Friendly Roster, Netherlands (6/6) and France (9/6)

[costarg]

9 minutes ago, Dominic94 said:

Waterman, Russell Rose and Sirois are really hard done by here.

Ahmed is even more shocking.  Waterman and Sirois have not shown enough the past 3 months.  They've had some really bad games.  Brym over JRR is the real shock.

Thrilled about Laryea.

[reggietfc]

brym herbert zator...are meh for me

[Gian-Luca]

11 minutes ago, Namaste said:

I can understand if the rationale behind omitting JRR and Tani is to keep them with their MLS teams so they can solidify their starting roles.

And Tani's team plays a game during the international break.

[costarg]

10 minutes ago, pod818 said:

I guess the obituary that they showed for Hoilett at the last window was premature..

[MauditYvon]

3 minutes ago, costarg said:

Waterman and Sirois have not shown enough the past 3 months. 

Maybe, but still, they showed more than McGill and Hiebert... 

[gator]

MLS Canada manager playing nice with MLS clubs perhaps? Some of the choices may be in fact related to location and I am ok with that for friendlies in Europe, disappointed no new dual nationals have been announced as well! 

[Kadenge]

Vancouver has no players on the squad. Just 4 players from the 3 MLS Cdn teams. 

[toontownman]

16 minutes ago, Stryker911 said:

So I guess we weren't waiting on a dual commit...

Maybe the just committed elsewhere in the end 

[Mihairokov]

Brym and Zator surprising. Assuming missing MLS players have been kept with their squads due to travel and schedule. 

[toontownman]

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Edited May 27 by toontownman

[Obinna]

Hard to know what to make of this squad.....Sirois left off for McGill....presumably to let him continue with his MLS games....but what about Ahmed.....same boat?

JRR possibly the same boat also, maybe even Tani. Don't need both if you want to bring Ugbo and Bair, and being in Europe maybe they were preferred. Ditto Brym. 

Glad LDF is there and Heibert is interesting given Marsch's comments about him before. He's seemingly being chosen ahead of Kennedy, which may be somewhat controversial. On the otherhand, good for Heibert to come back into the national team, we don't want guys out of the picture for too long. 

Speaking of which, no Theo again. That's a disappointment for me. Happy for Hoilett and Zator, though. 

[RS]

2 minutes ago, Kadenge said:

Vancouver has no players on the squad.

Bilbao of Canada.

2 minutes ago, Kadenge said:

Just 4 players from the 3 MLS Cdn teams.

But Marsch is contractually obligated to choose exclusively from those three teams!

[costarg]

13 minutes ago, phresh said:

 with McGill. Really I don’t understand how a 24 year old playing reserves deserves a national team call, it’s a slap in the face to more deserving goalkeepers

Or a wake up call to the guys competing for the spot.  I'm totally fine for holding guys accountable for poor starts to seasons and not playing well enough.  It's enough with the automatic call ups based on the past.  We have enough depth to go purely on merit.  I'm soo done with the brotherhood bullshit.

[Dominic94]

22 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said:

Didn’t expect Tani to get called but I think he certainly deserved it, and we have the roster spots for it.

Shit forgot him and Theo got screwed 

[reggietfc]

i really doubt they will add or change players for the copa.i rather have victoria than a herbert or a zator

[costarg]

4 minutes ago, Kadenge said:

Vancouver has no players on the squad. 

Gutted for Ahmed, but not like Vancouver have many Canadians starting for them anyway.

[king1010]

4 minutes ago, reggietfc said:

i really doubt they will add or change players for the copa.i rather have victoria than a herbert or a zator

 

you haven't been following Vitoria in calendar year 2024 have you. 

He's played a total of 13 minutes across the last 10 matches. 

Edited May 27 by king1010

[Shway]

In no way is Heibert better than Kennedy, or even Waterman.

That's the shocker for me. 

Brym, and Bair are probably on auditions and because they are in Holland/Scotland made it easier for them to be called. 

I think JRR ultimately ends up in the Copa squad. 

[Kadenge]

2 minutes ago, gator said:

MLS Canada manager playing nice with MLS clubs perhaps? Some of the choices may be in fact related to location and I am ok with that for friendlies in Europe, disappointed no new dual nationals have been announced as well! 

But these are not just any friendlies. The opportunity to play the Netherlands & France is not something that may happen for a long time. We should have taken our strongest squad. A loss to those 2 teams is expected, but we have to be competitive and play well as it will influence the future ability for other games vs nations that are willing to pay all expenses. This is the only opportunity for Marsch to see players train/play under him before the Copa squad is picked. 

[reggietfc]

1 minute ago, king1010 said:

 

you haven't been following Vitoria in calendar year 2024 have you. 

i still rather still have him has a late in game sub than those 2 guys

[dyslexic nam]

13 minutes ago, Kadenge said:

Disappointed that Rowe & Ahmed are not included.  It's an MLS lite squad     

 

When the new Arby’s-MLS-Amazon Men’s National Team Coach sponsorship was announced I think we were worried about squads being MLS heavy and favouritism materializing that way.  It turns out the tactic may be a bit different (potentially depending on circumstances) and that the approach may be to leave out guys playing key roles for their club such as JRR, Sirois, Waterman, and Ahmed.  I know that isn’t universally the case but when you look at the impact (sorry…) on a CF Montreal team that is already losing Piette and Choiniere, it could definitely influence the non-selection of Sirois and Waterman.   

[Dominic94]

16 minutes ago, costarg said:

Ahmed is even more shocking.  Waterman and Sirois have not shown enough the past 3 months.  They've had some really bad games.  Brym over JRR is the real shock.

Thrilled about Laryea.

What has McGill shown in the u21 pl tho?

[king1010]

Just now, reggietfc said:

i still rather still have him has a late in game sub than those 2 guys

why? Based on what? the player he was 3 years ago? 

may as well call up Atiba too then

[youllneverwalkalone]

Beyond no new dual players, I don't have much to quibble with beyond leaving off Corbeanu. I doubt many of these fringe Euros make Copa unless they really show something here. Marsch will know the MLS players through his connections at home.

[jhoops__]

1 minute ago, Kadenge said:

But these are not just any friendlies. The opportunity to play the Netherlands & France is not something that may happen for a long time. We should have taken our strongest squad. A loss to those 2 teams is expected, but we have to be competitive and play well as it will influence the future ability for other games vs nations that are willing to pay all expenses. This is the only opportunity for Marsch to see players train/play under him before the Copa squad is picked. 

This looks like the Copa squad to me.   New coach needs to do a lot of work getting guys familiar with his system.   Can’t see him adding/deleting anyone just before a match v Argentina…