Who is a genius behind that play-off schedule?
Current standings:
So, 6th placed team in Pool A (Siaron) plays 7th placed team in Pool A (Serbia).
2nd placed team in Pool B (White Eagles) plays 3rd placed team in Pool B (Harps).
Let’s assume that better placed teams win those two games...
A national team coach should be a coach that already has experience elsewhere. What other men's team did Herdman coach?
Why would CMNT risk basically wasting this very talented generation on a guy who needs to learn and gain experience? Sorry, not at this level and not with CMNT.
If Herdman leaves that will be great for CMNT. He was completely exposed at WC as somebody who is nowhere near at the level where the other top Managers are.
Players need a perfect plan to execute on the field and if the Manager is not capable of doing that then you can have the best 11 soccer...
General allocation money can be used in several ways:
Reduce the amount that a non-Designated Player costs against the salary cap down to the league minimum salary ($67,500 in 2018).
Reduce the amount that a Designated Player costs against the salary cap down to $150,000.
Sign players new to...
Herdman was outcoached in Qatar and now fully exposed against USA. He needs to go now. The sooner the better.
By the way, with this roster, Canada would qualify for WC in Qatar even without the coach.
Any time you split any division into two (or more) pools, you are watering down the quality of that division.
Another issue is that you simply cannot divide one division into two (or more) pools that are of a similar quality. Two or three very strong teams could end up playing in one pool while...
"...the CSA really has no business sticking its snout into this..."
You are talking about an organization who organizes a friendly game against Iran in Vancouver, over $50,000 people purchase tickets and then CSA cancels the game because some politicians started voicing their negative opinion...
E-mail received from Soccer Canada when I requested 75% refund for already purchased tickets (Curacao game):
“Fans can request a refund by logging into your Ticketmaster Account. Once you're in your account, choose your event, scroll down and click the 'Contact Us' button.”
That “Contact Us”...
It looks that Canada Soccer offers now 75% discount on tickets for Curacao.
Not a single word if that offer is valid for those who already purchased the tickets for that game before this discount announcement.
Almost every national team that qualifies for World Cup goes through a similar negotiating pain with their football association and, at the end, the deal is always made. But, to cancel actually a game against an opponent that did you a favour when they agreed to travel from Panama to play on...
Tickets for a friendly vs Panama go on sale today.
Whoever purchased tickets for 2-match event (Iran and Curacao) will have to purchase tickets for Curacao again because 2-match event is cancelled so Ticketmaster refund will be for 2-match event (not just for tickets that relate to a cancelled...
I have never heard that health benefits were advertised by Ginger Ale/Canada Dry and hard to believe anyone would think that such a sugary drink may have any.
Anyway, I did believe that GInger Ale/Canada Dry were really made from a real ginger as being written on every single can/bottle.
Quite...
I do believe that simplicity is the solution. Basically, rule #1 re offsides could be that if there is no clear separation between two players (visible “daylight”) there is no offside position. Rule #2 could be that if the situation is in any way debatable then there is no offside either...
Correct, hands and arms are not considered for offside position.
Offside rule needs to change. There are two better options, in my opinion:
1) No offside calls if outside of the penalty box.
2) Player is in offside position only if he is clearly, without any doubt, in offside position; being...