CMNT Friendlies Thread 2016/2017

Discussion in 'Canada' started by Polygong, Oct 11, 2016.

  1. Polygong

    Polygong Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 8, 2007
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    #1 Polygong, Oct 11, 2016
    Last edited: Oct 9, 2017
    Upcoming:
    None scheduled

    Results:

    08-Oct-2017 vs El Salvador (99) - Houston, USA
    02-Sep-2017 vs Jamaica (57) - Toronto, Ontario - W 2-0
    13-Jun-2017 vs Curaçao (70) - Montreal, Quebec - W 2-1
    22-Mar-2017 vs Scotland (67) - Edinburgh, Scotland - D 1-1
    22-Jan-2017 vs Bermuda (187) - Devonshire, Bermuda, W 4-2
    11-Nov-2016 vs South Korea (47) - Cheonan, South Korea - L 2-0
    11-Oct-2016 vs Morocco (58) - Marrakech, Morocco - L4-0
    06-Oct-2016 vs Maurtania (96) - Marrakech, Morocco - W4-0
    07-Jun-2016 vs Uzbekistan (49) - Bad Waltersdorf Austria - W 2-1
    03-Jun-2016 vs Azerbaijan (133) - Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Austria - D1-1
    05-Feb-2016 vs United States (22) - Carson, USA, L1-0

    2017 - Summary

    3W-1D-1L
    9 GF 5 GA +4 GD
    Average Rank of opponent: 96

    2016 - Summary

    2W-1D-3L
    7 GF 9 GA -2 GD
    Average Rank of opponent: 67.5
     
  2. Initial B

    Initial B Member

    Jan 29, 2014
    Club:
    Ottawa Fury
    Now *that* was the kind of CNMT performance I remember. That's the gap that 50 places in the FIFA rankings shows. 2026 can't come fast enough. Come on, LTPD!
     
  3. Polygong

    Polygong Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 8, 2007
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Can someone post a picture of Morocco's goalie so that we can finally know what he looks like?
     
  4. adrenaline11

    adrenaline11 Member+

    Jul 29, 2010
    Toronto
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    - Half empty stadium? Check.
    - Stadium has track around it? Check.
    - Can't name any players on the other team? Check.
    - Game is only available through web stream? Check.
    - Dubious penalty awarded against Canada? Check.
    - Canadian players struggling to keep the ball? Check.
    - Lack of depth forces players to play out of position? Check.
    - Players playing as individuals instead of team? Check.

    All the hallmarks of a CanMNT friendly...and that's not even mentioning the result.
     
  5. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  6. Scorpion26

    Scorpion26 Member

    May 1, 2007
    NY
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Hopefully they hold true to their word on playing every friendlies possible.
     
  7. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  8. Polygong

    Polygong Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 8, 2007
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Summary for 2016:

    2W-1D-3L
    7 GF 9 GA -2 GD
    Average Rank of opponent: 67.5
     
  9. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Canada is 110th in the FIFA Rankings, so that record against teams with an average rank of 67.5 isn't bad.
     
  10. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. Kingston

    Kingston Member+

    Oct 6, 2005
    Lots of young faces and a sprinkling of veterans. It will be interesting to see which 18 are actually selected for the trip to Bermuda.

    I hope we win this game, not just go and make a training match where we try out new players. Bermuda is far enough down the FIFA rankings that we should pick up the ranking points. We need to start slowly climbing in the CONCACAF ranking standings to set ourselves up for decent seeding when it matters in a couple of years.
     
  13. Polygong

    Polygong Moderator
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    Apr 8, 2007
    Toronto
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    The problem is though that you don't get many ranking points for beating a team as low ranked as Bermuda.
     
  14. Kingston

    Kingston Member+

    Oct 6, 2005
    No, but if we start winning these sorts of easy games instead of tying 0-0 it will add up. I'm not expecting (nor do we need) to rocket up the standings but small, consistent steps will get us there. Right now we're 14th in CONCACAF. That needs to improve before we hit games that matter.
     
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  15. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You get the same strength of opponent multiplier for all teams ranked 150th or worse. Bermuda is 186th. 16 of the 35 CONCACAF teams are ranked 150th or worse.

    I don't know how much a FIFA Ranking improvement will help Canada unless they reach the Top 6 in CONCACAF. We don't know what format CONCACAF will use for World Cup 2022 qualifying, but Canada had four qualifying formats before the Semifinals in the last five WCQ cycles while being eliminated in the Semifinals every time. Honduras, who is sixth in CONCACAF in the FIFA Rankings, has 66 percent more points than Canada. Honduras also has a combined 13 games in the Copa Centroamericana and Hexagonal that are worth more than friendlies Canada plays. Maybe if CONCACAF played four Semifinal groups and then an Octagonal, Canada could reach the Octagonal, but that would require teams that start in the Semifinals and reach the Octagonal to play 20 qualifiers and teams who start before the Semifinals and reach the Octagonal would have to play at least 22 qualifiers.
     
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  16. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Canada fell 3 spots to 120th in the January 2017 FIFA Rankings, which is only 2 spots above their worst ranking ever. It's the fourth month they have ever been 120th or worse. Canada is currently 14th in CONCACAF.
     
  17. Canadian_Supporter

    Staff Member

    Dec 20, 1999
    Prostějov, CR
    Club:
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    The details are still being worked out but Canada should be playing away to Scotland in March during the international break.
     
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  18. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    #18 dantasu, Jan 22, 2017
    Last edited: Jan 22, 2017
    today we will have Bermuda v Canada!!


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  19. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Starting XI against Bermuda

    22 - Callum Irving

    03 - Nana Attakora
    04 - Dejan Jakovic
    17 - Marcel de Jong (C)

    08 - Will Johnson
    10 - Jonathan Osorio
    13 - Ben McKendry
    14 - Ben Fisk
    15 - Adam Straith

    09 - Anthony Jackson-Hamel
    11 - Tosaint Ricketts
     
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  20. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
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    Japan
    awful livestream from CanadaSoccer page on facebook...
    37' and Canada wins by 2x1. Jonathan Osorio and Tosaint Ricketts
     
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  21. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    75' Bermuda 2 - 3 Canada
     
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  22. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    FT
    Bermuda 2
    11' Oliver Jalen Harvey
    55' Lejuan Simmons

    Canada 4
    16' Jonathan Osorio
    17' Tosaint Ricketts
    73' Jay Chapman
    90' Anthony Jackson-Hamel
     
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  23. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    First CANMNT win of the year
    First CANMNT win in three games
    Tosaint Ricketts gets his 15th goal for CANMNT, the 5th all-time topscorer with Ali Gerba.
     
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  24. Ger90

    Ger90 Member+

    May 13, 2016
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    would have preferred a clean sheet but it's not too bad considering it's not the full team and majority of the team were inexperienced players. Hopefully the win gets confidence for the next games in preparations for the Gold Cup.

    what about the other game? Isn't the March International break 2 games? So they are only playing 1 game?
     
  25. dantasu

    dantasu Member

    Portuguesa Santista
    Brazil
    Dec 8, 2009
    Santos
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    #25 dantasu, Jan 22, 2017
    Last edited: Jan 22, 2017
    Yeah, it looked a Canada B team... some players with no clubs and others playing for reserve teams..
     
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