say that Tani works hard and looks like he can generate chances.   

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

9 minutes ago, anthony7 said:

Osorio

You seem to dislike Osorio more than I dislike our set pieces coaches from the last 6 years. 😬

Edited September 11 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[BearcatSA]

33 minutes ago, Mattd97 said:

I assume they're trying to get larin going in a no stakes game

Or how about seeing how Tani O. does in the defensive, up top pressing game as a starter?

[anthony7]

3 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

You seem to dislike Osorio more than I dislike our set pieces coaches from the last 6 years. 😬

Please explain to me why he gets the start over Saliba in this friendly? Like we already know he’s trash. Saliba is solid and deserves the opportunity to be involved in this.

[Mattd97]

2 minutes ago, BearcatSA said:

Or how about seeing how Tani O. does in the defensive, up top pressing game as a starter?

I didn't say what I wanted, just what I assume they're doing

[Bigandy]

1 minute ago, anthony7 said:

Please explain to me why he gets the start over Saliba in this friendly? Like we already know he’s trash. Saliba is solid and deserves the opportunity to be involved in this.

In this friendly?  Saliba is not a cam. Oso is.