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Let's just all take a moment to realize how insane it is that teams will need to schedule friendlies to beat up tiny nations in order to acquire FIFA points and qualify for the HEX. The qualifying format is so flawed everyone here is calculating FIFA points instead of celebrating the fact that we beat USA. If we advance to the final 4 in Nation League and don't get a spot in the HEX it would be the dumbest thing ever

I feel bad for kids working in sweat shops in Asia, but seriously, this is pro sports, you gotta stay focused and determined or its all on you.
If anyone got thrown in, it was Fraser & Miller vs the USA.
Also, in all fairness, I probably sound like a total jerk when it comes to Godinho's Gold Cup, but lets keep it real, no one "threw him in", he wanted to be there and he got his chance.  There were 3 possible outcomes.  Meet expectations, exceed expectations or crash and burn.  If he just met expectations, Canada's path and status today would be much different.
 

When Herdman says this is just the beginning, its not just a speech, they all believe it, including his gang of assistants.  His plan was to slowly unleash this team and philosophy at the Gold Cup.  His one real mistake was trusting Godinho, he's obviously not on the same emotional intelligence level as the rest of the team, he imploded and let 3 late goals almost single-handedly. Herdman had a very specific plan, he mentioned not wanting to give away too much in the first Mexico game, sounded arrogant and like bullshit back then, but seems pretty credible now. 
What I love about our situation is we dominated pretty much all aspects of the game and field(i use the term loosely, because it could have been closer).  Tactics were perfect, and man to man match ups were perfect, we beat them in hunger and drive too.  I'm not even sure this was our best formation or 11, it was on that day, but how about November?  
If I'm the USA, I'm really scratching my head, cause they have no idea how or who we'll line up.  We had Fraser, Hoilett and Cavallini come off the bench and hit them hard.  They gotta be wondering, what else we have on that bench that they haven't noticed or looked up?  "If" USA decides they need to do their homework this time around, what do they base it off of?  We've played different formations and line-ups in each of our past 5-6 games going back to the Gold Cup. We've done 3-4-3, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, and 4-2-2-2 in the span of 6 games or so.  We've benched Hoilett and Cavallini to start our most important game.  We've played Kaye and Davies at LB, then Miller shows up and does that.
All they know after that match is we'll come out like a bunch of juiced up psychos looking for blood yelling "SORRY EH!" while blowing past them.  When asked in post-game, Herdman said: 
"I won't reveal too much about our strategy, because we're playing them again in a few weeks.  However I'm not even sure we'll use that again". 
This isn't a one trick pony.  USA will have to field their best 11, up their intensity, somehow find cohesiveness, get behind their coach, and find belief in their system and themselves.  Issue is they don't have much at stake, and I don't feel they want to run through brick walls for their coach.  On paper they're still favorites, but won't be the case in their heads and they know it and they'll feel it in their dressing room.
There isn't as much a gap in talent or pedigree as they thought.  What we do lack in skill, we make up for in system and work ethic.  I bet they come out dirty throwing elbows and hacking at everyone's ankle's and knees in the first 30.  Altidore will be Altidore, crying at the ref.  My biggest fear is Altidore baits Henry into a red, everyone knows about Henry's temperament by now.  The home fans will also do their best to influence the ref as well.  We'll be screaming for VAR.  Do they decide to ignore last match as a one off, and try to play to their strengths at home, assuming they won't get burned on the counter after seeing the Davies and David show?  
Keep in mind, this is Canada 2019: Henry is available for next match, Estaquio should be fit, Cordova is still waiting, Tabla's talent still hasn't landed.  ZBG gets better with every game.  Crepeau is sitting on the bench.  Millar's also eagerly awaits his moment, and the hunger is obvious in that one.  Akindele, Larin can both fill a net.  Did I mention Hutchinson yet?  Someone needs to send Tomori the match video stat!  Herdman needs a 15 minute sit down with him before Englands next match.

