OFFICIAL CANADA VS USA THREAD JUNE 21 pre/in/post

[Camcamy]

It should be a tough one. Discuss!

[TFC07]

To be honest with you, I am not scare of USA. They didn't look good today. I think Canada can pull it off and beat USA. Our defence is the only thing I am worried about right now.

[hodgkiss]

To be honest with you, I am not scare of USA. They didn't look good today. I think Canada can pull it off and beat USA. Our defence is the only thing I am worried about right now.

there are parts to both of our games that make us good and bad. honestly, i think our defence is pretty good. hainault is just very young and has twice let the ball roll in instead of making a challenge.

i thought panama looked good against the usa and their quick runs just blew right by their defensive mids and defence. this may be our key. i have total faith in hart and the team as they have proven taht they belong here and are willing to put in the solid effort to prove to the rest of the world that we are and will be a force to reckon with.

we need to shut down donovan and our defence needs to mark dempsey/beasley/twellman very tightly. but if we can control the ball like we did today and limit the chances that the usa gets, we can come out on top just as we did against guatemala. i like that hart is using our offence as a tool to set the pace instead of just following teh pace set by the other team. he has the right strategy and we have enough talent to make thsi work very well!

go canucks! can't wait for thursday!

[Chizzy]

This is going to be an interesting game for both teams.

[TFC07]

Oh man, it is going to be intense on these boards with all USA supporters talking crap about Canada now. This could be a start of very good rivalry between these two teams if Canada wins of course.

Let the trash talking begin! ;)

[USAsoccer2]

Your goalie (onstad) is horrible, we will easily put 5 goal past him

LOL, Just kidding

I think it will be a very very close game

[leafdolfan]

sportsnet has a baseball game at the same time as this game will they show it live on 1 of their channels (they better , i can't believe they didn't show todays live!!)

[Michigan Bayern Fan]

As a dual citizen having lived most of his life in the states, I am torn as to who to cheer for on Thursday but I will settle for an intense, well-played game with the winner going on to beat Honduras or Mexico. The U.S. has a stronger starting eleven but De Guzman and/or De Rosario can kill any team in this tournament. Should be a lot of fun..........................

Also, I was trying to remember the last time I saw Canada play before this year's Gold Cup. The 2000 Gold Cup and the '97 World Cup qualifier against the U.S. at Swangard were the only two that I can recall. Have their matches been shown on some of the Canadian networks unavailable to U.S. viewers or have their matches simply not been televised at all?

[justink]

MNT games in tourneys & WCQ qualifying have been on tv as Sportsnet has rights to all Cdn national team games (just signed a contract extension) - friendilies have generally been on tv. But not all games were on live and sometimes just shown on the Sportsnet alternate digitial feed.

So, if you weren't looking for them, it would have been easy to miss.

[Manunitedhabsfan]

I was really impressed with Canada today. They played a near flawless game against Guatemala. The US is going to be tougher to beat, but it is possible as I don't think the US is playing to their potential.

Our defence can be shaky at times, so that is the key. I thought Hainault played a good game today, but OMG, he's gotta help out Onstad! I can't believe he repeated the same mistake today as he did against the Haitians.

[zacRWE]

Gonna be a tight game, may go into extra-time.
I like the call that though USA has deeper team, Canada has two gems that are going great right now. Should be good!
ALLEZ LES ROUGES!

[JinJin]

People keep mentioning De Guzman and DeRosario, but Hutchinson may very well be the better than both of them, he's playing deeper and more defensively so we don't get to see as much of his offensive abilities.

[Azuran]

sportsnet has a baseball game at the same time as this game will they show it live on 1 of their channels (they better , i can't believe they didn't show todays live!!)

Rogers owns the Blue Jays so they get first priorities. Also, they did show that match live.

[maestri09]

Rogers owns the Blue Jays so they get first priorities. Also, they did show that match live.

I think they didn't put it on Sportsnet Ontario because the Blue Jays have priority in its home market.

Too Bad, because this will be Canada's biggest game since...a long time.

[guppy]

It's tough to call. Of course if Canada weren't playing well, it would be easier to call, but they are playing great! USA should be concerned. Hopefully they are not, and they get caught thinking about the final.

USA is a big team, and they maul smaller teams ... push them around. They smother those kind of teams. I guess the trick is to be quicker and not get completely pushed around, either ...

[leafdolfan]

I think they didn't put it on Sportsnet Ontario because the Blue Jays have priority in its home market.

Too Bad, because this will be Canada's biggest game since...a long time.

I get east, west and pacfic, but didn't get the game live

[hodgkiss]

I get east, west and pacfic, but didn't get the game live

i have those too but it was live on sportsnet yesterday! i was totally surprised but it was on. rogers here in woodbridge was playing it on channel 76 (and maybe even a few others - i just stopped there when i saw it) and the description said canada vs guatemala...

so just keep your eye out in the futrure and never take what the guide says verbatim.

[hirtme]

Oh man, it is going to be intense on these boards with all USA supporters talking crap about Canada now. This could be a start of very good rivalry between these two teams if Canada wins of course.

Let the trash talking begin! ;)

OK - you said it best. It's not a rivalry because Canada never wins. I mean you didn't even make the final round of World Cup qualifying.

Stick to things you know like hockey, bacon and fishing.:D

[Wangy]

Man, I'm tired of all these "is the game live?" questions. You guys should know the drill already. If there is a Blue Jays game on, they won't show the Canada game live on Sportsnet Ontario. Instead, you have to check the other three Sportsnet channels (East, West and Pacific) and the game will definitely be on live on atleast one of those channels. If you don't have digital cable, than you're obviously out of luck.

[hodgkiss]

OK - you said it best. It's not a rivalry because Canada never wins. I mean you didn't even make the final round of World Cup qualifying.

Stick to things you know like hockey, bacon and fishing.:D

ya lets stick to things we know like creating basketball, hockey, lacrosse and helping other countires in need.

and you guys stick to the things you know: pissing other countires off, putting your nose where it doesn't belong and the destruction of anything outside of the usa.

oops, did i say that?

i think you guys might be in for as little shock when we meet. you just keep thinking that way and we'll turn you inside out!