Binky

The CPL attendance numbers are not insignificant. If they were, people here wouldn't be writing 35 pages worth of posts talking about it. Reality hits quick and hard in the business world. Everyone who cares about this league, deep down in their gut knows that an average of 4,000 per game isn't going to cut it. Not for long, in any case. With 4 out of seven clubs hitting below that average, it's only a matter of time before the first one will fold. A 4,000 per match attendance also doesn't attract much interest in anyone else wanting to join the CPL party. Thus, there are at least 4 CPL ownership groups that badly over-estimated the public's interest in their product. Take for instance the Pacific FC ownership group of Josh Simpson, Rob Friend, and Dean Shillington. This is what Josh had to say in a Times-Colonist article that was published on June 1, 2019: Simpson said Victoria has a great soccer history and is known nationally as one of the hotbeds for the sport. "We are looking at the kind of attendance - 5,000 to 6,000 fans per game - that Victoria is currently not used to for soccer," said Simpson. "We see this team representing the Island and drawing from Sidney to Nanaimo." The top current Island soccer team, the Victoria Highlanders of the amateur Premier Development League, draws only a few hundred fans to its games at Centennial Stadium. The best-drawing Island sports team is the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League, who averaged 5,307 fans per game last season at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Well yes, Pacific FC has hit the low-end of his figure once, at the season opener, but since then the club has averaged only 50% of Simpson's projected target. Now it doesn't take a Fortune-500 CEO, or a genius like Ted, to figure out that Simpson should have stuck to playing for a club, rather than trying his hand at owning one, cause the people from Nanaimo and Sidney just ain't lining up to buy tickets to watch Pacific FC. I TOLD YOU SO!!!

Yes, that's exactly what it's like living in a country, whose national soccer association and national team coach do not want the national men's soccer team to be a top-6 CONCACAF country.

What's this @Binky sh_t? There is no @Binky. Just Binky! I not on the twitter, and I don't do Facebook, and I also don't own a smart phone, or post on one, or watch streamed soccer games on one. I'm just an old fashioned big-screen commercial broadcast kinda guy. As to when it comes to copying and pasting no-discernible-value stuff, I find that there is a whole bunch of worse no-discernible-value stuff that gets posted on this board than the statistical material that I post. So my answer to you is, respectfully, NO! Might I respectfully suggest you invest in a MacBook Air, or a MacBook Pro, and that way you will not experience the frustrations one has to put up with when depending so heavily on a smartphone!

If Canada fails to qualify for the HEX, we better be ranked no worse than 7th or 8th come June 2020, or else our path in the lower-seeded round will force us to play against the 7th or 8th ranked CONCACAF country in the semi-finals of the knockout stage, as opposed to at worst the 9th or 10th ranked CONCACAF country in the semi-finals of the knockout stage. Currently Canada holds down the 8th spot, but Curacao is in 9th place only 3 points behind us. If Curacao happens to beat Panama in their scheduled friendly on October 10th, and we don't play any friendlies, then Panama stands a good chance of not making the HEX, and Curacao will surely pass us in the rankings. Either outcome in the Panama vs Curacao friendly will make the Road to Qatar that much more difficult for Canada, if Herdman chooses to stay inactive. Lower-seeded round[edit] The 29 teams ranked from 7 to 35 in the FIFA rankings of June 2020 will enter into the lower-seeded round, featuring a group stage followed by a knockout stage. Group stage[edit] Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF lower-seeded group stage The participants of the lower-seeded round will be split into eight groups. Five groups (A to E) will feature four teams, while three groups (F to H) will feature three teams. Matches will take place in September, October and November 2020, with the eight group winners advancing to the knockout stage. Group A[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — TBD '20 4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group B[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — TBD '20 4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group C[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — TBD '20 4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group D[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — TBD '20 4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group E[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — TBD '20 4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group F[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group G[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Group H[edit] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — TBD '20 TBD '20 2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 — TBD '20 3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '20 TBD '20 — First match(es) will be played on September 2020. Source: CONCACAF Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Knockout stage[edit] Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF lower-seeded knockout stage The eight group winners will advance to the knockout stage, featuring the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Teams will face each other over two legs, with the winner of the knockout stage advancing to the play-off round. Bracket[edit] Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Group winner Group winner Quarter-final winner Quarter-final winner Group winner Group winner Semi-final winner Semi-final winner Group winner Group winner Quarter-final winner Quarter-final winner Group winner Group winner Quarter-finals[edit] Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Group winner QF1 Group winner Mar '21 Mar '21 Group winner QF2 Group winner Mar '21 Mar '21 Group winner QF3 Group winner Mar '21 Mar '21 Group winner QF4 Group winner Mar '21 Mar '21 Semi-finals[edit] Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Quarter-final winner SF1 Quarter-final winner Jun '21 Jun '21 Quarter-final winner SF2 Quarter-final winner Jun '21 Jun '21 Final[edit] Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Semi-final winner F Semi-final winner Sep '21 Sep '21

We will have to play a ton of friendlies if John Herdman and the CSA are serious about trying to make the HEX, which so far does not seem to be the case. Looking at how the CONCACAF top-ten countries fared in the FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings from the June 14th rankings to the July 25th rankings, which included the Gold Cup tournament, the results are as follows: +47 points - Mexico +53 points - United States -08 points - Costa Rica +28 points - Jamaica -00 points - Honduras -00 points El Salvador +09 points Panama -02 points Canada +07 points Curacao +69 points Haiti (thanks to Herdman)

I'll never give Onesoccer a effing red cent! Worst thing to ever happen to soccer in Canada! Death to Onesoccer!