When Herdman says this is just the beginning, its not just a speech, they all believe it, including his gang of assistants.  His plan was to slowly unleash this team and philosophy at the Gold Cup.  His one real mistake was trusting Godinho, he's obviously not on the same emotional intelligence level as the rest of the team, he imploded and let 3 late goals almost single-handedly. Herdman had a very specific plan, he mentioned not wanting to give away too much in the first Mexico game, sounded arrogant and like bullshit back then, but seems pretty credible now. 
What I love about our situation is we dominated pretty much all aspects of the game and field(i use the term loosely, because it could have been closer).  Tactics were perfect, and man to man match ups were perfect, we beat them in hunger and drive too.  I'm not even sure this was our best formation or 11, it was on that day, but how about November?  
If I'm the USA, I'm really scratching my head, cause they have no idea how or who we'll line up.  We had Fraser, Hoilett and Cavallini come off the bench and hit them hard.  They gotta be wondering, what else we have on that bench that they haven't noticed or looked up?  "If" USA decides they need to do their homework this time around, what do they base it off of?  We've played different formations and line-ups in each of our past 5-6 games going back to the Gold Cup. We've done 3-4-3, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, and 4-2-2-2 in the span of 6 games or so.  We've benched Hoilett and Cavallini to start our most important game.  We've played Kaye and Davies at LB, then Miller shows up and does that.
All they know after that match is we'll come out like a bunch of juiced up psychos looking for blood yelling "SORRY EH!" while blowing past them.  When asked in post-game, Herdman said: 
"I won't reveal too much about our strategy, because we're playing them again in a few weeks.  However I'm not even sure we'll use that again". 
This isn't a one trick pony.  USA will have to field their best 11, up their intensity, somehow find cohesiveness, get behind their coach, and find belief in their system and themselves.  Issue is they don't have much at stake, and I don't feel they want to run through brick walls for their coach.  On paper they're still favorites, but won't be the case in their heads and they know it and they'll feel it in their dressing room.
There isn't as much a gap in talent or pedigree as they thought.  What we do lack in skill, we make up for in system and work ethic.  I bet they come out dirty throwing elbows and hacking at everyone's ankle's and knees in the first 30.  Altidore will be Altidore, crying at the ref.  My biggest fear is Altidore baits Henry into a red, everyone knows about Henry's temperament by now.  The home fans will also do their best to influence the ref as well.  We'll be screaming for VAR.  Do they decide to ignore last match as a one off, and try to play to their strengths at home, assuming they won't get burned on the counter after seeing the Davies and David show?  
Keep in mind, this is Canada 2019: Henry is available for next match, Estaquio should be fit, Cordova is still waiting, Tabla's talent still hasn't landed.  ZBG gets better with every game.  Crepeau is sitting on the bench.  Millar's also eagerly awaits his moment, and the hunger is obvious in that one.  Akindele, Larin can both fill a net.  Did I mention Hutchinson yet?  Someone needs to send Tomori the match video stat!  Herdman needs a 15 minute sit down with him before Englands next match.

