[sanariot]

The University of Victoria coach takes a pretty harsh slap at Holger Osieck:

"Winning the Gold Cup was really such a nonevent,'' Wilson said. "By the reaction from some people, you would think we had won the World Cup. Being the national coach was a big issue for me at one time. Maybe it is again, I don't really know. But I don't understand how a coach fails to take a team to the World Cup and gets a new contract. Anywhere else in the world he would be gone."

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/27/sp...er/28SOCC.html

[Canadian_Supporter]

It is easy to talk behind the safety of a Canadian university coaching job.



Coaching Canada at this point is not an easy thing to do because we don't have a national league and our players are scattered all across Europe.

[Daniel from Montréal]

Why was this published in the NYT???

[Canadian_Supporter]

Originally posted by Daniel from Montréal
Why was this published in the NYT???

I have no idea. I find it very odd that the NY Times would care about Canadian soccer.

[Krammerhead]

Perhaps because Canada plays more games in the USA than it does at home.

[divingheader]

Originally posted by Astorian
"The University of Victoria coach takes a pretty harsh slap at Holger Osieck:
'Winning the Gold Cup was really such a nonevent,' Wilson said."

Who is this guy Wilson? Was he a candidate for the job? I hope not considering his "The bad man took my lollipop" reaction. I'd say for a non-power like Canada to win the Confederation's championship tournament is a huge event. Like Wales walloping not just Italy but actually winning the UEFA Cup. Except Wales does have a national league, although none of the Nats play in it.
Boo on Wilson...

[Liverpool_SC]

Originally posted by divingheader
Originally posted by Astorian
"The University of Victoria coach takes a pretty harsh slap at Holger Osieck:
'Winning the Gold Cup was really such a nonevent,' Wilson said."

Who is this guy Wilson? Was he a candidate for the job? I hope not considering his "The bad man took my lollipop" reaction. I'd say for a non-power like Canada to win the Confederation's championship tournament is a huge event. Like Wales walloping not just Italy but actually winning the UEFA Cup. Except Wales does have a national league, although none of the Nats play in it.
Boo on Wilson...

He was a Canadian International player when they last made the World Cup (in Mexico '90) and was/is a national team coach prospect. He played for about 14 seasons in the NASL. Pretty solid credentials.

He is pretty critical, but a lot of his criticism is even-handed or just plain honest. He doesn't blame the US for not permitting Canadians to play unrestrictedly in MLS and freely admits that Canadian soccer is limited by not having a viable league for their own players - that isn't really a slam on Osieck. He knows that Osieck's hands are tied by player availability.

[Daniel from Montréal]

Originally posted by Liverpool_SC
He was a Canadian International player when they last made the World Cup (in Mexico '90)

Captain at WC86 in Mexico.

[Liverpool_SC]

My bad. Don't know why I put down '90.