A bigger potential advantage is the NT. TFC has been reasonably good (for a single team) at developing talent up to the level of an MLS sub. So there are a whole pile of guys who have come through the TFC system and even gotten caps at the NT level. What TFC has been fairly bad at is developing them to the next step of being a solid MLS starter or graduating them to Europe. So most of those guys never become NT mainstays. The only ones I can think of with double digit caps are Doneil Henry, Ashtone Morgan, and Osorio. (And Osorio didn't come up through their academy system.) That's a waste of developmental effort and talent. Happily, the early signs are that they want to change that. Also, it seems the kids coming up now are a lot better than they were a few years ago. Nelson, Shaffelburg, Priso, and Marshall-Rutty are just higher calibre than guys like Manelle, Babouli, or Aparicio were at that age. So the jump off point toward the NT will be that much higher.
I'm convinced that if we had Shaffelburg over Tabla, Nelson over Raposo, Okello over Mecalfe - add Fraser and we could have qualified for the olympics In fairness to the previous guys you mentioned - some of them were wasted by the lack of minutes in MLS. I think TFC got better at developing guys up to a certain point but not playing them will always negatively impact their development and unless a US club takes a chance on them like Louisville and LAFC did with Kaye, being Canadian makes them unattractive. My issue with TFC was always that, bringing in American guys and giving them such a longer leash than young Canadians who weren't allowed to make mistakes. As for the surplus - they should be loaned or sold, not benched than released like in the past. CPL is interesting for the loaning opportunities but they aren't allowing more than 5 loans from MLS and to my surprised, it's league-wide
They were but I also think the new crop is simply better. We're talking about kids who are seeing the first team at 16 and 18 whereas the earlier guys were being brought up to the first team when they were already 20 or 22. Do you have a source for that? I'm not questioning it, I'd just like to learn more. I know the CPL had a rule that a CPL club could not loan in more than two players from any one team. I assumed that was to prevent them from becoming pseudo-farm teams for the MLS sides, which is fine. A limit of 5 league wide seems unnecessarily restrictive, however, and doesn't help general Canadian player development.
I think that a change of philosophy/management was a reason too so I'd say there are both factors. I saw a tweet from CPL saying that they have filled all 5 loans spot from MLS. Yet another dark rule that they choose not to advertise. Clanachan had said in an interview to the French online media Culture Soccer that the maximum from MLS was 5. I thought it was 5 per teams for the longest time until I saw that tweet. As of now, there are 5 loans from MLS on CPL squads. I used to think that this would affect MLS U23 teams once MLS Next launches but looks like it won't after all. Guys will have to choose at some point between U23 squads vs. CPL - remains to be seems how the salary structure works there.
Weekend Canadian News Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full 90 for Pacos de Ferreira in a 5-0 loss to Benfica CB Steven Vitoria played the full 90 for Moreirense in a 2-1 win over Gil Vicente Turkey Both Cyle Larin and Atiba Hutchinson played for Besiktas in a 4-2 win over Erzurum BB. Cyle Larin is now 2nd goal scorer in Turkey and the club is 7 points clear at the top. GOAL FOR BESIKTAS! 🇨🇦The Canadian Cyle Larin goes on target to score the opening goal against BB Erzurumspor.#ERZvBJK LIVE NOW ⬇️📺 beIN SPORTS💻📱CONNECT 7 https://t.co/LRYa03w6yI pic.twitter.com/VOqADuYThC— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) April 11, 2021 Scotland M Scott Arfield played the final 18 minutes for Rangers in a 2-1 win over Hibernian M David Wotherspoon played the final 20 minutes for St.Johnstone in a 1-0 loss to Aberdeen M Harry Paton played the final 21 minutes for Ross County in a 2-2 tie with Kilmarnock England LW Liam Millar played the final 24 minutes for Charlton Athletic in a 2-1 win over Sunderland Serbia GK Milan Borjan had the start for Belgrade Red Star in a 5-1 win against Javor. M Stefan Mitrovic played the final 21 minutes for Radnicki Nis in a 2-0 loss to Partizan Beograd Poland Kris Twardek played 73 minutes for Jagiellonia Bialystok in a 2-1 win over Cracovia National Team Jonathan David might be back before the end of the season as he has started to run despite his ankle injury. Latest on his next destination links him with Liverpool as Lille is expected to sell lots of players this summer. Tajon Buchanan is attracting the interest of Portugal's Sporting CP and both France Ligue 1 and English Premier League clubs Clubs licensing Believe or not, it's only as of 2017 that the CSA created the Canada Soccer Professional Club Licensing Program which includes the Canada Soccer National Club Licence. The program's goal is to raise the standards of clubs throughout the country both on and off the field toward best principles for development to improve the overall soccer system in Canada. https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-announces-professional-club-licensing-renewals-for-2021/ 7 CPL clubs had their licenses renewed while the 3 MLS clubs and FC Edmonton will renew theirs later this year. This is to show how disorganized the game was prior to Montagliani's tenure at the CSA.
