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I don't want to join the choir of people making it sound like Davies was poor. I think the best way to summarize his recent run of performances with Canada is this:
in my opinion once of his largest assets that makes him world class with Bayern is his movement off the ball. When he comes into the national team, he feels he needs to do it all himself and spends far too much time on the ball and takes one or two touches too many each possession. He needs to trust the quality of the players around him, but I don't know that he does entirely 

Now that we have Copa to dangle in front of duals, are there any duals that you think could realistically crack our 23 man roster? Only one I could think of that might stand a chance is Sigur as we need midfield depth

I don't want to join the choir of people making it sound like Davies was poor. I think the best way to summarize his recent run of performances with Canada is this:
in my opinion once of his largest assets that makes him world class with Bayern is his movement off the ball. When he comes into the national team, he feels he needs to do it all himself and spends far too much time on the ball and takes one or two touches too many each possession. He needs to trust the quality of the players around him, but I don't know that he does entirely 

Exactly, the provisional roster deadline is only 6 weeks away as well so he's more or less out of time already

Exactly, the provisional roster deadline is only 6 weeks away as well so he's more or less out of time already

Exactly, the provisional roster deadline is only 6 weeks away as well so he's more or less out of time already

Exactly, the provisional roster deadline is only 6 weeks away as well so he's more or less out of time already

Exactly, the provisional roster deadline is only 6 weeks away as well so he's more or less out of time already

I don't want to join the choir of people making it sound like Davies was poor. I think the best way to summarize his recent run of performances with Canada is this:
in my opinion once of his largest assets that makes him world class with Bayern is his movement off the ball. When he comes into the national team, he feels he needs to do it all himself and spends far too much time on the ball and takes one or two touches too many each possession. He needs to trust the quality of the players around him, but I don't know that he does entirely 

Copa will come too quickly for Jebbison even if he started immediately getting minutes.  Plus with JRR, Bair and Ugbo I doubt he displaces all of them anytime soon (if ever).  

Morris is permanently cap-tied from last years Gold Cup.
I don’t believe Tom Holmes will ever be eligible 

I don't want to join the choir of people making it sound like Davies was poor. I think the best way to summarize his recent run of performances with Canada is this:
in my opinion once of his largest assets that makes him world class with Bayern is his movement off the ball. When he comes into the national team, he feels he needs to do it all himself and spends far too much time on the ball and takes one or two touches too many each possession. He needs to trust the quality of the players around him, but I don't know that he does entirely 

Now that we have Copa to dangle in front of duals, are there any duals that you think could realistically crack our 23 man roster? Only one I could think of that might stand a chance is Sigur as we need midfield depth

Finally have a chance to put down some thoughts from yesterday in Frisco while flying back to Canada.
First of all, kudos to Kevin Blue for coming and meeting the supporters at the pre-game.  He talked to everyone who approached him and was very interested in seeing all of us come down to support the team.
About the game itself, not pretty.  We could have been behind before we scored.  It was all about patience because T&T literally parked the bus.  You could tell from our vantage point.  We might have more success at Copa offensively because no one will be running a low block against us, but we will also get punished at the back.
I would say just as satisfying as our win was seeing a stadium packed full of Hondurans and a smattering of Costa Ricans make noise like I haven’t heard since CR away in WC qualifying.  And to say that more than a few Vs cheered the Tico goals would be an understatement.  Then there was the Honduran fans pointing lasers at Navas, throwing liquids of various types at the CR supporters and every fifth word being “puta”.  A really unpleasant bunch.  Glad we didn’t have to play them cause it would have been like San Pedro Sula.
Finally, Mauro Biello is 2 rows behind me on the plane.  Already had a quick chat but can ask who he wants to replace him.  Ha ha!

A consistent theme from many previous posts is that one or another star player is not performing to his capabilities, nor on the same page with his teammates.  I don't think we've had a game since WCQ where the team has been on the same page in both attack and especially defense , where every player knows and accepts their roll (aside from perhaps David who always seems to figure our what needs to be done in spite of what's going on around him).  And to add, many of our most cohesive, structurally sound games were played when Davies was out due to injury.
We need a coach who can get the most out of our talent, mask our deficiencies / lack of talent in central defense and convince all the players to accept the vision.  I still haven't figured out if Biello lacks the game plan, the communication of said plan, or both... but we'll continue to spin our wheel until a higher level coach is found.
 