When Herdman says this is just the beginning, its not just a speech, they all believe it, including his gang of assistants.  His plan was to slowly unleash this team and philosophy at the Gold Cup.  His one real mistake was trusting Godinho, he's obviously not on the same emotional intelligence level as the rest of the team, he imploded and let 3 late goals almost single-handedly. Herdman had a very specific plan, he mentioned not wanting to give away too much in the first Mexico game, sounded arrogant and like bullshit back then, but seems pretty credible now. 
What I love about our situation is we dominated pretty much all aspects of the game and field(i use the term loosely, because it could have been closer).  Tactics were perfect, and man to man match ups were perfect, we beat them in hunger and drive too.  I'm not even sure this was our best formation or 11, it was on that day, but how about November?  
If I'm the USA, I'm really scratching my head, cause they have no idea how or who we'll line up.  We had Fraser, Hoilett and Cavallini come off the bench and hit them hard.  They gotta be wondering, what else we have on that bench that they haven't noticed or looked up?  "If" USA decides they need to do their homework this time around, what do they base it off of?  We've played different formations and line-ups in each of our past 5-6 games going back to the Gold Cup. We've done 3-4-3, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, and 4-2-2-2 in the span of 6 games or so.  We've benched Hoilett and Cavallini to start our most important game.  We've played Kaye and Davies at LB, then Miller shows up and does that.
All they know after that match is we'll come out like a bunch of juiced up psychos looking for blood yelling "SORRY EH!" while blowing past them.  When asked in post-game, Herdman said: 
"I won't reveal too much about our strategy, because we're playing them again in a few weeks.  However I'm not even sure we'll use that again". 
This isn't a one trick pony.  USA will have to field their best 11, up their intensity, somehow find cohesiveness, get behind their coach, and find belief in their system and themselves.  Issue is they don't have much at stake, and I don't feel they want to run through brick walls for their coach.  On paper they're still favorites, but won't be the case in their heads and they know it and they'll feel it in their dressing room.
There isn't as much a gap in talent or pedigree as they thought.  What we do lack in skill, we make up for in system and work ethic.  I bet they come out dirty throwing elbows and hacking at everyone's ankle's and knees in the first 30.  Altidore will be Altidore, crying at the ref.  My biggest fear is Altidore baits Henry into a red, everyone knows about Henry's temperament by now.  The home fans will also do their best to influence the ref as well.  We'll be screaming for VAR.  Do they decide to ignore last match as a one off, and try to play to their strengths at home, assuming they won't get burned on the counter after seeing the Davies and David show?  
Keep in mind, this is Canada 2019: Henry is available for next match, Estaquio should be fit, Cordova is still waiting, Tabla's talent still hasn't landed.  ZBG gets better with every game.  Crepeau is sitting on the bench.  Millar's also eagerly awaits his moment, and the hunger is obvious in that one.  Akindele, Larin can both fill a net.  Did I mention Hutchinson yet?  Someone needs to send Tomori the match video stat!  Herdman needs a 15 minute sit down with him before Englands next match.

When Herdman says this is just the beginning, its not just a speech, they all believe it, including his gang of assistants.  His plan was to slowly unleash this team and philosophy at the Gold Cup.  His one real mistake was trusting Godinho, he's obviously not on the same emotional intelligence level as the rest of the team, he imploded and let 3 late goals almost single-handedly. Herdman had a very specific plan, he mentioned not wanting to give away too much in the first Mexico game, sounded arrogant and like bullshit back then, but seems pretty credible now. 
What I love about our situation is we dominated pretty much all aspects of the game and field(i use the term loosely, because it could have been closer).  Tactics were perfect, and man to man match ups were perfect, we beat them in hunger and drive too.  I'm not even sure this was our best formation or 11, it was on that day, but how about November?  
If I'm the USA, I'm really scratching my head, cause they have no idea how or who we'll line up.  We had Fraser, Hoilett and Cavallini come off the bench and hit them hard.  They gotta be wondering, what else we have on that bench that they haven't noticed or looked up?  "If" USA decides they need to do their homework this time around, what do they base it off of?  We've played different formations and line-ups in each of our past 5-6 games going back to the Gold Cup. We've done 3-4-3, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, and 4-2-2-2 in the span of 6 games or so.  We've benched Hoilett and Cavallini to start our most important game.  We've played Kaye and Davies at LB, then Miller shows up and does that.
All they know after that match is we'll come out like a bunch of juiced up psychos looking for blood yelling "SORRY EH!" while blowing past them.  When asked in post-game, Herdman said: 
"I won't reveal too much about our strategy, because we're playing them again in a few weeks.  However I'm not even sure we'll use that again". 
This isn't a one trick pony.  USA will have to field their best 11, up their intensity, somehow find cohesiveness, get behind their coach, and find belief in their system and themselves.  Issue is they don't have much at stake, and I don't feel they want to run through brick walls for their coach.  On paper they're still favorites, but won't be the case in their heads and they know it and they'll feel it in their dressing room.
There isn't as much a gap in talent or pedigree as they thought.  What we do lack in skill, we make up for in system and work ethic.  I bet they come out dirty throwing elbows and hacking at everyone's ankle's and knees in the first 30.  Altidore will be Altidore, crying at the ref.  My biggest fear is Altidore baits Henry into a red, everyone knows about Henry's temperament by now.  The home fans will also do their best to influence the ref as well.  We'll be screaming for VAR.  Do they decide to ignore last match as a one off, and try to play to their strengths at home, assuming they won't get burned on the counter after seeing the Davies and David show?  
Keep in mind, this is Canada 2019: Henry is available for next match, Estaquio should be fit, Cordova is still waiting, Tabla's talent still hasn't landed.  ZBG gets better with every game.  Crepeau is sitting on the bench.  Millar's also eagerly awaits his moment, and the hunger is obvious in that one.  Akindele, Larin can both fill a net.  Did I mention Hutchinson yet?  Someone needs to send Tomori the match video stat!  Herdman needs a 15 minute sit down with him before Englands next match.

