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When's the last time we hosted the u17 qualifying tournament?

By the time Henry retires he may be at the top of penalties conceded list for MLS.

Bayiha and Choiniere on as 2nd half subs today in a 1-0 win over the crew. The kids are really getting their chances in Montreal.

The Impact lack depth in a bad way. They really need to add some bodies, especially offensive players.

TFC 2 looked strong last night. Refreshing to hopefully see them boss some games this year with the lower league.

Montreal is very reliant on a couple players (let's be honest, mostly just Piatti) and have not evolved ever since he joined. Whatever they get, management deserves.

Seems like a smart plan to first test the waters.

Hard to see him getting another chance after today.

Can someone sum up the article for me?

Buchanan in a bad environment for......any player. His coach is delusional and his team is not looking good.

VDW is not off the books, his salary will still count against the salary cap this season. They can only get one salary off the books per season by cutting a player. Aketxe was already cut this season. He is that one player. TFC had a nightmare offseason last year when they spent big on VDW and Aketxe.

I played before the national training centre was in existence. Nova Scotia was the best Atlantic Province in soccer before the NTC. Why? Generally the best talent in Canada is found in the biggest cities. The biggest city in Atlantic Canada is Halifax. The vast majority of Provincial team roster's players were from Halifax. That's where the competition was highest for players. Probably a combination of diversity, facilities, competition,high level training and numbers. Hard to attend the Provincial team practices in Halifax If you live in Cape Breton 5 hours away. When we'd go to nationals and inevitably place 5-7th our coach theorized the reason was lack of high quality competition at home. You don't stay sharp and improve playing against 2 good teams and 5 garbage teams in the NSSL every year. New Brunswick and PEI tournaments didn't help either, as they were always a lower level of competition. It's the same idea for pro youth academies: Train hard and find the best competition to challenge yourself. Stephen Hart trained my u13 club team for 2-3 months as a supplemental regional training centre when I was a kid. I don't think kids in rural N.S got those opportunities.

He's from rural Nova Scotia, really rural. Not much soccer in really rural Canada outside of timbits.

I understand what you mean, but until you prove you can actually get a win in Central America, I don't care who is on your team. Our defence also doesn't inspire much confidence, either on paper or on the pitch.

What does top 4-5 on paper mean?