Just in case: 242.177 - Current 2019 CPL total attendance 051,018 - 2019 CPL 7 home openers 191,159 - Current 2019 CPL total attendance after deducting the 7 home openers 004,156 - Current 2019 CPL average attendance after deducting 7 matches from the 53 total matches played thus far. Again, by the end of the season will the League Average be over/under 4,000?

2019 CPL HOME OPENERS: 17,611 ~ 27-04-2019 ~ Forge FC (vs York9 FC) 05,154 ~ 28-04-2019 ~ Pacific FC (vs HFX Wanderers FC) 06,113 ~ 04-05-2019 ~ HFX Wanderers FC (vs Forge FC) 03,486 ~ 04-05-2019 ~ Calvary FC (vs York9 FC) 10,156 ~ 04-05-2019 ~ Valour FC (vs FC Edmonton) 04,238 ~ 12-05-2019 ~ FC Edmonton (vs Pacific FC) 04,260 ~ 25-05-2019 ~ York9 FC (vs Forge FC) 51,018 Total Attendance 7 Home Openers I'm sure that you can do the math.

17,611 - League Average April 27th, 2019 5,442 - League Average May 26th, 2019 4,569 - League Average August 5th, 2019 ?,??? - League Average October 19th, 2019 By the end of the season will the League Average be over/under 4,000?

So why do all of the top ranked countries in the world play so many friendlies? Right now the difference in CONCACAF between playing in the HEX, 6th place El Salvador with 1342 points, and being outside of the HEX, 7th place Panama with 1331 points, is only 11 points. And Canada in 8th place is not far off with 1312 points. Panama is obviously trying to do everything it possibly can to make it into the HEX by June of 2020. If Panama succeeds in moving up one spot they will have a way better chance of qualifying for Qatar, than if they don't. Also by playing in the HEX, Panama will play 5 home matches against opponents that will attract way higher attendance figures, increased public interest, generate more broadcast rights revenue, not to mention more sponsorship and advertising revenue. In addition, the Panama players will be competing against far superior competition, which will make them better players in the process. All of these returns far outweigh the cost of playing a few friendlies, as well as pay for John Herdman's outrageous contract. But no, chicken-poop John is opting to play against CONCACAF minnows instead, which will not generated any of the above mentioned benefits. Of course, his won-loss record will look stellar, with another 9 wins against a single loss, but it will be that one effing loss that does Canada in, and John, no doubt, will come up with a great excuse to justify that loss. That's when he finally gets canned and will get one more job in a place like New Zealand, where he again will fail because he is a coward, and then that will be the end of his coaching career. In the meantime, Canada fails again, for the 34th year in a row to make it to a World Cup Final. What a waste, considering we finally have the talent to do something! F U John Herdman!!!

I wish you were coaching Canada, instead of Herdman!.

It's obvious that Gallego is gunning for a spot in the HEX, while Herdman has opted to extend the length of his career as coach of the CMNT by taking the inactive approach to ensure matches against CONCACAF minnows. I'm sure that those who support Herdman approve of his chicken-poop approach. Personally, I find that mindset to be totally disrespectful toward the crop of young talent that we currently have at our disposal. Our national team players deserve the opportunity to test themselves against the best countries in CONCACAF. IMO, Panama with confirmed friendlies against Curacao on October 10th, and against the UAE on November 19th, and a handful of others in the works, will be a shoe-in to make the HEX. On the other hand, with Herdman saying that "Canada can’t just schedule friendlies willy-nilly, arguing that playing a game three days in advance of a key showdown with the U.S. would not help his team. It’s a risk-reward situation and we have to navigate it very carefully,” Herdman said. “It isn’t just pulling games out of the sky. We have to be very deliberate,” it seems all but certain that John is waving the white flag for Canada when it comes to qualifying for the HEX. Oct 15th matches - Canada vs USA, and Mexico vs Panama Nov 15th matches - USA vs Canada, and Panama vs Mexico Obviously Gallego has no problem securing valuable FIFA/Coca-Cola ranking points playing a game three days in advance of a key showdown with Mexico. EHHH, HEY JOHN? ARE YOU SURE YOU READ THE INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR CORRECT?????? Because apparently Panama is playing the UAE FOUR DAYS AFTER their key showdown with Mexico, NOT THREE DAYS BEFORE, you foolish rookie coach! Oh you're going to be so shocked when you discover that they moved the goal posts on you AGAIN!!!! Would it not be interesting if Panama ended up as the 4th place finisher in the HEX, and Canada ended up the winner of the Best of the Rest knock out phase?

Excellent idea! In addition to the points you make, the cost of playing an international in those stadiums would be considerably less, it would also give supporters an opportunity to see a World Cup qualifier in their home-town, something two out of the three cities above have never had the privilege of doing. Playing a home match against a country like the Cayman Islands would also be a good opportunity to include a few more home-based players on the roster.

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