CanadaFan123 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: If he is eligible for citizenship and acquires it then he is Canadian. Citizenship is like pregnancy. Either you are or you aren't. There is no grey area or gradations involved. Given soccer has always tended to be the preferred sport of relatively recent arrivals to the country rather than amongst people who perceive themselves as "100% Canadian" it's strange to see this kind of rhetoric on a soccer board. More the sort of thing you expect some shock jock to be ranting about in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when a hockey player like Petr Nedved decides to play for Team Canada. Oh great, another straw man. Sure, he can be Canadian if he wants and all the power to him. But if a player has never played here, has no intention of ever playing or living here and is of the same variety of others in our pool who tick those aforementioned boxes then the choice is easy. I can play for Ireland but I’d never tell anyone I’m Irish and I’m sure the Stroud brothers identify as Americans. If a player is like Arfield and gives us a new level then the story is different. Stryker911 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 17 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: ...If a player is like Arfield and gives us a new level then the story is different. It isn't. The basis for Arfield to be able to play for the CMNT is his Canadian citizenship and the CMNT coach selecting him as he is viewed as the player in his position who is most likely to maximize the probablility that the team will win the next competitive game. The basis for Jared Stroud to play for the CMNT would be his Canadian citizenship and Jesse Marsch also making that assessment. Edited August 25 by Ozzie_the_parrot Onelessstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: It isn't. The basis for Arfield to be able to play for the CMNT is his Canadian citizenship and the CMNT coach selecting him as he is viewed as the player in his position who is most likely to maximize the probablility that the team will win the next competitive game. The basis for Jared Stroud to play for the CMNT would be his Canadian citizenship and Jesse Marsch also making that assessment. Right - so exactly what I said. At this moment Stroud isn’t a step up on anyone we currently have available. If he is, then the US will step in and cynically cap tie him. Edited August 25 by CanadaFan123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, CanadaFan123 said: Right - so exactly what I said. At this moment Stroud isn’t a step up on anyone we currently have available. If he is, then the US will step in and cynically cap tie him. How do we know he is not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 13 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: And second assisted on this goal: Second assist counts as an assist in hockey 😅 narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: How do we know he is not ? Sure. But first, how do we know he’s a step up on guys who haven’t been capped like Arfifa or Raposo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 2 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Sure. But first, how do we know he’s a step up on guys who haven’t been capped like Arfifa or Raposo? We don’t, but Raposo is a LB. i trust Marsch’s ability to scout, I would think Arfifa’s callup is coming btw. ahmedou and Unnamed Trialist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 40 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: We don’t, but Raposo is a LB. i trust Marsch’s ability to scout, I would think Arfifa’s callup is coming btw. Hence why we need a domestic camp. MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 If you have TSN you can watch him play TFC right now ahmedou and blueseeka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 he was horrible in this game...thankfully for him toronto was worse...1-1 when he got pulled and dc scored the last two goals after that ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 49 minutes ago, Big_M said: he was horrible in this game...thankfully for him toronto was worse...1-1 when he got pulled and dc scored the last two goals after that Kinda agree… nothing I saw gets me excited, in spite of his good FotMob score. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cronaldo7 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 I was at the game. He played solid and fine, imo. But like others said, TFC were so bad that it’s hard to distinguish which is what. ahmedou, Club Linesman and Corazon 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 If this guy was English playing in league 2 in England who had a great grandfather who had a coffee at Tim Hortons once when he was visiting Canada , would we be having this discussion? I would rather have a national team of players who were born and raised here or at the very least played a decent amount of their youth soccer in Canada . However, dual nationals like this player who has no real connection to Canada are allowed so then you have to look at all of them no matter where they play . Ivan, narduch and ahmedou 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRo_Is_King Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 1 hour ago, SoccMan said: If this guy was English playing in league 2 in England who had a great grandfather who had a coffee at Tim Hortons once when he was visiting Canada , would we be having this discussion? 🤣🤣🤣 ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 1 hour ago, SoccMan said: If this guy was English playing in league 2 in England who had a great grandfather who had a coffee at Tim Hortons once when he was visiting Canada , would we be having this discussion? Jared Stroud's Grandfather DeRo_Is_King and Admiral Murray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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