Canada Soccer Part VII: Copa America Semifinal Edition

[NyQuil]

Wonder what hit-piece Westhead is preparing to publish hours before the match vs Germany

Man, he really let them have it. What a jerk!

 

[NyQuil]

Canadian team gonna be booed the rest of the tournament so we should start relishing in it lol

They actually weren't booed in the group matches. They were cheered coming on to the pitch.

Either:
(a) A lot of spectators actually don't know about it.

(b) They don't care.

(c) They know it wasn't the players who were spying.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

They won bronze in the previous two Olympics, one in which they should have taken down USA in the semifinals if not for garbage officiating. They've been pretty good for a long time.

did you read what i wrote? that doesn't contradict anything i said. those two bronzes were in 2012 and 2016. they were a top team throughout that period (as i said, 'the mid 2010s'). that period is what i am referring to when i say 'they haven't been top since then.'

the 2021 olympic gold was the last gasp (and a grinding last gasp) of a team that was pretty evidently on the decline, and a team that other countries were catching up to. we were not good at WC2019, and we were terrible at the WC last year.

unless we have different definitions of "top team", i think most people who pay decently close attention to women's football would've told you prior to this tournament that they were not a top team. they look like a top team again now! but they have not for the last 5 years, olympic gold in 2021 notwithstanding.

 

[luiginb]

What a jerk!

I always read that in Norm Macdonald s voice

 

[NyQuil]

unless we have different definitions of "top team", i think most people who pay decently close attention to women's football would've told you prior to this tournament that they were not a top team. they look like a top team again now! but they have not for the last 5 years, olympic gold in 2021 notwithstanding.

Like top 5?

I think we're fairly safely in that top 10.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Like top 5?

I think we're fairly safely in that top 10.

pre-tournament i would've said we're definitely not top 5, and that i think we're in a cluster hovering around #10. i wouldn't necessarily say safely. there are teams below us in the fifa ranking right now that i would've said comfortably pre-tournament are better than us (australia and the netherlands chief among them).

but they've definitely been cooking this tournament! so we'll see if that momentum keeps up.

 

[NyQuil]

pre-tournament i would've said we're definitely not top 5, and that i think we're in a cluster hovering around #10. there are teams below us in the fifa ranking right now that i would've said comfortably pre-tournament are better than us (australia and the netherlands chief among them).

but they've definitely been cooking this tournament! so we'll see if that momentum keeps up.

I meant, you generally refer to a "top team" as a "top 5" team.

there are teams below us in the fifa ranking right now that i would've said comfortably pre-tournament are better than us (australia and the netherlands chief among them).

We're a good tournament team for the most part.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I meant, you generally refer to a "top team" as a "top 5" team.

oh yea, sorry, misunderstood. to me a top team is a top 5 team, and i don't think you could at any point since like 2017 say that canada is a top 5 team, nor could you say that pre-tournament everyone already knew we were a top team.

 

[JimmyApples]

f*** Rick Westhead
f*** the IOC

Both of their biggest nightmares have just come true - despite all odds, Canada is moving on.

 

[NyQuil]

f*** Rick Westhead
f*** the IOC

Both of their biggest nightmares have just come true - despite all odds, Canada is moving on.

This is the dumbest post in this thread. Congratulations.

I'd say f*** John Herdman and f*** Bev Priestman. The ones in charge supporting the actual cheating.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

They actually weren't booed in the group matches. They were cheered coming on to the pitch.

Either:
(a) A lot of spectators actually don't know about it.

(b) They don't care.

(c) They know it wasn't the players who were spying.

(d) There aren't enough spectators there to boo

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

This is the dumbest post in this thread. Congratulations.

I'd say f*** John Herdman and f*** Bev Priestman. The ones in charge supporting the actual cheating.

Special **** you to the opportunists that have spent years capitalizing off the success of the Canadian players on the pitch while rotting the core of the organization.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Special **** you to the opportunists that have spent years capitalizing off the success of the Canadian players on the pitch while rotting the core of the organization.

f*** CSB, mostly.

 

[PeteWorrell]

Happy that the women overcame a ridiculously harsh penalty.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Needed this today after yesterday's U20 loss. Positive stuff.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818753242228310417

 

[robertmac43]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818748169473474895

 

[stats1]

Don’t worry guys, Rick will be quiet for a few days then he’ll come out with another nasty article just before their QF game.

 

[robertmac43]

Don’t worry guys, Rick will be quiet for a few days then he’ll come out with another nasty article just before their QF game.

Lol Rick's done literally nothing wrong...

 

[PanniniClaus]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818748169473474895

Awesome.. couldn't get on the field with the Whitecaps but good enough for Marseille.

Marseille... I may need to get a jersey now.

 

[robertmac43]

Awesome.. couldn't get on the field with the Whitecaps but good enough for Marseille.

Marseille... I may need to get a jersey now.

I was thinking the same thing.... Kone or Cornelius? hmmm

 

[PanniniClaus]

I was thinking the same thing.... Kone or Cornelius? hmmm

Konelius

 

[al secord]

Don’t worry guys, Rick will be quiet for a few days then he’ll come out with another nasty article just before their QF game.

I think you guys picked the wrong bogeyman. It's quite puzzling.

 

[JimmyApples]

Lol Rick's done literally nothing wrong...

Really?

There’s no reason Rick shouldn’t be locked up for treason any day now

 

[NyQuil]

Cornelius.

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