Considering that loans from MLS represent a good pool for CPL teams (i.e. young Canadians as opposed to loaning in a foreign player), how do they work that? I mean, it would not be unreasonable for each CPL team to have one or two MLS youngsters on their loan candidate list. So is it just a race to see which team can sign them first?
a canadian will play in Brazil again!! https://canplbrasil.blogspot.com/2021/04/jogador-canadense-assina-por-equipe-do.html
Canadian News Germany LB Alphonso Davies played the full 90 and collected an assist for Bayern Munich in a 3-2 win against Wolfsburg Davies assists Musiala vs Wolfsburg #CANMNThttps://t.co/DkoaQ7JcHh— 𝕲𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘𝕮𝖎𝖙𝖞 (@GlassCityFC) April 17, 2021 Davies also played the full 90 against Leverkusen in a 2-0 win CB Scott Kennedy played 42 minutes for Jahn Regensburg in a 3-0 loss to FC Heidenheim in 2.Bundesliga. He left early for preventive measures due to signs of a concussion France F Jonathan David made a surprising speedy recovery and played the final 22 minutes for Lille in a 1-1 tie with Montpelier Turkey Both Cyle Larin and Atiba Hutchinson played for Besiktas in a 2-2 tie with Ankaragucu They also played in a 0-0 tie with Sivasspor Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full 90 for Pacos de Ferreira in a 2-0 loss to Farense CB Steven Vitoria scored again but got a red card while playing the full 90 for Moreirense in a 3-2 loss to Tondela. ⚽ GOLOSteven Vitória 28'Liga NOS (#27) | Moreirense 1-3 Tondela#LigaNOS #MFCCDT pic.twitter.com/V9fK6Nxmv6— VSPORTS (@vsports_pt) April 17, 2021 Serbia GK Milan Borjan had the start for Belgrade Red Star in a 2-1 win against FK Radnik Surdulica. England LW Liam Millar the full 90 for Charlton Athletic in a 0-0 tie with Ipswich. On the 2nd game during that week, he scored a goal in a 6-0 win over Plymouth Scotland M Scott Arfield played the final 21 minutes for Rangers in a 1-1 tie with St. Johnstone for M David Wotherspoon played 78 minutes M Harry Paton played the final 23 minutes for Ross County in a 3-1 loss to St. Mirren Poland F Kris Twardek played the full 90 for Jagiellonia Bialystok in a 2-2 tie with Wisla Plock He also played 46 minutes in a 3-3 tie to Stal Mielec Netherlands CB Frank Sturing played the full 90 for FC Den Bosch in a 6-2 win against FC Dordrecht Scotland FA Cup M Scott Arfield played the full 90 for Rangers in a 2-0 win against Celtic M David Wotherspoon played 67 minutes for St. Johnstone in a 2-0 win against Clyde. South Korea CB Doneil Henry played the final 16 minutes for Suwon Bluewings in a 1-0 win over Daegu FC Chile RB Juan Cordova played the full 90 for Huachipato in a 5-3 win against Atletico Nublense MLS Top 3 Lucas Cavallini scored the winning goal for the Vancouver Whitecaps in a 1-0 win over Portland Lucas Cavallini is back and among the goals to start this 2021 MLS season. You just love to see it (great ball from Cristian Gutierrez, as well)#VWFC #CanMNTpic.twitter.com/AwMDgY4jQB— Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic (@AlexGangueRuzic) April 19, 2021 Zachary Brault-Guillard was the player of the match for CF Montreal in a 4-2 win over Toronto FC Tajon Buchanan collected 1 assist for New England Revolution in a 2-2 tie with Chicago Fire Canadian Premier League Due to the pandemic, the start of the season will most likely be moved to June in a "bubble" environment. The main candidate to host the start of season is the Investor's Group Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba Although there was no CPL teams in the Champions League, York United's Lisandro Cabrera was loaned to Club Atletico Pantoja in the Dominican Republic. The 23 years old Argentinian scored a goal against Monterrey. It's a good sign that CPL seems to get better with their international signings this early in their existence History was made in @TheChampions last night... by a @yorkutdfc player!Lisandro Cabrera, on loan from the Nine Stripes, netted Atletico Pantoja's first-ever Champions League goal against Mexican giants Monterrey 🎯FULL HIGHLIGHTS 👉 https://t.co/VqL0k00DZa#CanPL #SCCL21 pic.twitter.com/Z5AM4WZLuL— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) April 16, 2021 Future Division 2 The name "Canadian National League" has been trademarked and an announcement seems imminent. The clubs would be in Western Canada and would force the withdrawal of current clubs in USL although the CSA prefers they do it voluntarily
Who is left in the USL right now other than TFC II? How would they expect TFC II to move to the CNL if the CNL is only out west?
