Road to Colombia - 2024 u20 World Cup

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

On 3/27/2024 at 2:48 PM, red card said:

and Germany on 9 April

This is the YouTube link for the live broadcast for tomorrow's match against Germany:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86fQy4l2yBY

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

On 4/8/2024 at 7:50 AM, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

This is the YouTube link for the live broadcast for tomorrow's match against Germany:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86fQy4l2yBY

 

Germany win 4-nil

The link recorded the whole match. Skip to near the end of the video for highlights.

[red card]

Typical Canada u20 play vs better teams: dominated in possession, lots of corners ceded, can't string more than 2 passes in attacking half, easily dispossessed, little to no chances created, don't force keeper to make any real saves, poor throw-ins, at times lax defending.

Germany drew US nil-nil last week. 

Starting front three were Allen, Jourde & Rose. Midfield was Johnson, Gray & Francois, Back line was McBride, Markesini, Okeke & Collin. GK was Fenwick. Most of the starters were subbed out in the second half including 4 at the half. 

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

The field is now set. Venezuela was the last team to qualify with their draw against Argentina yesterday.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_FIFA_U-20_Women's_World_Cup

The draw is Wednesday, June 5th.

The schedule (match calendar) was announced today:

https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/8ddca32b3ab8c2c/original/FIFA-U-20-Women-s-World-Cup-Colombia-2024-Match-Schedule.pdf

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

The draw is tomorrow at 11am Eastern/ 8am Pacific.

Groups could be super unbalanced.

We could be drawn against Colombia and New Zealand or against Germany and Brazil.

If we draw Fiji that's almost a match where you can play a full squad rotation and rest your starting XI.

Edited June 4 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

We draw France and Brazil (tough!) but as a consolation we get minnows Fiji.

On 6/4/2024 at 11:10 AM, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

If we draw Fiji that's almost a match where you can play a full squad rotation and rest your starting XI.

I think Fiji will be our second match, so we could do a full squad rotation

 

 

Edited June 5 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

16 minutes ago, BearcatSA said:

What are people's guesses as to when Priestman officially gets the sack?

6 minutes ago, narduch said:

I'm wondering if the rest of her staff will be out too.

I think @narduch has the more relevant question.

We face France in the opening match of the U20 at the end of the month.

Were there drone shenanigans at youth level?

Do the accusations of a toxic workplace or bad behaviour extend to people in the ranks of the youth teams?

Will Cindy Tye be our coach later this month?

Will Emma Humphries (Bev's wife) be with the group?

I have no answers!

[BearcatSA]

21 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

I think @narduch has the more relevant question.

We face France in the opening match of the U20 at the end of the month.

Were there drone shenanigans at youth level?

Do the accusations of a toxic workplace or bad behaviour extend to people in the ranks of the youth teams?

Will Cindy Tye be our coach later this month?

Will Emma Humphries (Bev's wife) be with the group?

I have no answers!

All good questions.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive."

 

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

This starts in 2 weeks.

I have heard no rumours

Anybody know anything regarding....well...anything? (Squad, coach, friendlies at altitude to prepare, etc...)

[narduch]

 

[narduch]

On 8/17/2024 at 5:00 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

This starts in 2 weeks.

I have heard no rumours

Anybody know anything regarding....well...anything? (Squad, coach, friendlies at altitude to prepare, etc...)

Cindy Tye is the head coach

[red card]

First time that professional players are on the u20 squad with the inclusion of Allen and Smith. 2022 returnees are Smith and Jourde. 

3 NDC players with 2 from the Caps that have hinted of going pro next year. The Caps players will likely head to Colombia from Mexico after playing Club America on Wednesday. They'll miss out on Sante Fe match on September 4th.

The rest are with US colleges with 2 each from Notre Dame, Providence and Wisconsin. 8 or 50% are on top 25 teams. Waite plays for Nebraska which is the highest ranked at #6. 

