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goleafs67
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goleafs67 got a reaction from lamptern in The Road to Qatar.
Seems yellows do NOT carry over into the Octo, despite it not being mentioned anywhere in the regs
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goleafs67 reacted to RS in GC: Canada vs Mexico - Thursday, July 29th, 10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific - Houston TX
I'm just posting in here so everyone knows how important I think this tournament is.
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goleafs67 reacted to apbsmith in GC: Canada vs The USA - Sunday, July 18th, 5pm Eastern / 2pm Pacific - Kansas City
Sometimes a picture says a 1000's words. Don't forget the other one 5 mins later when Larin got mauled and thus couldn't get the shot off because he was being pulled back.
I hate complaining and yes time to move one, but these screen grab pics from my TV are wild, both clearly in the 18.
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goleafs67 reacted to JohnnyFranchise in GC: Canada vs The USA - Sunday, July 18th, 5pm Eastern / 2pm Pacific - Kansas City
After watching that goal during the cooling break I'm gonna have to hang it on Fraser, that fly by at the top of the box was childish. Piette had to come over to try to clean it up and got a tough bounce, laryea came across to try to fill in, and the back 3 got a bit scrambled trying to cover, hence the wide open man on the wing.
If Fraser doesn't run past his man like a child everyone is covered and we're still in good shape.
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goleafs67 reacted to JamboAl in GC: Canada vs Martinique - Sunday, July 11th, 6:30pm Eastern / 3:30pm Pacific Kansas City
You haven't watched us a lot right???
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goleafs67 reacted to maplebanana in WCQ: Haiti vs Canada - In-Match Thread
I wish you guys could watch this game on Paramount Plus. You'd all be begging for Wheels. Apparently Kylo Ren scored our first goal.
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goleafs67 reacted to maplebanana in WCQ: Canada vs Suriname - Tuesday, June 8th, 9:05pm Eastern/6:05pm Pacific - SeatGeek Stadium, Chicago
Just checked and the replay is available on Paramount+ now. So ~3 hrs after the end.
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goleafs67 reacted to ghostknownunknown in The Importance of Alphonso Davies
He had every right to be furious at Alaba after that third goal. He was WIDE OPEN down the left and instead Alaba played a hopeful ball into the box which lead to the counterattack and goal.
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goleafs67 reacted to Kent in Jonathan David
Guys, it is fun to spell this out. There was a very big game today. Mbappe, Neymar, di Maria, and David all entered the field. Only one of those players left with a goal, and got the 3 points for the win to boot. That's Canada's 2nd best player against Brazil and France's best players, and an important player for Argentina. That's what happened today.
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goleafs67 reacted to N1ckbr0wn in Jonathan David
If you think David’s current strike rate with Lille is disappointing, then you must be down right embarrassed by the strike rate of literally any current American in a top 5 league 😬 the striker who tops your depth chart, Sargent, has 11 goals in 61 games 😬
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goleafs67 reacted to Gian-Luca in Jonathan David
Well he walked off on his own steam, so hopefully he will be fit again by next weekend. What that guy did to him was far worse than what Davies was given a red & another two game suspension for, and this guy gets off with just a yellow.
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goleafs67 reacted to archer21 in Olympic Qualifying U24 Tournament - Guadalajara Mexico - March 18 to 30 2021
The fact that we’re playing WCQ games while Honduras, USA, and Mexico are playing friendlies makes it harder for us as well. They don’t need to worry about sending their best to the MNT and the B team to U23 like we do.
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goleafs67 reacted to dyslexic nam in Olympic Qualifying U24 Tournament - Guadalajara Mexico - March 18 to 30 2021
After sleeping in it and thinking about the result(s) I have to agree that some of the knee-jerk disappointment of not finishing first is probably unjustified. We finished the group stage undefeated (1 win, 2 draws) and only missed out on topping the group by a single goal on goal differential - and Honduras had a ridiculously unfair advantage in that metric. We managed all of that without a ton of guys that would normally be in our first 11. We are now one game (albeit a very difficult one) away from qualifying for the Olympics.