Canadian News France F Jonathan David played 80 minutes and scored his 11th goal for Lille in a 3-2 win over Lyon after a crazy comeback. Lille are back at the top of the table. 🔝 Jonathan David 🍁 scored again as Lille win 3:2 to hold a one-point lead in the Ligue 1 standings pic.twitter.com/IZjcCtuvCT— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) April 25, 2021 Germany LB Alphonso Davies played the full 90 for Bayern Munich in a 2-1 loss to Mainz CB Scott Kennedy made a comeback and played a solid full game for Jahn Regensburg in a 1-1 tie with Hamburger SV Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full game for Paços de Ferreira in a 1-1 tie with Rio Ave England LW Liam Millar played the full 90 for Charlton Athletic in 1-0 loss to Peterborough. He made best XI of the past week. Netherlands CB Frank Sturing played he full 90 for FC Den Bosch in a 7-0 win over Roda JC Kerkrade Copa Sudamericana RB Juan Cordova played a solid full game for Chile-side Huachipato in a historical 1-0 win over Argentinian-side San Lorenzo Scottish FA Cup M David Wotherspoon played the last 49 minutes including extra time for St.Johnstone in a 1-1 win (4-2 penalties) over Rangers South Korea CB Doneil Henry played the final 39 minutes for Suwon Bluewings in a 1-0 win over Seongnam FC MLS Top mentions 19 years old CB Luke Singh scored a goal and had a solid game for Toronto FC in a 2-2 tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps. Luke Singh stays composed and puts it home from in closepic.twitter.com/bhulireDNQ— Waking the Red (@WakingtheRed) April 24, 2021 LB Cristian Gutierrez collected an assist. His solid game is adding more depth to the LB depth chart. RB Zachary Brault-Guillard scored a goal for CF Montréal in a 2-2 tie with Nashville where RB Alistair Johnston also played. Brault-Guillard, Johnston, Cordova and Laryea are competing for the starting spot in the National team ️️️☄️ @ZacharyBrault #NSHvMTL | 0-2 | #CFMTL pic.twitter.com/y7E2JLWzIF— CF Montréal (@cfmontreal) April 24, 2021
Saw Larin trending on Worldwide Twitter today. Looks like Bestikas will be winning the Turkish league with no small help from him. Another 4 goals today. Brings his total to 23 goals on the season. #BJKvHTY HIGHLIGHTS: Cyle Larin 11', 14', 55'. 65' as Besiktas put seven goals past Hataysporhttps://t.co/GSAwfiSjUI— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) May 1, 2021
Canadian News CONCACAF Champions League LW Jacob Shaffelburg, CDM Ralph Priso and Jonathan Osorio with the only TFC goal, started in a brutal 3-1 loss to Cruz Azul. While the club had promised changes, Luke Singh and Noble Okello were left on the bench and at some point, all Canadians were pulled.. sigh* *That's not just my criticism - it's increasing within the fanbase who are noticing. Granted, Laryea was missed big time. Copa Sudamericana RB Juan Cordova played another solid full game for Chile-side Huachipato in a 0-0 tie to Paraguay-side 12 de Octubre. Cordova is making a comeback as a strong option as RB competing with Ritchie Laryea, Alistair Johnstone and Zachary Brault-Guillard. France F Jonathan David had an assist on the winning goal while playing the 88 minutes for Lille in a 2-0 win over Nice. BBC Sports reported that Manchester United and Arsenal are interested in him David assists Yilmaz vs Nice #CANMNTpic.twitter.com/Txmx09553e— 𝕲𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘𝕮𝖎𝖙𝖞 (@GlassCityFC) May 1, 2021 Turkey 4 goals for Cyle Larin who's now the 2nd best scorer in the league and best forward in CONCACAF right now. He's became quite the clinical finisher. Atiba Hutchinson who collected an assist also played for Besiktas in a 7-0 win over Hatavspor. At age 38, Atiba has 4 goals and 9 assists and is currently one of the best midfielder in Turkey. Earlier this week, both played for Besiktas in a 3-2 win over Rizespor. Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full 90 for Pacos de Ferreira in a 1-0 win against Belenenses SAD Serbia After Scott Arfield with Rangers, a 2nd Canadian is champion of his Euro league. GK Milan Borjan had the start for Belgrade Red Star in a 1-0 win against Vojvodina leading them to their 32nd title. He will be back in Champions League. View attachment 195439 England LW Liam Millar played 67 minutes for Charlton Athletic in 2-2 tie with Crewe. Later this week, he played the final 16 minutes in a 1-1 tie with Accrington Scotland M David Wotherspoon played the last 11 minutes for St.Johnstone in a 1-0 win over Hibernian Netherlands CB Frank Sturing played the full 90 for FC Den Bosch in a 1-0 loss against FC Eindhoven Chile RB Juan Cordova played another full game for Huachipato in a 1-0 loss to O'Higgins South Korea CB Doneil Henry played the 2nd half for Suwon Bluewings in a 1-1 tie with Pohang Steelers MLS Top mentions RW Tyler Pasher scored a goal for Houston Dynamo in a 1-1 tie with LAFC Tyler Pasher 🍁 puts Houston Dynamo level 1-1 in Saturday MLS action! pic.twitter.com/mDpXscSJAe— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) May 1, 2021 F Tesho Akindele scored early for Orlando in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati Tesho Akindele 🍁 scored in Orlando City's Saturday night win pic.twitter.com/7LCysxpCan— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) May 2, 2021 Canadian Premier League Due to the provincial restrictions caused by covid, the league has delayed the start of it's 3rd season. An update will be provided May 15. Expansion The owners of the 9th club based in Saskatoon has provided an early rendering of the stadium that should be built for the 2023 season An aerial view of @PrairielandPark at Marquis Downs looking from the S.E. Imagine, @CPLsoccer match at #YXE in Saskatchewan in July. Stadium concept drawings and planning continue to evolve with the help of @PCLConstruction’s office in YXE. Stay tuned for more. pic.twitter.com/E9ZT8OoTSX— LivingSkySports (@LivingSkySport1) April 30, 2021
Canadian News LW Junior Hoilett has left Cardiff City after 5 years with the club. He is expected to sign with Middlesbrough CONCACAF Champions League Jacob Shaffelburg, Jonathan Osorio and Ritchie Laryea started for Toronto FC in a 1-0 loss to Cruz Azul. Noble Okello and Ralph Priso came in later in the game but the Mexican-side was too strong and it's end of the road for Canada in CCL. Copa Sudamericana RB Juan Cordova played another solid full game for Chile-side Huachipato in a 1-1 tie to Argentina-side Rosario Central. Germany LB Alphonso Davies played the full game for Bayern Munich in a 6-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Davies wins his 3rd Bundesliga championship and is the 3rd Canadian to win his league after Scott Arfield in Scotland and Milan Borjan in Serbia Three-time Bundesliga Champion. 🏆🏆🏆Could not be prouder of @AlphonsoDavies! 🇨🇦#MiaSanMeister pic.twitter.com/KYxEbhu5qL— 🇺🇸 FC Bayern US 🇨🇦 (@FCBayernUS) May 8, 2021 CB Scott Kennedy played the full game for Jahn Regensburg in a 5-1 loss to Bochum France F Jonathan David scored his 12th goal in Ligue 1 for Lille in a crucial 3-0 win against Lens. With PSG tying the game today, David is 1 win away from winning France and becoming the 4th Canadian this year to win his league. He also set the record for the Canadian having scored the most goals in a Top 5 European league. GOAL 🚨Who else but Jonathan David? 🇨🇦👀Lille OSC go up 3-0 over RC Lens as the Canadian puts a cherry on top of another 3 points in Les Dogues' #Ligue1 title charge 🇫🇷🏆👉 https://t.co/hishXepRT3 pic.twitter.com/Bp5cJ9OSub— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) May 7, 2021 Turkey Both Cyle Larin and Atiba Hutchinson played for Besiktas in a 3-1 loss to Galatasaray. They are still 2 points ahead and could become the 5th and 6th Canadians to win their league this year! England 17 years old striker Daniel Jebbison made his EPL debut for Sheffield United in 2-0 loss against Crystal Palace. Jebbison was born in Oakville, Ontario and was at ANB Futbol academy from Ontario League 1 before moving to England at Sheffield. He played for England U18 but you can expect John Herdman to try and recruit him. Jebbo. 