When Herdman says this is just the beginning, its not just a speech, they all believe it, including his gang of assistants.  His plan was to slowly unleash this team and philosophy at the Gold Cup.  His one real mistake was trusting Godinho, he's obviously not on the same emotional intelligence level as the rest of the team, he imploded and let 3 late goals almost single-handedly. Herdman had a very specific plan, he mentioned not wanting to give away too much in the first Mexico game, sounded arrogant and like bullshit back then, but seems pretty credible now. 
What I love about our situation is we dominated pretty much all aspects of the game and field(i use the term loosely, because it could have been closer).  Tactics were perfect, and man to man match ups were perfect, we beat them in hunger and drive too.  I'm not even sure this was our best formation or 11, it was on that day, but how about November?  
If I'm the USA, I'm really scratching my head, cause they have no idea how or who we'll line up.  We had Fraser, Hoilett and Cavallini come off the bench and hit them hard.  They gotta be wondering, what else we have on that bench that they haven't noticed or looked up?  "If" USA decides they need to do their homework this time around, what do they base it off of?  We've played different formations and line-ups in each of our past 5-6 games going back to the Gold Cup. We've done 3-4-3, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, and 4-2-2-2 in the span of 6 games or so.  We've benched Hoilett and Cavallini to start our most important game.  We've played Kaye and Davies at LB, then Miller shows up and does that.
All they know after that match is we'll come out like a bunch of juiced up psychos looking for blood yelling "SORRY EH!" while blowing past them.  When asked in post-game, Herdman said: 
"I won't reveal too much about our strategy, because we're playing them again in a few weeks.  However I'm not even sure we'll use that again". 
This isn't a one trick pony.  USA will have to field their best 11, up their intensity, somehow find cohesiveness, get behind their coach, and find belief in their system and themselves.  Issue is they don't have much at stake, and I don't feel they want to run through brick walls for their coach.  On paper they're still favorites, but won't be the case in their heads and they know it and they'll feel it in their dressing room.
There isn't as much a gap in talent or pedigree as they thought.  What we do lack in skill, we make up for in system and work ethic.  I bet they come out dirty throwing elbows and hacking at everyone's ankle's and knees in the first 30.  Altidore will be Altidore, crying at the ref.  My biggest fear is Altidore baits Henry into a red, everyone knows about Henry's temperament by now.  The home fans will also do their best to influence the ref as well.  We'll be screaming for VAR.  Do they decide to ignore last match as a one off, and try to play to their strengths at home, assuming they won't get burned on the counter after seeing the Davies and David show?  
Keep in mind, this is Canada 2019: Henry is available for next match, Estaquio should be fit, Cordova is still waiting, Tabla's talent still hasn't landed.  ZBG gets better with every game.  Crepeau is sitting on the bench.  Millar's also eagerly awaits his moment, and the hunger is obvious in that one.  Akindele, Larin can both fill a net.  Did I mention Hutchinson yet?  Someone needs to send Tomori the match video stat!  Herdman needs a 15 minute sit down with him before Englands next match.

@StouffvillainWhere can i find this interview?  Been searching, no luck.