We may be ramping up our national teams expectations these days but objectively we have done pretty damn well so far at this tournament. Win or lose on Sunday, the lads have nothing to be ashamed of.
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goleafs67 reacted to gator in COQ | Match Thread: Mexico U24 vs Canada U24 | March 28 @ 9:00pm Eastern 6:00pm Pacific
Richard Hastings needs to do a Zoom motivational talk before the match!🏆
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goleafs67 reacted to DigzTFC in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U24 vs Honduras U24 | March 25 @ 10:00pm Eastern 7:00pm Pacific
How many in-season outfield players do we have? 3? Brym, Dias and Godinho? Most of our players are from MLS, USL and CanPL.
On the Dias front, I think he's getting integrated into the squad at an appropriate pace. The team had 1 or 2 days of prep and the qualifiers started March 19th. He's been with the Canadian program less than 10 days. You can't construct a team to qualify by building an offense around him in that time IMO. I just don't think that's realistic while trying to make it out of the group. It's too short a window and many of these players have been with Canada for years.
We're in the semi-finals. Biello did the job. We have to go through Mexico or USA in every cycle. The players played really well in CONCACAF against a main CONCACAF in-season rival. We have players like Norman playing a new position and doing really well. The team didn't fold under extreme pressure from Honduras and that alone is an accomplishment in climate that better suits almost every team we play with CONCACAF referees.
My only complaint about this side is this risky build from the back to absorb the press. I'm not sure we can do that with Mexico. Pantemis gets caught way too many times. I'm also concerned about Cornelius' health.
There are a lot of positives. Chin up fellas.
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goleafs67 reacted to gator in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U24 vs Honduras U24 | March 25 @ 10:00pm Eastern 7:00pm Pacific
Something to consider is we didn't know about the availabilty of some of our top players until the last minute and we didn't know how strong a team Bermuda would field, there was some genuine concern if we didn't have Davies, Larin, David and Hoilett that this match could have been tricky if Bermuda were full strength!
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goleafs67 reacted to gator in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U24 vs Honduras U24 | March 25 @ 10:00pm Eastern 7:00pm Pacific
I think the biggest problem besides limited quality was match fitness, from late on in the first match we just weren't the same team, as others have mentioned missing the TFC players was huge, Fraser was clearly needed to anchor the midfield, Bair and Bryn were very disappointing and some may not agree but I thought Buchanan really faded once teams paid more attention to him! Dias looks promising but I'm not sure he was going to turn this tournament around for us, he is not without his flaws but he is till very young and I would have liked to see a bit more of him, maybe Sunday! This semi final will not be pretty and will bring out the pessimists that say we suck in soccer, thankfully the WC team has lots of our promising youth on it!
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goleafs67 reacted to trc2014 in WCQ: Canada vs Bermuda - March 25th 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific - Orlando FL
Glass half full vs. Glass half empty! Love it!
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goleafs67 reacted to Gian-Luca in Jonathan David
Lille can’t build an attack against a bunkering team to save their lives. I think David will enjoy his time with Canada, he will be reminded what it’s like to play for a team where someone other than him can play the occasional intelligent pass.
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goleafs67 reacted to El Hombre in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U23 vs El Salvador U23 | March 19 @ 6:00pm EST
Wait a minute, that's not how advantage works. You don't give them a chance to finish the play and then give them a second chance because they're garbage.
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goleafs67 reacted to dyslexic nam in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U23 vs El Salvador U23 | March 19 @ 6:00pm EST
So ref let’s them take a really high quality shot and then calls it back for advantage?
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goleafs67 got a reaction from ADP10 in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U23 vs El Salvador U23 | March 19 @ 6:00pm EST
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goleafs67 got a reaction from Trois Reds in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U23 vs El Salvador U23 | March 19 @ 6:00pm EST
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goleafs67 got a reaction from sebdeserio in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U23 vs El Salvador U23 | March 19 @ 6:00pm EST
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goleafs67 got a reaction from narduch in COQ | Match Thread: Canada U23 vs El Salvador U23 | March 19 @ 6:00pm EST