Soccer in Canada | Canada Hosting the 2026 World Cup - Page 2

FrankieFlowerpot · #1 Posted **Jul 9, 2015, 12:43 PM**

I went to bed at the 60minute mark - couldn't handle any more

Up 6 spots in the FIFA rankings to #103 this morning

king10 · #2 Posted **Jul 9, 2015, 12:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrankieFlowerpot

I went to bed at the 60minute mark - couldn't handle any more

Up 6 spots in the FIFA rankings to #103 this morning

We actually had some decent chances after the 60 min mark. Teibert and Straith both hit dipping shots from 20 yards out that went about a foot over the bar.

De Jong unleashed a cracker going top corner but the keeper pushed it away for a corner

king10 · #3 Posted **Jul 9, 2015, 12:39 PM**

That was tough to watch. Osorio and teibert need to start. We also missed hutch dearly.

FrankieFlowerpot · #4 Posted **Jul 9, 2015, 3:14 PM**

CONFIRMED by FIFA: Canada's next round World Cup qualifier will be against one of - Belize, Grenada, Antigua, Aruba, Nicaragua or Curacao

king10 · #5 Posted **Jul 9, 2015, 3:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrankieFlowerpot

CONFIRMED by FIFA: Canada's next round World Cup qualifier will be against one of - Belize, Grenada, Antigua, Aruba, Nicaragua or Curacao

Finally some confirmation that we avoid the likes of Guatamala, Haiti, el salvador and Jamaica.

Good to hear.

Where did you hear this from?

FrankieFlowerpot · #6 Posted **Jul 9, 2015, 3:34 PM**

Duane Rollins - https://twitter.com/24thminute

JHikka · #7 Posted **Jul 10, 2015, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by FrankieFlowerpot

CONFIRMED by FIFA: Canada's next round World Cup qualifier will be against one of - Belize, Grenada, Antigua, Aruba, Nicaragua or Curacao

You missed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Antigua is also in Canada's pot so they can't be drawn with them.

This is good for Canada, though. Only Grenada and Nicaragua out of those countries are feasible close matches for Canada. The rest should be pretty straightforward. Should be.

king10 · #8 Posted **Jul 10, 2015, 1:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

You missed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Antigua is also in Canada's pot so they can't be drawn with them.

This is good for Canada, though. Only Grenada and Nicaragua out of those countries are feasible close matches for Canada. The rest should be pretty straightforward. Should be.

Curaceao coached by Patrick Kleuvert could be tricky. Essentially a Netherlands C team. I don't think Grenada would be much of a problem. But you never know with Canada and Concacaf.

Nicko999 · #9 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 1:05 AM**

1-0 loss for Canada vs Jamaica. Goal in stoppage time.

Thank god I didn't watch.

mistercorporate · #10 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 1:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nicko999

1-0 loss for Canada vs Jamaica. Goal in stoppage time.

Thank god I didn't watch.

I watched...just shoot me now...the women's pan am team is so much nicer to watch...

thenoflyzone · #11 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 3:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nicko999

1-0 loss for Canada vs Jamaica. Goal in stoppage time.

Thank god I didn't watch.

It should have been 5-0 for Jamaica. They missed so many good opportunities. Yes, on certain occasions our goalie kept us in the game, but overall we were dominated.

JHikka · #12 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 10:45 PM**

I don't think people understand the concept of sports rankings within countries and the desire to play those sports in those countries re: size of countries populations. Outside of Track and Field, Football is #1 in Jamaica? In Canada? Eh...

elly63 · #13 Posted **Jul 13, 2015, 12:15 AM**

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I don't think people understand the concept of sports rankings within countries and the desire to play those sports in those countries re: size of countries populations. Outside of Track and Field, Football is #1 in Jamaica? In Canada? Eh...

I'm of two minds on this. I do think we have far more sports on our radar here than most countries and we are fairly competitive in most. And many countries do not concern themselves with putting resources or athletes towards winter sports as well except for maybe the famous Jamaican bobsled team (and just yesterday I saw something on a Jamaican hockey team)

Having said that, I think it would surprise or maybe shock people here how many soccer players and registered soccer players we have here and how we compare against other countries. But aside from pockets of larger support in the bigger cities, for Joe Sixpack Canadian it is not high on the consciousness stream.

I've been following the CMNT for 40 years and nothing surprises me concerning Canadian soccer (good or bad) but I do think we should be doing better than we are. I don't demean other small countries ie Central American and immediately dismiss them because they are a small country or do not have players playing for famous clubs. I've been around long enough to know that doesn't always work.

We've been getting beaten for years by some of these small countries who have a concentrated viable national league that allows players to develop familiarity and play together often.

Ok back to numbers playing (from FIFA). You can extrapolate these numbers anyway you wish, rich countries vs poor, largely populated vs small, number of females included, ages (minors vs adults) but it still comes down to Canada having a significant number of players.

When we can finally get rid of auld country influences, political infighting, and results based influences then we will be on our way. Things are getting better, but a long way to go.

Also I think, it would be safe to assume that we are still growing as a soccer country (compared to the survey below in 2006) while many other established countries may have maxed their potential.

(2006 Big Count, a FIFA survey of its 207 member associations)

Registered players

All Players

elly63 · #14 Posted **Jul 13, 2015, 8:07 PM**

Tks to Daniel from Montreal at BigSoccer

An interesting look at Canada's Gold Cup rosters by where and what level the team members played (from 2000-2015).

Funny how just seeing the country, the player's name comes to mind: Tony Meneses (Brazil), Daniel Imhof (Switzerland), Ante Jazic (Austria)

MexiQuebecois · #15 Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 2:36 AM**

This is brutal.

FrankieFlowerpot · #16 Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 2:42 AM**

what a joke

Denscity · #17 Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 3:02 AM**

So will not scoring any goals help us in the rankings?

Denscity · #18 Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 3:17 AM**

And only 15000 people at BMO field for the match. Too bad it wasn't played in Vancouver.

Berklon · #19 Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 3:37 AM**

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And only 15000 people at BMO field for the match.

A downpour of rain will do that to attendance.

So where's this great up-and-coming Canadian men's soccer team I keep hearing about?

king10 · #20 Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 4:05 AM**

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A downpour of rain will do that to attendance.

So where's this great up-and-coming Canadian men's soccer team I keep hearing about?

Well um we just tied the team that made it to the qfs of the world cup knocking out italy and england from their group.

Having said that our coach has lost the plot with defensive minded substitutions and sstartinng line ups when a win is the only thing that will get us through.