🙌A @premierleague & Blades debut for 17 year old Daniel Jebbison. 👏 pic.twitter.com/opASamgCoA— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) May 8, 2021 LW Liam Millar played the full game and was the man of the match with an assist for Charlton Athletic in a 3-1 win against Lincoln. Later this week, he played the full game in a 1-0 win against Hull. Charlton missed the promotion playoffs on goal differential claiming the 7th place. Millar demonstrated that he was a solid player at that level and the next logical step would be for Liverpool to loan him to Championship or another league. Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full game for Pacos de Ferreira in a 1-1 tie with Braga Later this week, he played the full game in a 1-1 tie with Maritimo Serbia GK Milan Borjan had the start for league champions Belgrade Red Star in a 2-2 tie with Rad Beograd Norway LB Sam Adekugbe played the full game for Valerenga in a 1-1 tie with Rosenborg. He has locked the starting LB position for the national team allowing Alphonso Davies to play as a LW. Netherlands CB Frank Sturing played the full game for FC Den Bosch in a 4-1 win against Telstar Poland Kris Twardek played the final 12 minutes for Jagiellonia Bialystok in a 3-1 loss to Gornik Zabrze Scottish FA Cup M David Wotherspoon played the full game for St.Johnstone in a 2-1 win over St. Mirren. They will play Hibernian in the cup final with an Europa League berth on the line South Korea CB Doneil Henry played 71 minutes for Suwon Bluewings in a 3-1 win Jeonbuk FC MLS Top mentions GK Maxime Crepeau is reminding everyone why he's the #2 of Team Canada with a clean sheet in a 2-0 win against CF Montreal. LB Cristian Gutierrez continues to play well for the Vancouver Whitecaps RB Alistair Johnston played the full game for Nashville in a 2-0 win against New England Revolution and RB Tajon Buchanan Canadian Premier League There are credible source stating that the Red Bulls group are looking at starting a CPL club in either Montreal, Mississauga or Moncton. The league is exploring a bubble setting to start the season in St. John's, Newfoundland View attachment 195924 The Saskatoon group shared another angle of their stadium rendering View attachment 195921 Pacific FC made a proposal to renovate the Royal Athletic Park pitch near downtown Victoria. Halifax being a template for success, the club is seeking similar success. They are proposing a 4k stadium with natural grass which would be expandable to 12k. Initially, the stadium would be used by Pacific only for their Canadian Championship games, playoffs and friendlies. If this proves to be a success, it's expected that the stadium will be expanded and become the permanent home of the club.
Canadian News England 17 years old Daniel Jebbison made is Premier League debut as a starter for Sheffield United and scored the winning goal in a 1-0 win over Everton. He is linked to both Bayern Munich and Dortmund. From what's being reported, he would accept a senior Canada call up if invited. Striker’s instinct. 💥Daniel Jebbison’s first Sheffield United & @premierleague goal. 💪🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/WXhJu605L6— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) May 16, 2021 18 years old Theo Corbeanu finally made his debut for Wolverhampton Wolves at the 82nd minute in a 2-0 loss to Tottenham. He had 8 touches of the ball and made 2 passes, including 1 key pass. He switched to Canada from Romania earlier this year.82' | #TOT 2-0 #WOLFabio Silva is replaced by Theo Corbeanu who makes his @premierleague debut!