15 players from Ontario with 11 from the GTA, 3 from BC, 2 from Quebec and 1 from Nova Scotia. 17 played in the Concacaf qualifiers and 17 also played in the Concacaf Championship last year. 16 played in the Germany-based friendlies from the spring.

Notable absentee is Rosa Maalouf who just scored her first goal for Texas over the weekend. 

As comparison, US squad has 8 NWSL rookies (highest number of pros ever), 75% of college players are on top 25 teams including 4 from #1 ranked Florida State, 1 non-college/pro player, only 10 players from Concacaf Championship and 1 player has been at a senior team camp. US squad is also regional concentrated with 8 from Cali and 3 from Texas.

 

Edited August 19 by red card

[Goal_Kick]

Any idea where this tournament will be televised?   One Soccer?

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

35 minutes ago, Goal_Kick said:

Any idea where this tournament will be televised?   One Soccer?

This is a FIFA tournament, not a CONCACAF event. It's likely that Bell Media (TSN, RDS) own the broadcasting rights.

 

Edit:

The first match will be on TSN1 (TV)

and TSN+ (online).

Edited August 20 by Olympique_de_Marseille

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[red card]

3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

This is a FIFA tournament, not a CONCACAF event. It's likely that Bell Media (TSN, RDS) own the broadcasting rights.

 

Edit:

The first match will be on TSN1 (TV)

and TSN+ (online).

Full TSN schedule has been posted. Only a limited set of matches will be on linear TSN. These include Canada matches, semis and final.

Everything else is only on TSN+.

 

https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/2024-fifa-u20-women-s-world-cup-1.593684

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Costa Rica U20 are hosting Morocco and Fiji before all three teams fly down to Colombia.

We should get an idea of how potentially weak Fiji might be.

They play Costa Rica tomorrow and Morocco on Monday.

[red card]

FIFA hasn't released official 21 player squad lists yet but here are the squads for Canada's group stage foes.

Fiji manager Angeline Chua announced an extended 25 player squad. Majority are from Ba which is a city and province on Fiji's largest island. 

 

Edited August 24 by red card

[red card]

FFF manager Sandrine Ringler selected 21 players from French leagues. There are 4 from Stade de Reims and 3 players from Lyon. There are 7 players from D2 or lower.

Before flying to Colombia, the Bleuettes trained at Clairefontaine from 12-20 August. 

Apparently, the top 3 French clubs didn't release 7 players requested. 

Edited August 24 by red card

[red card]

CBF Futebol manager Rosana Augusto 21 player squad arrived in Colombia today.

Ex 4 players, all the squad plays in Brasil. Unlike the senior team that is dominated by Corinthians, there are only 3 on the u20 list. There are 5 from São Paulo and 4 from Internacional. 3 play in US colleges including Lara Dantas for #1 pre-season ranked Florida State. 1 player is with Olivia Smith's former club. A couple of expected squad players not on team due to injuries/not match fit.

 

Edited August 24 by red card

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Opponent watch

Fiji only lost by two goals against Costa Rica playing at home. Impressive.

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Tatiana Flores was not included in the original U20 Mexican team.

https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/5608/Convocatoria-de-la-Selección-Sub-20-Femenil-para-la-Copa-Mundial-Femenina-de-la-FIFA-Colombia-2024

but Ivonne González got injured, and she got the call:

https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/5624/Por-lesión,-Ivonne-González-causa-baja-para-la-Copa-Mundial-Femenina-Sub-20-de-la-FIFA-Colombia-2024

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

On 8/25/2024 at 1:58 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Fiji only lost by two goals against Costa Rica playing at home. Impressive.

Fiji lost their second friendly match against Morocco by the same scoreline.

2-0 for Morocco.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/kPQxixZpEbrarEXf/

[red card]

Brief Tye interview. Not much to glean as a lot of questions unasked. Leadership group is Fenwick, Jourde, Allen & Smith. 

 

[Treppy2]

After four minutes of the first match, we may have already seen the goal of the tournament - by Canada!