It was part of the pre-game show on one-soccer. 
Start at 28:28
https://youtu.be/2-ZrMDF9_eI?t=1707
 
 

I hear people mentioning 4-4-2 diamond, 4-4-1-1.  All i saw was a clear and obvious 4-2-2-2.  Fraser and Piette were lined up just in front of the CB's.  Arfield and Osorio were just ahead busting their lungs wide and narrow and everything in between.  Davies and David parked it a little further up the field making runs and waiting for the through-balls.  Laryea (and Miller to a lesser extent) supplied a little more width high up.  With any of the middle 4 dropping back and filling the gaps.  It was a thing of beauty. 
Great strategy, can't believe they all bought into that system and played it so well the first time. "Soccer IQ". 
Also need to mention Herdman knows how to explain what he wants, knows how to sell it, and knows how to instill the belief required.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

I hear people mentioning 4-4-2 diamond, 4-4-1-1.  All i saw was a clear and obvious 4-2-2-2.  Fraser and Piette were lined up just in front of the CB's.  Arfield and Osorio were just ahead busting their lungs wide and narrow and everything in between.  Davies and David parked it a little further up the field making runs and waiting for the through-balls.  Laryea (and Miller to a lesser extent) supplied a little more width high up.  With any of the middle 4 dropping back and filling the gaps.  It was a thing of beauty. 
Great strategy, can't believe they all bought into that system and played it so well the first time. "Soccer IQ". 
Also need to mention Herdman knows how to explain what he wants, knows how to sell it, and knows how to instill the belief required.

Wrong. He made a lot of the right decisions over the last year to get to last night.

Every time he has spoken and every time his players have spoken they have talked about building a winning program. Last night was simply that program coming into it's own.

Will be make mistakes going forward, sure, he's not perfect, but anyone saying he has no business coaching the CMNT can fuck right off.

TSN and Sportsnet probably too busy masturbating over the new hockey season just starting.

Well, when we are ranked nearly top-20 in the World and lose to someone over 50 or 60 spots below us, we will make every excuse in the book to try to make ourselves believe we're not losing steam.
I mean.. we never acted like we're a powerhouse. But we acted just as douchey when it came to Haiti. 90% of us we're hoping to play Haiti because it's an easier match and we should have won. We didn't. And we whined. 
It's pro sports. No real reason to to bash the Americans among ourselves. Save that for friendly bickering.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

Wow!  Not really surprised, i thought we could beat them, at least on paper, but I doubted we'd beat them on the field. 
Masterclass from Herdman, i dare anyone step up and criticise his night.  He got everything right, from the 11, to the tactics, including the changes. 10/10.
Borjan scared the shit out of me with that brainfart.  Was like deja-vu, was nice to see him laugh it off though.
The defence really did everything they needed to.  They deserve and earned loads of credit.  Not sure where Henry fits in next game.  Miller was a beast, he will develop into a star.  Vitoria has cemented his spot.  Cornelius compliments Vitoria's game well.  Laryea showed the way, we found this guy at the right moment.  Didn't even think he was an option at the Gold Cup.  I pictured him as # 4-5 RB.  
Our midfield is incredible, can't believe that performance was without Kaye.  A year ago, I never would have believed Canada could dominate the midfield vs the USA. 
David and Davies scared the crap out of their defence.  Everyone will play us differently now, pretty sure we'll see more teams sit back to avoid our counters and build-up from now on.  Curious to see how the US will play us next game, will they actually sit back or come out guns loaded and risk getting hit on the counter after seeing that potential tonight?  Will Berhlater still be there in Orlando?
Crazy thing is, we're not even obliged to stick to this 11 or tonights system.  We can still mix things up.
So exciting, not sure how i'll sleep.

This win gives us about +17.6 points
El Salvador gets +5 for their win vs. St. Lucia.
So.. we are currently at...
5 - HON 1368
6 - CAN 1340
7 - SLV 1336
8 - CUW 1323
 

It was on my TV. Support Onesoccer who support Canadian soccer.

I’m with you man. Literally crying. Waited so long for this since I was a 15-16 year old cheering Canada as a World Cup underdog.  Let’s take it all in Orlando. Smash and grab. Fucking let’s go boys!

A lot of you, and you know who you are, owe John Herdman massive apologies right now.