#TOTWOL pic.twitter.com/M6d8VcTUBC— Wolves (@Wolves) May 16, 2021 Canada is still trying to recruit the 17 years old midfielder Marcelo Flores who's currently in the Arsenal academy. Germany LB Alphonso Davies played the full game for Bayern Munich in a 2-2 tie with Freiburg CB Scott Kennedy played the full game for Jahn Regensburg in a 3-2 loss to Holstein Kiel He played the full game today in a 2-0 loss to Sandhausen France F Jonathan David played 77 minutes for Lille in a 0-0 tie with Sainte-Etienne. Lille will be champion if PSG lose their final game against Brest or if Lille beats Angers next Sunday. David would become the 6th Canadian winning a European league this season. Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full game for Pacos de Ferreira in a 2-0 loss to Gil Vicente. Looks like his transfer to Porto is imminent and he will be playing Champions League football CB Steven Vitoria played the extra time for Moreirense in a 2-1 win over Portimonense Turkey Both Cyle Larin and Atiba Hutchinson played the full game for Besiktas in a 2-1 win over Goztepe. The "Black Eagles" are champions of Turkey with Larin's 1st championship and Hutchinson's 3rd. Tottenham joins West Ham and Everton as another Premier League club interested in Cyle Larin Earlier that week, Larin collected an assist in a 2-1 loss to Fatih Karagumruk. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒!#ŞampiyonSensin | #FlyHigh pic.twitter.com/ffhNvS21v3— Beşiktaş EN (@BesiktasEnglish) May 15, 2021 Scotland M Scott Arfield came back from injury and played the last 30 minutes for Rangers in a 4-0 win over Aberdeen 🏆 We Are #Champion55 pic.twitter.com/561ZCnjj1o— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) May 15, 2021 M David Wotherspoon played the final 15 minutes for St.Johnstone in a 4-0 loss to Celtic. Later that week, he played 67 minutes in a 0-0 tie with Livingston M Harry Paton played the final minutes for Ross County in a 2-1 win against Hamilton Academical Norway LB Sam Adekugbe played the full game for Valerenga in a 3-0 win against Brann. Russian Premier League club Rostov is reported to have made a bid for Adekugbe. He played the full game today in a 2-1 lose to Kristiansund Netherlands CB Frank Sturing played the full game for FC Den Bosch in a 3-1 loss to MVV Maastricht Copa Sudamericana Juan Cordova played another solid full game for Chile-side Huachipato as a RM in a 2-1 win against Paraguay-side 12 de Octubre topping their group for the moment South Korea CB Doneil Henry played the second half for Suwon Bluewings in a 3-2 win over Jeju United He came in at the 32nd minute today in a 1-1 tie with reigning AFC champions Ulsan Hyundai. MLS Top mentions LW Jacob Shaffelberg played the last 21 minutes and scored his 1st MLS goal at age 21 for Toronto FC in a 1-1 tie with New York City FC (Yankees stadium? How's that still a thing). He has massive potential and he's not done getting better. Jacob Shaffelburg 🍁 of Port Williams, Nova Scotia scored his 1st @MLS goal on Saturday pic.twitter.com/UaUE1PMSlX https://t.co/RqVH0neOuy— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) May 15, 2021 While DM Samuel Piette is as reliable as ever in his role, CB Kamal Miller is quietly playing his way as a good option in the National team. RB Alistair Johnston played the full game for Nashville in a 0-0 tie with Real Salt Lake. He had the highest rating that night and putting him in direct competition against Juan Cordova, Zachary Brault-Guillard and Ricthie Laryea on the national team Canadian Premier League 1-The league released a statement about the 2021 season Target is mid-June or beginning of July Beginning of the season will be in one location with no fans until they can play in home stadiums Single table with a full 28 game season 2-Former Cavalry player Aribim Pepple who made his debut in CPL at age 16 has signed with Getafe in Spain.