Weeks 1 through 5
All three Canadian teams have had reasonable results to start the season and there have been a few standout performances already to start the season. This year, MLS has changed their primary statistics page, so I have made a few changes to the chart accordingly.  This is also for only Canadian players or Canadian-eligible players.  If I have missed anyone, please let me know.
CF Montreal Canadian Minutes
1,622 Minutes
Toronto FC Canadian Minutes
1,260 Minutes
Vancouver Whitecaps Canadian Minutes
376 Minutes
US Based MLS Canadian Minutes
3,480 Minutes
According to MLS.com
Player Team POS GP GS MP G XG A P% CLR AD% Moise Bombito Colorado CB 4 4 360 0 0.16 0 84.0% 7 57.1% Kamal Miller Portland CB 4 4 360 0 0.15 0 86.6% 13 66.7% Joel Waterman Montreal CB 4 4 360 0 0.06 0 89.0% 24 50.0% Mathieu Choiniere Montreal CM 4 4 360 0 0.03 1 87.6% 4 0.0% Zac McGraw Portland CB 4 4 360 0 0.02 0 87.9% 21 100.0% Samuel Piette Montreal CM 4 4 324 0 0 0 87.2% 9 75.0% Jonathan Osorio Toronto CM 4 3 298 0 0.51 0 93.8% 1 0.0% Lukas MacNaughton Nashville CB 3 3 270 0 0.11 0 90.0% 15 40.0% Ryan Raposo Vancouver CM 4 3 268 1 0.42 1 76.0% 2 0.0% Liam Fraser Dallas CM 3 3 235 0 0.05 0 89.0% 1 66.7% Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty Toronto RB 4 2 210 1 0.87 0 93.4% 2 50.0% Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus ST 3 2 195 2 0.79 0 73.1% 1 0.0% Kobe Franklin Toronto RB 5 1 180 0 0.35 0 81.4% 2 0.0% Mohamed Farsi Columbus RB 4 2 175 1 0.88 0 73.1% 3 0.0% Mark Anthony Kaye New England CM 3 2 175 0 0 0 84.7% 1 28.6% Scott Arfield Charlotte CM 5 2 171 0 0.22 0 87.3% 1 0.0% Jacob Shaffelburg Nashville LW 4 1 150 0 0 0 64.3% 0 0.0% Jules-Anthony Vilsaint Montreal ST 2 1 134 1 0.64 0 90.3% 0 0.0% Kosi Thompson Toronto RB 4 0 109 0 0.06 0 88.1% 1 0.0% Tani Oluwaseyi Minnesota ST 4 0 108 1 0.08 2 74.1% 1 55.6% Ali Ahmed Vancouver CM 4 0 91 1 0.08 0 80.0% 0 0.0% Stephen Afrifa Kansas City ST 4 0 78 0 0.02 0 74.2% 0 33.3% Richie Laryea Toronto RB 1 1 70 0 0 0 93.8% 1 100.0% Ayo Akinola Toronto ST 3 0 67 0 0.51 0 70.6% 0 40.0% Deandre Kerr Toronto CM 2 1 56 0 0.27 1 90.9% 0 0.0% Nathan-Dylan Saliba Montreal CM 1 0 45 0 0 0 79.2% 1 66.7% Raheem Edwards Montreal LB 3 0 38 0 0 0 87.5% 2 50.0% Levonte Johnson Vancouver ST 2 0 17 0 0 0 66.7% 0 0.0% Zorhan Bassong Kansas City LB 1 0 16 0 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% Kyle Hiebert St. Louis CB 1 0 9 0 0 0 50.0% 0 0.0% Kimani Stewart-Baynes Colorado ST 1 0 8 0 0 0 71.4% 0 0.0% Rida Zouhir Montreal CM 1 0 1 0 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% Salvatore Mazzaferro Austin CB                   Brandon Cambridge Charlotte CM                   Enes Sali Dallas CM                   Marcus Ferkranus Los Angeles CB                   Ilias Iliadis Montreal CM                   Woobens Pacius Nashville ST                   Isaiah Johnston Nashville CM                   Luca Petrasso (Out on Loan) Orlando LB                   Jordan Peruzza Toronto ST                   Hugo Mbongue (Out on Loan) Toronto ST                   Adam Pearlman Toronto CB                   Belal Halbouni Vancouver CB                   Ralph Priso-Mbongue Vancouver CM                   Sam Adekugbe Vancouver LB                                           Player Team POS GP GS MP S S % P% GA GAA SO Luka Gavran Toronto GK 3 3 270 13 86.7% 68.2% 2 0.67 2 Dayne St Clair Minnesota GK 4 4 360 14 77.8% 62.6% 4 1.00 1 Maxime Crepeau Portland GK 3 3 270 14 77.8% 75.9% 4 1.33 0 Jonathan Sirois Montreal GK 4 4 360 19 73.1% 63.2% 7 1.75 1 James Pantemis Portland GK 2 2 180 6 60.0% 72.4% 4 2.00 0 Chituru Odunze Charlotte GK                   Sebastian Breza Montreal GK                   Greg Ranjitsingh Toronto GK                   Isaac Boehmer Vancouver GK                   Max Anchor Vancouver GK                  

Geesh, poor guy cant get 5 starts into his MLS journey before the board speculates on his international loyalties.  

Not sure this was mentioned anywhere but when Staq came off he gave his armband to Davies. 

COPA AMERICA TICKETING:
The Voyageurs are actively in contact with Canada Soccer and Copa America organizers about a supporters section.  Once we receive details, we will let you know.  
However, based on expected demand especially for the Argentina game, there will be a priority system for tickets in this section based on paid membership duration.  If there are any tickets remaining after this allocation, then they may be made available to non-Voyageurs members.
EDIT: the prioritization will finalized once we know the number of tickets to be allocated.
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On the brightside, we probably won't face any low blocks at Copa 

Ugbo was a part of the set up for Larin's goal

On the brightside, we probably won't face any low blocks at Copa 

On the brightside, we probably won't face any low blocks at Copa 

On the brightside, we probably won't face any low blocks at Copa 

Where’s all the boo birds now? … FYI we struggle versus the low block crap teams and we need to sort it out