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  1. 3 minutes ago, Keegan said:

    So I should assume he turned down a call while playing 3rd division in Portugal?  That would be quite the leap.  

    I’m just going off the timeline of events and not making any assumptions.  

    If we are going to speculate, I'd say there is a high likelihood the CSA probably approached him about playing on a youth team.  I doubt the senior team would have been offered until recently.  Edwards, Davies and Kaye was plently of new blood for the last GC, and they were also trying hard to get Ballou on board then, so I won't blame the CSA - although I do happen to believe that proactively capping at least one young player should be a thing we try to do regularly on every official roster.

    He's definitely in contact with the CSA now, so given our recent track record of getting guys on board, perhaps we should be a tiny bit more confident than usual. 

  2. 2 minutes ago, Keegan said:

    Okay but Piette was playing 3rd division Spain.. Kaye was in USL.  This is why you have scouting.. for a program that only played 4 matches this past year there should be more time for scouting than anything.

    We had a friendly against Scotland and a u23 camp prior to the Gold Cup where he should have been called.. there’s really no argument to be had.  We were short handed v Scotland and if someone with an eye had a look I’m very confident that he would have been spotted. 

    This wasn’t a slam dunk, but it’s still a ball dropped.  Lack of friendlies don’t help either.

    We have no idea what communications, or lack thereof, the CSA has had with Stephen over the last few years.  Why assume the worst?

    The CSA knew about him given his brother recently played for our youth teams.  Perhaps he turned down a call up? 

  3. 20 hours ago, Thomas said:

                   CMNT Depth Chart by Position

                                   CF/ST 

                             Larin   Cavallini 

                             David    AJH

                                 Ricketts 

    LW/LM                 CDM/CM               RW/RM

    Hoilett             ^Atiba    Arfield          Davies 

    Edwards          Piette    *Osorio    +Akindele 

    Millar                Teibert     Kaye          Tabla

        LB                     CB         CB                RB

    Adekugbe         Henry    James      Petrasso 

    Morgan             Straith    Edgar        Cordova 

    Levis                Cornelius   N/A         Godihno

     

                                        GK 

                                     Borjan 

                                    Crepeau

                                    Leutwiler 

                                    Thomas

    Notes: 

    ^ = Retiring after Gold Cup 2019

    * = Can Play CAM, LM 

    + = Plays CF too

    [Wingers/Left-Right Midfielders can play on either side]

    Davies usually plays on the left for us. Since Davies has been in the team, Hoilett has moved to the right. 

    DeJong is still my top choice for left back.

  4. Tough half for Cyle and Besiktas.  Couldn't really get anything going, and then they got caught on the counter.  Played a bit better after the goal.  Larin not seeing the ball much.  Has dropped to help his mid recover a ball or 2.  No chances on net that I saw, but ran at the defence at speed once before dishing it off to Quaresma who then drew a dangerous foul.  Larin drew a yellow from the defender marking him at the end of the half. 

    Still is amazing to see a kid from Brampton who used to play in L1O start a Europa league game as a striker.  

  5. Teibert should be tried at right back. He covered well for Millar at times today. Herdman obviously likes him. He has all the tools to fill in for us there, at least for the Gold Cup. I don't see any of the other right back options distinguishing themselves before then.

  6. On 10/14/2018 at 6:29 PM, Stryker911 said:

    Cav is still taking shots at Canadian soccer... Speaking about Osorio.

    He's a really interesting player," said Cavallini. "You don't really get players like that in Canada -- really technical. I guess his grassroots being Colombian really help."

    Osorio was born in Toronto. Like his parents being Columbia. Is the reason why he plays technical?

    Yes.  Football is cultural.  Cavallini and Osorio's South American backgrounds have clearly and obviously shaped their games, and for that I am thankful.  If not for their roots, they would not have had the passion, style or ability to make it to Nacional's academy in Uruguay.

    They are both the type of players we need to win in Concacaf, and they should form the spine of this team. 