Jonathan David had a great game in Lille's 2-1 title clinching victory over Angers. He scored the opening goal and then drew a penalty that was converted by Burak Yilmaz. 1-0 goal... https://streamable.com/kv5gx1 2-0 goal... https://streamye.com/v/be6b27
Canadian News France F Jonathan David played 90 minutes and scored while drawing the penalty leading to the winning goal for Lille in a 2-1 win over Angers. David led Lille to their 4th title as Champions of France David left youth soccer in Ottawa for Europe at 18 with no professional experience. At 21, he’s a champion of a top 5 European league with 13 goals - the highest for a Canadian in a top 5 league GOAL 🤩IT'S JONATHAN DAVID! 🇨🇦The #CanMNT striker opens the scoring for Lille OSC, giving Les Dogues one hand on the #Ligue1 title with his 13th goal of the season! 🇫🇷🏆🔴 https://t.co/hishXepRT3 pic.twitter.com/Da1YId2Ctq— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) May 23, 2021 Germany LB Alphonso Davies played the full game for Bayern Munich in a 5-2 win against Augsburb. He was clocked with the fastest speed in Bundesliga at 35.97 km/h. Meep meep.Alphonso Davies cruising in at 35.97 km/h, matching his highest speed this season. #FCBayern #canMNT pic.twitter.com/dt9hk2C4iC— Farhan Devji (@farhandevji) May 22, 2021 CB Scott Kennedy played the full game for Jahn Regensburg in a 3-0 win against St. Pauli. His adaptation from the Austrian league to German football has been remarkable, forcing his manager to start him regularly. He's a massive plus for Canada's centre-back position England F Daniel Jebbison played the full game for Sheffield United in a 1-0 loss to Newcastle. He played yesterday for 79 minutes in a 1-0 win against Burnley He will be playing Championship football after signing a new deal with the club unless another club claims him this summer. Interesting fact...He was playing at ANB Futbol academy based in King City with a club in League 1 Ontario...right under Toronto FC's nose. The 3 MLS teams ignoring talents outside of their academy system has been a problem which CPL aims to correct through partnerships - in this case, York United would be in the best position to get such a player. Portugal M Stephen Eustaquio played the full game for Pacos de Ferreira in a 3-2 win against Tondela. Eustaquio turned that club around who will be competing in Europa next season. As an automatic starter for Canada in big games, we can rely on one of the best midfielders in Portugal CB Steven Vitoria played the full game for Moreirense in a 3-0 win over Famalicao. Vitoria is currently the centre-back playing at the highest level for Canada at the moment. I expect him to be paired with Kennedy for us. Serbia GK Milan Borjan had the start for Belgrade Red Star in a 5-1 win against FK Metalac. The Serbian champions will play Champions League football yet again next season 18 years old mildfielder Stefan Mitrovic scored for Radnicki Nis in a 5-1 win against Backa Palanka. He has 2 goals in 570 minutes this season. Turkish Cup Both Cyle Larin and Atiba Hutchinson played for Besiktas in a 2-0 win over Antalyaspor claiming the Turkish cup. View attachment 196863 Scottish Cup M David Wotherspoon played the full game and had the assist for St.Johnstone in a 1-0 win over Hibernian claiming the Scottish Cup and a Europa League berth. He was also the man of the match and St.Johnstone player of the year. He's been brilliant this year adding that quality depth at midfield for Canada Congratulations to today's Man of the Match: David Wotherspoon.#ScottishCupFinal pic.twitter.com/mhu7lCY7Ag— Scottish Gas Scottish Cup (@ScottishCup) May 22, 2021 Copa Sudamericana Juan Cordova played 59 minutes for Chile-side Huachipato in a 5-0 loss to Argentinian-side Rosario Central South Korea CB Doneil Henry played the the full game for Suwon Bluewings in a 1-1 tie over Daegu FC He played the full game yesterday in a 4-3 win against Gwangju FC MLS Top mentions RW Tajon Buchanan played 80 minutes and scored for New England Revolution in a 3-1 win over New York Red Bulls 1396508599434764288 is not a valid tweet id F Tesho Akindele scored the winning goal for Orlando City in a 1-0 win against Toronto FC Tesho Akindele 🍁 gives Orlando City SC the 1-0 lead pic.twitter.com/3QgwRWpnf1— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) May 22, 2021 RB Alistair Johnstone played for the full game for Nashville SC in a 1-0 win against Austin FC Canadian Premier League The Saskatoon group shared an aerial rendering of their stadium View attachment 196866 What are the odds of missing the next Jonathan David? David was playing amateur football for the Gloucester Dragons and this is a reminder of yet an example of the different approach by CPL clubs with clubs and academies in their areas. Gloucester Dragons Join Powered by Atlético Ottawa Community Partnership Program https://atleticoottawa.canpl.ca/art...atletico-ottawa-community-partnership-program
Canadian News Canada announces squad for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers in June (Aruba & Suriname) https://canadasoccer.com/news/canad...fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-qualifiers-in-june/ Notable absences Atiba Hutchinson - Minor injury Scott Arfield - Personal Kamal Miller - Injury Maxime Crepeau - Starter at the Gold Cup (most likely) Norway LB Sam Adekugbe played the full game for Valerenga in a 1-1 tie with Mjondalen He played the full game later during the week in a 3-2 win against Molde Copa Sudamericana RB Juan Cordova played the final 35 minutes for Chile-side Huachipato in a 3-0 loss to Argentinian-side San Lorenzo South Korea CB Doneil Henry played the full game for Suwon Bluewings in a 3-0 win over FC Seoul He played the full game yesterday in a 4-3 win against Gwangju FC Canadian Premier League New rumours points to a June 26 start date for a 28 game season. The league's first choice is Investor's Group Field and the plan B points to St. John's, Newfoundland in Atlantic Canada. International duties Atletico Ottawa Ryan Telfer was called up by Trinidad & Tobago Halifax Wanderers Gems Geffard was called up by Haiti Pacific FC Matthew Baldissimo was called up by the Philippines
In Champions League Qualifying Round 2, Borjan allowed 2 goals in a 2-1 loss at Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan. Kairat Almaty was only credited with 1 shot on goal, but they scored 2 goals that weren't own goals, and scored an own goal for Crvena Zvezda, who has a 32.500 coefficient compared to Kairat Almaty's 6.000. We'll see how Crvena Zvezda does in the second leg.
