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Non CMNT thing... One week today the CPL starts, get out and support the league if you can! A great way to enjoy some Canadian football as we wait for the biggest ticket event next fall!
Canadian Soccer Part VI; O CANADA O BABY
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robertmac43
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Fun to read through this list
www.wakingthered.com
Every player that featured for the CANMNT during 2022 World Cup Qualifying
From March 25th, 2021 to March 30th, 2022, quite a few have worn the CANMNT jersey during this historic campaign.
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I would be interested to hear peoples thoughts on this article:
nationalpost.com
Chris Selley: $290 million to host five soccer games? Walk away, Canada
Canada's World Cup Fever could prove very costly if taxpayers let their guard down
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Whats really bad about us being pot 4 and US/Mexico in pot 2 is that we're locked out of drawing two of the weaker pot 2 teams lol
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That official in panama was such a phony. Giving the yellow card for time-wasting to the keeper deep in stoppage time.
He was doing that for the entire half, and the ref did nothing until the very end, as if he had already decided on when to punish him for it a long time ago, and the answer was that he was going to punish them at an inconsequential time.
The time wasting in the 2nd half made it feel like we only saw about 10 minutes of actual football being played in the 2nd. Part of it was panama being masterful about making it a stop and start kind of half, but they got away with some embarrassing level of time wasting tactics too.
He was doing that for the entire half, and the ref did nothing until the very end, as if he had already decided on when to punish him for it a long time ago, and the answer was that he was going to punish them at an inconsequential time.
The time wasting in the 2nd half made it feel like we only saw about 10 minutes of actual football being played in the 2nd. Part of it was panama being masterful about making it a stop and start kind of half, but they got away with some embarrassing level of time wasting tactics too.
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Mark Twain once said that conservatives know the price of everything, but don't understand the value of anything. That's Chris Selley.I would be interested to hear peoples thoughts on this article:
Chris Selley: $290 million to host five soccer games? Walk away, Canada
Canada's World Cup Fever could prove very costly if taxpayers let their guard down
Look, I objected to us bidding on this, because FIFA. I was also reluctant about the multi-billion-dollar price tag of 2010.
But we're here now and we said we'd do the thing. Time for us to bend over and do the thing.
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He turned into a "tough guy" at the end of the match when Canada's fate was pretty much sealed.
You look at the stats at the end, and without watching the game, these cards make it look like the ref had good control over the match, but he was never in control when it mattered.
My takeaway from this was first of all, I'm grateful that we didn't see too much concacafing in the octaganol, and secondly, thank the lord that we don't have to worry about concacaf matches for a long time now.
Are we hoping to pull one of our CONCACAF brethern in the draw tomorrow? Or are there rules to prevent that? I mean, having to face either the US or Mexico should give our boys some confidence.
Too bad about pot 4, but we were ranked near a hundred when all this began... hard to complain.
Too bad about pot 4, but we were ranked near a hundred when all this began... hard to complain.
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UEFA is the only confederation that can have 2 teams in the same group
Assumed somthing like that was in play. Too bad, but also cool to avoid grouping teams from the same confederations. Thx!
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Well, more importantly, Canada would look pretty bad if, five years before the event, and a couple of years after being given the right to co-host the event, we pulled out. International reputations matter.
Such an exciting day.
It's still surreal that I'm sitting here 45 minutes away from watching a World Cup draw with Canada in it.
Like a dream...
It's still surreal that I'm sitting here 45 minutes away from watching a World Cup draw with Canada in it.
Like a dream...
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It feels like Christmas today! Now that is the day of the draw, I really don't care who we draw.
Bring on anyone!
Bring on anyone!
TheDoldrums
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Best case
Qatar-Uruguay?-Poland?
If we get Qatar we couldn't get anyone else from that region so I think that would be optimal
Worst case
Brazil-Germany-Senegal
Honestly so much depends on which teams get lucky and get Qatar, a relative bye compared to the other Pot 1 teams.
Qatar-Uruguay?-Poland?
If we get Qatar we couldn't get anyone else from that region so I think that would be optimal
Worst case
Brazil-Germany-Senegal
Honestly so much depends on which teams get lucky and get Qatar, a relative bye compared to the other Pot 1 teams.
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Referring against Qatar would be atrocious. That regime wanted the WC for white washing reasons. They will rig it as much as they can to make it as far as possible. I'd prefer to avoid them.
The stupid show annoys me. Just do the draw.
The stupid show annoys me. Just do the draw.
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Group F looks very workable for us.
Could've been a lot worse. Morocco isn't anything special. Croatia is old. Let's go!
Could've been a lot worse. Morocco isn't anything special. Croatia is old. Let's go!
Open against Belgium. Big test right off the bat.
Tough group but certainly not worst case scenario .
Can't wait!
Tough group but certainly not worst case scenario .
Can't wait!
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Wow time to read into this way too much over the next half year!
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I think I'd rather have the Belgium game first and hope to catch them still warming up.
At least we'll be playing Belgium and Croatia in 2022 and not 4-10 years ago 
Canada will definitely enter as good sized underdogs to get out of the group stage.
Canada will definitely enter as good sized underdogs to get out of the group stage.