  7. 8 hours ago, El Diego said:

    Not the first time hearing youth politics playing a role in TFC youth teams from that time period...

    Still happens to this day. In the TFC youth teams it's about who you know and who your Dad is.

  8. With Tabla in the mix, our best 11 and formation is now totally up in the air.  Its a versatile team with many moving parts.  I can't wait for the Gold Cup.  With this team, and our deep bench, anything is possible.

    -------------Cavallini----Larin

    -----------------------Tabla

    Davies------Atiba-----Arfield-----Hoilett

    ------DeJong----Henry----Jakovic

    ----------------------Borjan

     

  9. 10 minutes ago, C2SKI said:

    You're much more confident than I am. How often in the past has this team not gotten the result they need against a weak opponent. Especially away.  I want our best team there, and Davies is part of that.

    A major reason we have been backsliding and getting poor results at the Senior level is because we stopped qualifying for the U20s twelve years ago.  Also, with David and Millar, I wouldnt be surprised if their European clubs refuse to release them for the U20s, so its even more important we at least have Davies on that team.    

  10. Id rather see all our teens in the U20 qualifying.  The next generation needs to start believing they are winners and Qualifying for things is how you do that.  If we are serious about 2026, we must prioritize this U20 tournament over everything. 

    As for the Nations League, it won't be coming down to goal difference.  Since all of the teams who currently have 3 points play at least 1 other "3 point" team along the way, as long as we win all our games, we will finish top 6.  For example Cuba and Haiti play in the 4th matchday so someone is going to drop points there, same with El Salvador v. Jamaica, Guadeloup v Curacao, Guadeloup v Martinique.  We are the only team with a straightforward schedule where we are favourites in every game.  Our tough game is against French Guiana and its at home. 

    The only mathematically possible scenario where we win all of our games and dont qualify requires all of the following teams to win all of their games: Curacao, Cuba, Belize, Jamaica. St. Lucia and Nicaragua.  That's a big ask for St. Lucia and Nicaragua, as they both have to play Haiti. 

    If Haiti gets full points (as they should), only 5 teams (including us) can possibly reach 12 points, so we would certainly qualify then.  Assuming we don't drop points anywhere.  If we do, we are almost surely in League B.

    Do we really need Alphonso Davies to beat St. Kitts away?  I think not.  And before anyone brings up our tie in 2011, it was the second last game and we had already qualified to the next round by then.  Totally different scenario.

  11. if we were serious about recruiting him away from the US program, we wouldve called him up for the CMNT camp and capped him in stoppage time, couldve easily taken Rickett's place.  maybe we did and he declined, who knows. 

    Personally I dont even see Akinola becoming any better than AJH or even Jordan Hamilton, who are well down the pecking order... but time will tell. 

  12. In the most important minute of the most important game of his year he cracks under pressure. One mistake like that can cost us an entire 4 year qualifying cycle. I'm not ready to quit on DH but this does not help me see him as a starter for the CMNT.

  13. 20 hours ago, RS said:

    Is this fact or an assumption based on the nationality of most of the TFC technical staff?

    It is a FACT that Toronto FC got Akinola in touch with the USSF and completely encouraged and assisted him in taking part in the USSF youth programs.  I've heard this from people close to TFC myself, but in case that doesn't count as fact, perhaps this assists (from the first page of this thread, attached for convenience):

     

    Akinola.PNG

  14. We have a good crop of players coming up, but as we know, that doesn't usually translate into CMNT success.  This group needs to start playing games together, consistently.  Today, we are nothing.  We have no style, no identity, no leaders.  But that can all change quickly.

    I strongly believe that if we are to get anywhere, Osorio and Cavallini must step up into leadership roles, and Herdman has to build the team around them from this fall through to next years Gold cup.  Both players have proven their ability to win and score goals in Concacaf recently, they are winners and have the kind of experience and passion that can infect and lift the entire team.  Theyre in their prime years this cycle.  One of them should be made captain.  

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