Crvena Zvezda 5-0 Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan (6-2 aggregate) In Qualifying Round 3, Crvena Zvezda will host the first leg against Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova.
Canadian news France - Super Cup F Jonathan David played 76 minutes for Lille in a 1-0 win over Paris St-Germain. View attachment 201224 Gold Cup Tajon Buchanan wins the Young Player Awards. Alphonso Davies was the winner in 2017. Sporting CP has join the race to sign Buchanan but New England are unlikely to sell until the end of the MLS season...unfortunately View attachment 201227 National Team Jonathan David is high on Liverpool's shopping list should Lille decides to sell. English sources tell @TSN_Sports, if Lille look to sell Canadian striker Jonathan David to raise funds because of the club’s financial challenges, Liverpool has David very high on the team’s list of potential strikers. Liverpool has long kept tabs on the Canadian’s development.— Matthew Scianitti (@TSNScianitti) August 2, 2021 Theo Corbeanu has been loaned from the Wolverhampton Wolves to Sheffield Wednesday Canadian international @CorbeanuTheodor has joined us on a season-long loan from @Wolves 🤝#swfc— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) August 2, 2021 LW Junior Hoilett might have had clubs in MLS interested in him but it looks like he will stay in the Championship It looks like Junior Hoilett will be staying in the EFL Championship with Middlesborough and Reading wanting to bring him in. Reading finished 7th, while Middlesborough finished 10th last season. https://t.co/zLc1x8xPJZ— CanMNT Universe (@CanMNTUniverse) July 31, 2021 CONCACAF While we await the updated FIFA ranking where Canada is projected to rise to the 59th place surpassing Panama, El Salvador and Honduras, CONCACAF has quietly released it's own ranking as of August 1st. https://www.concacaf.com/rankings/men-s-national-team/ Mexico USA Canada Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica Panama Haiti El Salvador Guatemala I'm not sure if the Gold Cup finals was calculated here but congrats to the US for their win. Germany CB Scott Kennedy played the full game and scored a goal for Jahn Regensburg in a 3-0 win against Sandhausen Kennedy scores his first of the season #CANMNThttps://t.co/K1nHNJojyc— 𝕲𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘𝕮𝖎𝖙𝖞 (@GlassCityFC) July 31, 2021 Switzerland LW Liam Millar played the final 30 minutes for FC Basel in a 6-1 against Sion. Scotland M David Wotherspoon played 83 minutes for St.Johnstone in a 0-0 tie with Ross County for which M Harrison Paton played the remaining 22 minutes. Austria LW Gloire Amanda played the first half for SK Austria Klagenfurt in a 4-0 loss to Admira Moeding. He was pulled after his club took 2 red cards. Canada's Gloire Amanda, a junior at Oregon State, wins MAC Hermann Trophy as top NCAA soccer player. https://t.co/9ulBIu4hUb pic.twitter.com/1nB6ma8Pyh— Neil Davidson (@NeilMDavidson) May 28, 2021 Serbia 18 years old M Stefan Mitrovic played the full game for Radnicki Nis in a 1-1 tie with FK Radnik Surdulica. Chile RB Juan Cordova played the full game for Huachipato in a 0-0 tie with Union La Calera Canadian Premier League The teams have now returned to their home markets. Pacific looks like a favorite to win the championship Forge will begin their CONCACAF Leage campaign on August 12 against El Salvador-side CD FAS Still no news on expansion besides Saskatoon for 2023 but these would be the next cities who are ahead. View attachment 201228